Introduction The SAT is a stressful test. You are under pressure to take this exam, score well, or else you won’t get into a “great” school. In this post, I want to introduce online SAT class, my new approach to teaching the SAT. Online SAT Class is a new approach to tutoring and preparing for the [...]
Plugging in is a fundamental SAT math strategy that every student needs to understand. If you are studying for the SAT, you will need to learn your strategies and tactics. I’ve created a video lesson explaining exactly how you can start plugging in. After the video, I’ll talk about online SAT prep and what you can do [...]
Five reasons why advice from adults does not work… (And why you should listen anyway) 5. We learn from our mistakes. It might not be the easy way out, but you know from your own experience that those mistakes you made were better lessons than any lecture from your parents. As much as they might [...]
Common Application Schools that DON’T Require a Supplemental Essay You’ve heard all about the convenience of using the Common Application (CA). You’re ready to maximize your efficiency and wow admissions officers nationwide with one perfectly crafted application. It is brilliant because you didn’t have ten other application forms and essays dividing your attention. You poured [...]
What’s an Idiom? Idioms are one of the most difficult verbal concepts on the SAT because they do not have a logical set of rules you can game. An idiom is an expression. It’s something English speakers have said sometimes for centuries. We just absorb idioms by growing up amongst other English speakers, like osmosis. [...]
Where Does Paraphrasing Show Up on the SAT? You need to brush up your paraphrasing skills for the Reading Comprehension and Writing portions of the SAT. You will use them to attack sentence completions, inference questions, detail questions, and essay writing. Paraphrasing will also come in handy across all sections of the test as it [...]
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A Foolproof Guide to Romancing the College of Your Dreams Wooing the College Admissions Committee Brace yourself for some bad news: You can be valedictorian, ace the SATs, and write a jaw-dropping personal statement, and it still won’t get you into college. Ms. Admissions will glance over your application and say, “Is that all?” To [...]
Meet Your SAT Avatar Or, How to Avoid the Average Mistakes to Score High on Your SAT Listen up — This might be the most important lesson you learn to prepare for the SAT. If you’ve taken a practice SAT, you noticed that the questions progress in difficulty, from easy, to pretty hard, to super [...]
Tests are scary. A few hours in a bright room can determine so much. With students coughing, proctors lagging, and a clock tick-tocking away, your academic future could be derailed if things don’t go as planned. Nerves are a pain when taking tests. The SAT, the GMAT, the TOEFL, the AP exam, and the IB [...]
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry To do well on the SAT, you must set up an SAT study plan & you must follow that study plan. Over the last few years I have encountered dozens of students trying to prep for the SAT at very different stages. [...]
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