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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘SAT’
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 [...]
Evaluating Test Preparation Options
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, January 17th, 2011 | No Comments
Today I’m sharing a post from Akil Bello, owner and founder of Bell Curves, LLC, an educational services company in New York. Akil does a great job of explaining the test prep options you have for your college-bound teen. He has graciously allowed me to post his original article from his blog. ************** When people [...]
College Helper #3-Akil Bello
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, December 27th, 2010 | 2 Comments
In his own words…Akil is “father, husband, GMAT-SAT-ACT-LSAT guru, aspiring abecedary, neophyte preceptor, inchoate pedagogue”. For those of you who are not linguists–that is a bunch of synonyms for “teacher”! Akil, along with his father and brother, started Bell Curves–a completely minority owned test prep company. What sets Akil apart from the others (other than [...]
SAT "Eureka" Moments!
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, August 30th, 2010 | 2 Comments
When you’re a parent of a college-bound teen you have a ton of questions. Every day brings a new list of “how do I…, where do we find…, how do we do….; you get the picture! And if it’s questions you have and answers you need, one of the best places to go is #CampusChat [...]
Test Optional Colleges
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, June 25th, 2010 | 1 Comment
What is a “test optional” college? It is a college and/or university that deemphasizes the use of standardized tests by making admissions decisions about substantial numbers of applicants who recently graduated from U.S. high schools without using the SAT or ACT. Some schools exempt students who meet grade-point average or class rank criteria while others [...]
Is the SAT just a test?
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Preparing for the SAT/ACT tests cause panic and stress for college-bound teens and their parents. Why? Because colleges use those test scores as part of the college admissions evaluation process. Some parents are willing to shell out massive amounts of money to assure that their teens do well on those tests. But controversy around the [...]
Knewton SAT Prep
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, April 26th, 2010 | 2 Comments
Recently I received a tour of Knewton’s SAT Prep portal online. I have to admit, I was skeptical. Based on personal SAT prep courses with my daughter, I always felt those type courses were too expensive and didn’t significantly improve her SAT scores like they promised. However, I was pleasantly surprised with Knewton’s services. Here’s [...]
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. [...]
Creating an SAT Study Plan
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, March 19th, 2010 | 2 Comments
Today’s guest post is by Jennifer Cohen, President and Chief Word-Nerd at Word-Nerd.com. She offers some great (realistic) tips on preparing for upcoming SAT’s. When it comes to studying for the SAT, most students don’t know where to begin. The easy way out is to head over to the local branch of one of the [...]
