Standardized Testing

20 Questions You Need to Ask Yourself Before You Type Your First Word

Having spent one too many days of my summer vacations in stuffy SAT prep academies, I am all too familiar with the struggles of having to prepare for the dreaded exam. However, I've come...

10 Things to Avoid When Writing Your College Admissions Essay

If there was one piece of advice that any high school or college student could have given to me, it would be this: It is never too early to start, especially when it comes...

Writing Without Bragging: Do's & Don'ts of Patronizing Yourself

With the newly redesigned SAT launched this year, no longer is simple memorization of obscure and rarely ever used vocabulary words good enough. Majority of the questions now require you to use/ identify correct...

College Search & Selection

Gearing up to take the ACT? It's not fun - especially the science portion. Filled with obscure graphs, really confusing charts, and simply annoying jargon, at this point of the exam, most students want...

Subject Tests: To Take or Not to Take?

SAT Subject Tests are the little brothers of AP exams. They are a fraction of the price and workload but, for many, double the annoyance. According to College Board, 160 schools require or recommend...

SAT vs ACT: Why Everyone Should Take Both

The SAT and ACT are two distinct tests. The new SAT has become more like the ACT, yes, but there are still important differences. Luckily, new changes to the SAT make it so there...