Getting ready to apply for college can be nerve-racking at best, terrifying at worst. Perhaps one of the most daunting obstacles between you and your dream school is the dreaded standardized test. There are two standardized tests that are accepted by almost every university: the SAT and the ACT. Choosing which of these two tests [...]
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Deciding whether to take the SAT or ACT
By admin on Monday, August 15th, 2011 | 8 Comments
Texting to Teach–Seriously?
By admin on Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 | No Comments
If you asked most educators and parents to suggest possible new ways to help teenagers significantly improve SAT, ACT and AP test scores as well as overall GPA’s, “texting” is probably not one of the first (or second or third) things that would come to mind. After watching my teenage daughter on a car trip [...]
Top 5 Test Prep Sites
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Your college-bound teen MUST do some sort of test prep. It will improve their scores and give them confidence when they take the test. Preparation and familiarization with the test and its formulas will give them an edge over the students who choose not to prepare. Here are my recommendations for test prep sites: 1. [...]
College Test Prep for the rest of us
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, May 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Let’s face it. Those students who have some sort of test prep prior to taking the SAT and/or ACT tend to do better. There are always those Type A parents that shell out hundreds and thousands of dollars to get their teens ready for test day. Those programs are available to anyone, but what about [...]
