Top 13 College Dorm-Room Essentials
Heading off to college this fall? Don’t forget these items! Purchasing some of them might seem like common sense, but you don’t want to find yourself without these college dorm essentials. (By the way, winning more scholarship money in high school is a great way to...
What Are the Happiest Colleges?
The Princeton Review and The Daily Beast, among others, have gone about ranking colleges in terms of students satisfaction rather than rank. If you are going to go through all the work of applying and paying for college (not to mention actually attending school and...
Make Money After College: The Top-10 Majors
Worried parents understandably want their kids to get the best return on their college investment. The following list gives some of the best majors for kids seeking to do just that. Engineering majors are by far the number one choice—but the rest are safe bets and are...
The Complete Guide to ACT English (ACT Prep Book Review)
In addition to The Official ACT Prep Guide, which is provided free of charge to our new students, this is my number one recommendation for students seeking a supplemental ACT prep text. The Complete Guide to ACT English, by Erica L. Meltzer, has proven...
Paying for College: 10 Tips for More Financial Aid
College isn’t cheap, but you can make it cheaper if you take advantage of these tips. Also, e sure to check out our "Winning College Scholarships for High Schoolers" video course. It's got over 5 hours of video content and bonuses for you to dig up thousands of...
ACT Trigonometry: Key Rules
Trigonometry intimidates many students on the ACT Math test, but it shouldn’t! There are only three or four trig questions out of 60 total questions on the ACT, and most of them are pretty basic. Here’s what you need to know to be prepared on test day. (Note: If...
Senioritis: Causes and Prevention
“Senioritis” is the colloquial term for high school students losing energy and concern for school in the spring of their senior year. After those college acceptance letters start coming in, many high school seniors can’t be bothered to show up to class on time or at...
Key ACT Math Formulas Chart
Unlike the SAT, the ACT Math Test does not provide students with a formula chart to aid in solving problems—so unless you’ve got these memorized, you might find yourself up the creek without a paddle on the ACT. Print this list and learn it, students. Learn it well!...
How the ACT is Scored – A Tutor’s Perspective
Want to know how your ACT score is calculated? Read on! What’s an ACT Composite Score? This is the score that matters most. It’s a number from 1 to 36 that represents the average of your scaled scores from each of the four tests. Each of those four tests—English,...
ACT Science: 5 Common Types of ACT Science Questions
The ACT Science Test tends to scare most students. When I was in high school, I said to myself, “I’m not a scientist. I’d better take the SAT.” What I failed to realize back then was the well-kept secret that the ACT Science Test requires little to no specialized...
15 Common Types of SAT Prep Students
15 Types Of SAT Prep Students And Parents: What type of SAT prepper are you? In my time as an SAT prep tutor I've met a lot of different families, and every single one has been different, so there's no way that my list can do justice to the incredible variety of SAT...
ACT Test-Taking Strategy: When To Guess
Students who take the ACT are often unsure of whether or not they should guess if they don’t know how to answer a question. Is it okay to guess on the ACT? The answer is—emphatically—yes! The ACT has no guessing penalty—and as a result, you shouldn’t leave any...
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