Hiring a private tutor is one of the best ways to help your child improve their grades, master new content, and develop their academic strengths. However, finding the perfect tutor for your child can be challenging. With countless tutoring options available, it can be difficult to determine whether or not a tutor will be the right fit. Here are a few factors you should consider when you are hiring a…

Your score on the SAT has the potential to unlock a world of possibilities. From acceptance into prestigious colleges and universities to thousands of dollars worth of scholarships, the benefits of earning a high score on the SAT are too good to pass up. If you want to perform well enough on the SAT to receive these benefits, you will need to make sure you are prepared for the test.…

When you take the SAT, the last section you will see is the optional Essay. For this part of the test, you will have 50 minutes to read a selected passage, analyze the author’s ability to make a persuasive argument, and write an essay detailing your analysis.   While many colleges and universities do not require applicants to take the SAT with Essay, I always recommend that students give it…

You studied your hardest, you took the ACT, and now you are waiting to receive your scores. While you wait, you might be wondering how your scores are calculated in the first place. With a maximum composite score of 36, but almost six times as many questions on the test, the ACT scoring process might seem complicated. In order to help you see how your scores were calculated and determine…

Although the ACT Writing section is optional, I highly recommended that high school students take this part of the test for two key reasons: To impress college admissions officers To help prepare themselves for college-level writing If you earn a high ACT Writing score, admissions boards will know that you have the skills necessary to tackle the rigorous level of writing that will be asked of you when you’re taking…

While there is no surefire way to predict your score on the SAT, the score you earn on the PSAT is a pretty good indicator of how well you will do on test day. The PSAT, which students typically take during their sophomore or junior year of high school, is a slightly less advanced version of the SAT, but it covers the same core questions and features similar content. This…

If you’ve ever played sports, you are probably familiar with the saying “Practice makes perfect!” This is especially true when it comes to preparing for the SAT. If you want to earn a perfect score on the SAT and a spot at your dream college, you need to practice as much as possible. There is no better way for you to get the practice you need to do well on…

Roughly 90% of the math section of the SAT is comprised of questions spanning a few categories: Heart of Algebra, Passport to Advanced Math, and Problem Solving and Data Analysis. While no category is more important than another, in order to do well on the SAT Math section, you are going to need to prepare for the Heart of Algebra questions that will appear on the test. Here are five…

The SAT and ACT are closer than ever, in terms of design and subject matter. However, the score scales are still different. Here then is a quick SAT conversion to ACT score guide to help understand scoring better. Here’s a quick breakdown of why SAT scores can help you get scholarship money. SAT Conversion To ACT – Why People Care Students often want to know how their SAT scores would…

After recent redesigns, the ACT and SAT are almost identical today. Both cover the same overall subject matter and look similar to each other. However, they both operate on two very different point scales. Here is a quick and easy ACT conversion to ACT score guide. A major question we often are asked is “do colleges prefer SAT or ACT scores”, so we address it here. ACT Conversion To SAT…