Common Core’s widespread adoption has unintentionally weakened the ACT and SAT, by ignoring desired college-level skills like critical thinking in favor of straightforward data analysis. By overemphasizing “real-world application” versus academic rigor, Common Core’s effect on both the SAT and ACT could leave students less prepared for college and career more than they realize. If you want to make sure your child is ready for the SAT or ACT, no matter…

Getting your kid ready for college can seem like an endless task. You have to worry about campus visits, SAT or ACT scores, AP classes and tests, extracurricular activities, financial aid, scholarships, applications, and grades.  Helping one son or daughter through this process can be exhausting. Helping multiple kids prepare for college at the same time can seem like a nightmare. You can breathe easy when you realize millions of…

Student-athletes face a time crunch that non-athletes don’t. If you are such an athlete, you are no doubt familiar with time-consuming practices, games, and tournaments.  While you probably love the sacrifice, the fact remains that it leaves you little time or energy to prepare for the ACT. You don’t have to settle for a second rate experience as you study for the ACT. In fact, student-athletes can excel in ACT…

If you’re an athlete, let’s face it, you have very little time to study for the SAT. You spend ten to fifteen hours a week at practices and events, so other extracurricular activities are moved to the back burner.  However, it’s wise not to throw out studying for the SAT. The benefits of a high score are too important to overlook. Despite the time crunch, a student-athlete like you can…

Your child’s academic success is far from guaranteed. Amidst all the factors that determine academic success and failure, hard work is probably the most critical.  However, it’s difficult to find out if your child is really trying,  because he or she spends seven or eight hours a day in school, far out of sight. Parents can gauge their child’s effort in school by talking to their child and his or…

As a parent, you can expect some poor behavior on the part of your child every once in awhile—acting out is a part of children’s processes of maturing and becoming adults. However, if your child’s behavior gets out of hand or fails to improve over a significant period of time, there are some steps you can take to deal with the situation. The best way to deal with a defiant…

Parents want their children to soar academically.  But, sometimes children struggle in school, causing self-doubt for the parents. It doesn’t have to be like this.  Parents can equip themselves with tools to help their struggling child. Students often perform poorly in school because of various factors. Below you will learn how to help your child overcome these academic struggles. A Prep Expert® course in the ACT or SAT prep course…

For parents, involvement in their son or daughter’s college choice can be an emotionally exhausting tug of war between two extremes. Some parents stay out of the way, wanting their child to own the decision.  Other parents push their child towards a particular university, afraid their child will never find a good fit on his or her own. If you think of choosing a college as a skill set, it will…

Sometimes a child becomes ill or has some other emergency situation that causes him or her to miss an extended amount of school time.  Once the situation has been resolved, the child may come back to school only to discover that things aren’t as easy as they used to be.  He or she may not understand what is going on in class, or he or she may be overburdened with…

High school students are some of the busiest and most stressed-out people out there. With a jam-packed schedule—classes, extracurricular activities, sports, standardized test prep, college applications, after-school jobs, et cetera—and countless worries on your mind, it is easy to lose perspective. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, you might want to ask yourself if your schedule and course load are too difficult. Are your grades dropping, or is your performance slipping? Are you…