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  • ACT and SAT Summer Study Tips

    ACT and SAT Summer Study Tips

    The ACT and SAT exam schedules are designed to correspond with a typical high school academic year. Accordingly, no test dates for either exam are offered over the summer. This makes summer vacation the ideal […]

     
  • ACT and SAT Reading: Common Errors

    ACT and SAT Reading: Common Errors

    This week we’re going to look at three of the most common errors that I have seen students make on the Reading sections of the ACT and SAT. While each student will find certain aspects […]

     
  • Additional Tips for the ACT and SAT

    Additional Tips for the ACT and SAT

    Many students struggle with completing the ACT and SAT in the allotted time. Each section of each exam allows precisely enough time to complete its questions. Students who do not practice time management strategies ahead […]

     
  • Deciding When to Retake the ACT or SAT

    Deciding When to Retake the ACT or SAT

    Taking the ACT or SAT for the first time can be an eye-opening experience. Regardless of how thoroughly you have prepared, chances are you will encounter issues on the real test that you never considered […]

     
  • ACT and SAT Reading Dual Passages

    ACT and SAT Reading Dual Passages

    One of the passages on the ACT and SAT Reading sections is actually a pair of passages. Most of the questions for this type of “passage” refer to only one of the reading selections. However, […]

     
  • ACT and SAT Reading “NOT/EXCEPT” Questions

    ACT and SAT Reading “NOT/EXCEPT” Questions

    Many students struggle with ACT and SAT Reading questions that use the words “not” and “except.” These types of questions require you to identify the one right answer, as opposed to the one wrong answer. […]

     
  • ACT English: Writer’s Goal Questions

    ACT English: Writer’s Goal Questions

    Sometimes the ACT English section asks whether a passage fulfills a particular goal. These “writer’s goal” questions take the form of a stated goal, followed by two “yes” and two “no” answers. Students often find […]

     
  • ACT and SAT Reading: Reasonable Inferences

    ACT and SAT Reading: Reasonable Inferences

    Every correct answer on the ACT and SAT Reading sections must be directly supported by the passages in some way. The exams try to obscure this seemingly-simple fact with questions that sound more open-ended than […]

     
  • What to Bring and What Not to Bring on Test Day

    What to Bring and What Not to Bring on Test Day

      Some of the most common questions we get at the Learning Island involve what you are and are not allowed to bring to the ACT and SAT. With that in mind, here is a […]

     
  • Improve Your SAT scores!

    Tips for Creating Variety While Studying for the ACT and SAT

    The ACT and SAT are very repetitive exams. Both ask the same types of questions in the same ways over and over. Because of this, studying for either exam can quickly become boring. Here are […]