Welcome to Junior Year. The homework is harder, and there’s more of it. You’ve got a bigger role in the school play, or made the varsity soccer team, or both,…
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There’s still a little summer left! Here are some tips to get a jump on test prep before life gets hectic: Take a practice test. Whether you’ve been prepping all…
The SAT Essay and ACT Writing assignments ask you, in part, to consider how people make arguments. A knowledge of the four types of writing can help you identify…
Algebra is a very important topic on the SAT. Approximately 35 of the SAT’s 58 math questions test your knowledge of Algebra I and Algebra II. That’s over 60% of…
Whether it is “hard problems” or “easy tests,” the language of difficulty comes up frequently in standardized testing. While useful in broad strokes, such descriptions are often inadequate in…
You’re probably already hearing about the early October tests: the SAT and the PSAT. They’re offered at about the same time, so what’s the difference? Purpose. Unlike the SAT, the…
When students plug our Compass standard-issue desk cameras into their laptop USB ports, they discover the device itself goes by the rather silly name of “Ziggi HD Cam.” However, they’ll…
The High School Placement Test, or HSPT, is administered to 8th graders planning to apply to private Catholic high schools. The HSPT score plays a role in admissions, as well as…
Open, click, engage, transform. This is what I’ve seen through online tutoring. Since I began reaching students virtually across the world, most tell me the same thing, “It’s so easy”…