I recently started tutoring quadruplets. 🙂 Their mom said they had taken the PSAT a year ago and their overall scores were within 20 points of one another, “so they probably all need the same advice.” Details matter I dug into the details and found they all had different strengths and weaknesses. One kid […]
Strategy
Last minute SAT tips
One more week to go until the October 2013 SAT! Here are some last minute tips to achieve your best score. How to improve my SAT score right now What to do on test day (via Debbie Stier at the Perfect Score Project)
10 Qualities of a Great SAT Tutor
Debbie Stier, over at the Perfect Score Project, wrote a post on 10 qualities of a great SAT tutor. Here’s an excerpt: 4) A great tutor customizes their approach and strategy. Every student has different background knowledge, talents, interests, anxiety levels, etc. 5) A great tutor offers instruction that is both content and strategy based. Tips and tricks alone will only […]
Red book as resource for practice
If you are looking for even more authentic SAT questions (and you’ve already exhausted the 10 Blue Book tests, the 4 free practice tests, and the 9 tests in the Online Course), grab a copy of the Red Book. These are pre-2005 questions (when they revised the SAT), so ignore the math comparison questions and […]
Reminder: Full SAT explanations are available online
Buy this book: Find full explanations of every single question here: www.collegeboard.com/satstudyguide
SAT Reading: Everybody loves cupcakes!
Mmmmmm…everybody loves cupcakes! How will you ever choose between them? Each one looks better than the last! Students often take on the critical reading section like they are entering a sweet shop. “Mmm..elitist looks good. Oh look – they have monarchical and irreproachable as well. How will I ever choose?” They linger over the answer […]