What is motivation and why is it important? Motivation is an internal process of goal-directed behavior. Sometimes...
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5 SAT Skills That Will Stay With You Forever
Most of us are aware that the SAT and ACT are important for college admissions purposes, and many students prepare for...
Will Coronavirus Impact College Admissions?
Talk of coronavirus is everywhere, and it doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon. While we don’t want to...
Why 4 months of tutoring for the SAT/ACT?
Some parents rush to sign up for SAT/ACT prep a month or two before the test, but the reality is that dramatic score improvements typically occur with 4 months of tutoring.
Don’t even bother applying to Harvard. Here’s why…
The admissions stats you’ve never seen.
Applying to College? You May Want to Delete Your Facebook Account
A life without Facebook might seem incomprehensible to some, but high school seniors applying to college would be wise to consider it, if only temporarily. As cited in the Huffington Post, more than 80 percent of college admissions officers use Facebook and other...
Making Your College Applications Stand Out–Focus on What Makes You Unique
(Post also found on the Baltimore Fishbowl here:) It used to be that GPA and SAT scores dictated where a student would be accepted into college. Now high scores and top grades only get a student considered at selective colleges and universities. The admissions office...
Give Yourself an Early Holiday Present: Make Your Teachers and Counselors Your Best Advocates
Some consider teacher and counselor recommendations to be the icing on the cake of a stellar college application, but they serve an integral role in the college application process. Most understand that the strongest recommendations don’t succumb to platitudes like,...
How to Improve Executive Functioning (Part 1): Learn a Second Language
One of the biggest buzzwords in education these days is the term “executive function” (EF). While the term itself may conjure up images of elementary school students in suits and ties, we’re sure our savvy Baltimore readers know that EF skills are actually the...
Getting the Most out of your High School Experience from Day 1 (SAT & College Visits)
It’s only October and already tension is in the air for highschool freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.Will the government shutdown persist?Will the Affordable Care Act work?What happened to my Pre-Calculus grade?Which Baltimore tutoring company can help me do my best?...
A College Admissions Perspective: Getting the Most out of your High School Experience from Day 1 (Extracurricular Activities)
Well into September, high school students are hopefully acclimated to the academic demands of the new school year. For some, fall sport seasons are already in full swing, necessitating that students manage their time wisely to stay on top of projects, tests, and...
What Counts for College Admissions: Part 1 GPA
Director Ian Siegel takes an in-depth look at the way colleges evaluate your GPA.