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This week we’re going to cover three more mistakes that students often make while preparing for the ACT and SAT. These are “big picture” errors that apply equally to both exams. Avoiding these mistakes will […]
ACT Reading always contains the same four types of passages: Literary Narrative, Social Science, Humanities, and Natural Science. One of these passages will randomly be a pair of two shorter passages. To effectively comprehend the […]
The ACT and SAT are long tests. Not including breaks, the ACT clocks in at 2 hours, 55 minutes and the SAT at exactly 3 hours. If you take the optional essay section, you are […]
In this lesson we’re going to provide some recommendations for what you should and should not do during the week leading up to ACT or SAT. These tips will help you to maximize your final […]
Students taking the optional ACT Writing (essay) Test this fall will notice that the format has changed somewhat. For one thing, students now have 40 minutes (instead of the previous 30) to write their essays. […]
Continuing our look at the revised version of the SAT that will be offered from March 2016 onward, today we’re going to give an overview of the Writing and Language Test. Designed to take the […]
Sentence Completion questions are one of the most frustrating aspects of the SAT Reading section. Even a student with an above-average vocabulary can struggle with the numerous outdated words. The College Board’s affinity for archaic […]
The next two lessons are going to provide an overview of the SAT Subject Tests. These optional hour long exams cover advanced knowledge in the areas of English, history, languages, mathematics and science. While you […]
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