How To Prep For The SAT At Home: Doing some thrifty SAT prep at home is kind of like an art project! You want to use whatever time you have available to study SAT at home (or at school). And you can really do some amazing things with limited resources, just working...
The College Board has recently released a look at its new and revised PSAT. Our tutors have taken a look and are here to report back on what the new SAT might look like. Keep in mind that the new SAT won’t be administered until the spring of 2016, and we’ll have to...
Even before the invention of E-readers, people have speculated about a world in which books have become obsolete. This isn’t going to happen any time soon (or ever). But that doesn’t mean that E-readers and the culture of the Internet in general aren’t taking a toll...
Are you doing everything you can to prep for the SAT? Hopefully you’re not making one of these classic mistakes! 1) Studying only vocabulary Yes, the SAT tests your knowledge of vocabulary quite heavily. However, if you can tell me the meaning of recondite, yet...
Both the ACT and SAT are possible to beat, but a few key differences between the two tests lead us to approach each differently. Here’s what you need to know! ACT Content v. SAT Content: What’s Tested? First, the ACT is comprised of 4 separate tests (English, Math,...
Small classes work better for SAT prep Ok, so here’s some big news for parents about small classes: not all SAT prep classes are created equal! The quality of your SAT class can be affected by teacher experience and skills, location and classroom facilities, the...
SAT prep students often wonder what might benefit them more: hitting weak areas hard or seeking to perfect their performance in areas where they’re stronger. Doing both, of course, is optimal—but today I’m writing to stress the importance of strengthening areas that...
Before you quickly scan this article, beware. There’s more to reading than moving your eyes left and right! If you want to not only comprehend what you read, but also develop your powers of critical analysis by engaging with your reading, this is the blog post for...
“But, but, but, I don’t like to read.” Sound familiar? You’ve probably heard it (or said it) a few times before. And studies have shown that boys are more likely to say it than girls! How can we fix this? First off, it’s important not to discourage boys from reading...
