SAT Essay: How to Write a Great SAT Essay Intro Paragraph
How to Write an Intro for Your SAT Essay Many students express their frustration at not knowing what to write on the SAT essay. In this article, I’ll explain what makes for a good intro paragraph on the SAT essay. Not only does it serve as a...
SAT Prep: Best Fiction Books to Prep You for the SAT Reading Test
Start Practicing Your Reading Comprehension for the SAT with These Classic Fiction Books! Most students agree that the trickiest SAT Reading passages are those that come from books written in earlier eras. Because we're not accustomed to reading and thinking through...
Texas Colleges that Require the SAT & ACT Essay
Most students hate writing essays and rejoice in the fact that the SAT and ACT essay tests are now "optional." However, it's highly unlikely that NONE of the colleges and universities to which they're applying require or recommend the SAT and ACT essay....
Rhetorical Devices & Persuasive Strategies on the SAT Essay
Rhetorical Devices and Persuasive Strategies to Analyze on the SAT Essay The SAT essay task tends to intimidate students, most of whom have no idea what the graders want from them. Knowing these rhetorical devices and persuasive strategies—and being...
How is the ACT Essay Scored?
How is the ACT Essay Scored? Students often wonder the process by which the ACT essay gets scored, and how it affects their overall score on the ACT. This article will help to address those questions. First, I'll talk about the ACT scoring procedure, then...
SAT & ACT Math: System of Equations
Need higher SAT Math scores? Check out the best SAT math prep book ever written! How to Solve a System of Equations On both the SAT and ACT, you can bet that you'll be required to solve a system of equations at least once. Probably more than once, if we're being...
When Do You Get Your ACT Scores Back?
Are you a high school student waiting anxiously to get your ACT scores back? If you are, it's understandable! You may face college-application deadlines or be afraid that your ACT score won't be high enough for your favorite college. Or, you might want to know your...
SAT Math Practice: Imaginary Numbers
Do you want a higher SAT Math score - including total confidence on all SAT questions involving Imaginary Numbers? If so, check out the best SAT Math prep book ever written! Imaginary Numbers on the SAT SAT math has never been easy--in fact, it's developed a...
High-Score Foods to Eat for Breakfast Before the ACT Test
How to Crush the ACT Test with a Healthy and Delicious Breakfast. When it comes to getting a great score on the ACT Test, students want to gain every advantage that they can. After all, our college and scholarship acceptance chances - and possibly our whole life -...
A Pro Tutor Explains How to Eliminate on the SAT & ACT Tests (for Perfect Scores!)
Want Higher Scores on the SAT and ACT Tests? Master Answer-Choice Elimination. Although content mastery is the best way to get a great score on the SAT and ACT tests, there are key testing strategies that perfect-scorers use to tilt the odds in their favor. Some of...
How to Pre-Answer on the SAT and ACT Tests
How to Pre-Answer: A Secret Strategy of Perfect-Score SAT and ACT Tutors. As a professional SAT and ACT prep tutor, I often get requests for my best "secret strategies" to get higher scores on the SAT and ACT tests. A lot of students and parents are looking for the...
Will Your ACT Test Score Predict Your Future?
Will Your ACT Test Score Predict Your Future? Does your ACT test score predict your future - even while you're still in high school? We live in an age of ultra-competition. We fight fiercely over grades, scholarships, and spots at top colleges - because there are more...
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