by Jake | May 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
After more than two months of eagerly waiting, students who took the first new SAT on March 5th are finally receiving their scores. As is often the case when receiving important scores for a new exam, many may feel a little confused as to what to make of all the...
by Jake | Feb 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
The College Board is making a long overdue change to the SAT testing schedule. While the SAT is offered seven times a year, after the June exam, there isn’t another SAT until October. Beginning in 2017, the College Board will now offer the SAT at the end of...
by Jake | Jan 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
The snowstorm on the East Coast is unfortunately causing many test centers to reschedule the January 23rd SAT exam. Any reasonable person can appreciate that the weather conditions make it impossible to have the SAT at the regular time – this in itself is...
by Jake | Aug 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
High school juniors: with your return to school imminent, the SAT exam looms large. You would typically be asking yourselves two test-prep related questions: When should I take the SAT? (after adequate preparation) and Should I also take the ACT? (it’s always worth a...
by Jake | Apr 2, 2015 | SAT, SAT materials, Uncategorized
Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen” champions the idea that young heartbreaks heal. It’s a catchy song with a positive message. It’s also grammatically flawed, containing an example of singular/plural pronoun disagreement: “’Cause when you’re fifteen and somebody tells you...
by Jake | Oct 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Every October juniors are given the opportunity to take the PSAT/NMSQT. This is essentially a practice round for the real SAT. In fact, PSAT stands for Preliminary SAT (it used to stand for Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test inasmuch as the SAT used to stand for...
