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Lydia Bennet would have live tweeted her elopement and other SAT disasters
Here’s a cautionary tale of my recent SAT disaster and a step-by-step checklist of what you can do to ensure you don’t make the same mistakes. So I take the […]
Read MoreThe SAT folks are not Jedi Masters
This may be obvious, but the SAT folks are not Jedi Masters. Not that you would know that by talking to my students. When reviewing their Reading answers, I swear […]
Read MoreSAT Math: Absolute value
Some of my SAT students have been wrestling with absolute value lately. I think it’s giving them fits because most of them haven’t seen it in a long time. Here’s […]
Read MorePay-what-you-will SAT tutoring sessions on Friday, April 10
I’m celebrating my birthday this Friday, April 10, by having pay-what-you-will SAT tutoring sessions with all money raised going to my favorite charity DonorsChoose.org. Everybody wins! If you’d like to […]
Read More5 Steps to Analyze your Full SAT Score Report (and get a better SAT score)
[Note: this refers to the old version of the SAT. I’m working a new post that shows how to analyze the College Board’s Score Report for the new SAT.] Here […]
Read MoreSAT Math: Everything you need to know about exponents on the SAT
Exponent problems show up frequently on the SAT. Here’s the run down on what you absolutely need to know about them in order to answer any exponent problem on […]
Read MoreSAT Critical Reading is not Mad Libs
[Note: This post refers to the old SAT] Do you all remember Mad Libs? You make up nouns, verb and adjectives to add to a paragraph of text. Then […]
Read MoreSAT Strategy: There are no answer choices
Many of my students hate the math fill-in-the-blank section because there are no answer choices. They apparently love the security of having answer choices A through D in the […]
Read MoreWhere's the beef?
Back in the 1980’s, Wendy’s ran a hamburger commercial poking fun at their competitors’ large buns and small burger patties. I feel the same way about some of the […]
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All my SAT students are brilliant
I’m often asked how my SAT students routinely get such great results. I immediately reply, “I have brilliant students.” And I do. 🙂 But, interestingly enough, I don’t screen incoming […]
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