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Top 5 SAT Strategy Tips: 4. Practice!

Practice! I worked with a student who is training for the Olympic gymnastics team. She practices 8 hours a day, 4 days a week. On top of a full load […]

Exponent Rules

This is often how my students feel when faced with a confusing exponents problem. Even though they know the exponent rules, this question doesn’t look like what they are […]

How many questions do I need to get right to get a "good" SAT score?

I was talking to a parent today and realized, again, that there are a lot of misconceptions about what a good score is on the SAT. “Good” is relative For […]

Imaginary numbers (and imaginary friends)

Do you all remember Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street? He was Big Bird’s imaginary friend. The SAT also believes in imaginary friends – or, in their case, imaginary numbers. This […]

Yes, you need to know the circle equation for the new SAT (if you’re shooting for a score in the 600s)

This problem came up today in a tutoring session. Circle questions are showing up once or twice on each new SAT test. My student was flummoxed on how to […]

Where can I find more SAT practice questions?

[UPDATE: You can find 8 Official SAT Practice Tests over at the College Board website. Or you can purchase their book from Amazon with the exact same info.] This is […]

6 must-have resources to help you study for the new SAT

I talk to a lot of parents that want to help their kids study for the SAT, but aren’t sure what to use. Here are my favorite resources that EVERYONE […]

Stay humble!

So I’m diving back into all things SAT after a year away. I expected the math to be hard. But I didn’t expect to get humbled by the new writing […]

I couldn’t stay away

My brain hurts I thought is was going to be easier to learn the SAT again. 8 years ago, when I picked up the SAT again as an adult, I had to […]

Gerbils, non-stop excitement, and high SAT scores

(Note: This posts refers to the old SAT. But the point about PLANNING and LEARNING about -and CORRECTING- your performance on the SAT still applies!) A little Non-stop excitement My little girl […]

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