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What boosting your SAT by 150-200 points can do for your UMD application
Streamline Tutors recently started offering point-based improvement packages, wherein parents can choose to purchase...
Utilize High School to Prepare for College
How to approach your high school classes so you’re prepared for college Students and parents come to us all the...
Navigating College Admissions
The college admissions process is in a state of flux. Popularly held values have shifted. This has had people...
Student’s Don’t Know What They Don’t Know – And It Causes Stress
As high school gets more serious and college admissions become more competitive, it’s not a surprise that there’s an...
Making Good Learning
The Best Lecture - The difference between sitting in a lecture and actively interacting with content is the difference...
The past, present and future of learning
The Past of Learning There was once a time when people were smarter and more skilled because they simply had to be....
Test Prep Classes – The Everyone Solution that Works for No One
When schools partner with test prep companies to offer traditional test prep classes, there's a price point for...
Moving Up a Level in the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive disruptive impact on students in the U.S. As might be expected, many have...
What is the Ideal College Admissions Process?
The college admissions process is in a state of flux. Popularly held values have shifted. This has had people...
Standardized Tests
The Proctor Nightmare
Sign this petition to urge standardization of SAT/ACT proctor and test site. Imagine it’s the...
Making March Marvelous
Thinking about March usually conjures up images of spring, St. Patrick’s Day, and of course...
Essays: Recommended but not Required
It seems that college admission boards are finally realizing what students knew all along: essay...
Colleges & Universities
The End of SAT at UC
The end of the SAT and ACT at the University of California schools has been welcomed by some with...
What boosting your SAT by 150-200 points can do for your UMD application
Streamline Tutors recently started offering point-based improvement packages, wherein parents can...
Utilize High School to Prepare for College
How to approach your high school classes so you’re prepared for college Students and...
Case Studies
Students Don’t Read and Don’t Know Where to Start
"The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, that the ties of brotherhood may...
Case Study 5: The “Bad Test-Taker”
Executive Summary: Anthony was a middle of the road Park student starting at an 1120 on his...
Case Study 4: The Recruited Athlete
Executive Summary: Claire was a star lacrosse player at McDonogh. Her junior year, she was...