While we can’t help you start an orphanage in Guatemala to catch an admissions officer’s eye, our guide to test prep can help you improve your SAT and ACT scores.
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Should you take the SAT or ACT?
Athletic Recruiting
The lowdown on the SAT writing section
Do colleges even look at a Writing section score? Why did they add it and what’s on it, anyway? If my essay is scored from 1 to 6, how did I get a 9? Why is my multiple-choice score missing a zero?
Standardized tests: Which ones? When? How many times?
Deciding which standardized tests to take and the best time to take them can be confusing and overwhelming. You will need to develop a plan of action early on so that you don’t “burn out” during the college application process.
A Short History of Standardized Test Preparation
Almost accidentally, I created a Pattern ID strategy that was so powerful that students could get all the questions right without doing any work.
ACT like you know: an ACT Practice Test
DIRECTIONS: On the most inconvenient Saturday of the year (usually the morning after Homecoming or Prom), drag your butt out of bed and to your testing site with a handful of sharpened #2 pencils and a calculator. Fill in the answer bubbles on the separate Scantron sheet and prepare to spend the next four hours of your precious Saturday listening to the guy behind you snort snot up his nasal passages since Kleenexes aren’t allowed in the testing room.