by Jake | Mar 15, 2019 | College Admissions, SAT
Ever since the FBI announced the charges in their “Operation Varsity Blues” earlier this week, this scandal has been the most covered news story relating to college admissions in quite a while. This video is the News12 coverage:...
by Jake | Jul 13, 2018 | SAT, Test Day Experiences
If you took the June SAT, you may have been caught off-guard on July 11th. The College Board released the June SAT scores and reports, and the data seemed to confirm the anecdotes many of us had been hearing: Many students answered more questions correctly than on any...
by Jake | Feb 26, 2018 | SAT, Test Day Experiences
Spring is on the way, and that means it’s time for the rumors to start flying again about the March SAT. I’ve heard all about how it’s more difficult than the others, and how it should be avoided. I hear it every year. Of course everyone understands that the College...
by Jake | Oct 31, 2017 | SAT, Test Day Experiences
I’d spent my Saturday morning taking the SAT 72 times before, but this morning was different. I hadn’t taken an exam in 5 months, which is a very long hiatus for me. Since the College Board redesigned the exam in March of 2016, they only allow non-high school...
by Jake | Sep 15, 2017 | ACT, SAT
As students return to school for an important junior year, SAT and ACT preparation begin to come into focus. The two biggest questions are “should I take the ACT or SAT” (you may also want to check out the SAT vs ACT Wars post) and “when should I...
by Jake | Aug 7, 2017 | ACT, SAT
Yesterday’s Newsday article tackles a lot of important information surrounding the SAT and ACT competition. One of its main focuses is the short supply of August SAT test center on Long Island (a situation I alerted my readers and students to early on). Here are...
