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What is a good PSAT score for 2020?
PSAT scores have just come out and you might be looking at your score wondering what exactly it means. Is it a good...
Why Students Procrastinate: The Science Behind Procrastination
https://youtu.be/om4T6vcxqCw Watch the video instead. Procrastination is a battle between two parts of your brain, the...
What is Academic Coaching?
Academic Coaching: Learning how to play the game of school Do you find yourself missing assignments? Or sitting down in class, only to realize you have an exam that day that you forgot about? Do you sit down to study and not even know where to start? Are you worried...
Should I take the SAT Essay?
What is the SAT Essay? The SAT essay is an analytical essay that is quite similar to the AP Language rhetorical analysis essay. The SAT essay tasks students with reading a 700 word passage and evaluating the author’s argument through a written response. Similar to...
Which Schools Superscore the ACT
Starting in September of next year, students will be able to retake individual section of the ACT instead of having to take the whole thing. You can read more about this exciting change here. The good news is that this change will likely make ACT superscoring an...
Why You Should Consider Early Decision
Whether you are a senior unsure if you want to apply ED 2 or a junior thinking ahead to college applications next year, you might be a bit hesitant about putting all your eggs in the Early Decision basket. While it might seem like a big commitment, and...
Prepping for AP Exams and Subject Tests
It’s the winter of your junior year… you've just got your first quarter of grades and you’re absolutely killing AP bio! You won’t start reviewing for AP exams in school until the spring, but that doesn’t mean you should put off thinking about them until...
Self Reporting Your Test Scores
In a surprising shift in college admissions, more colleges are now allowing applicants to self report their test scores. Previously, colleges required all applicants to send official score reports directly from the testing agency as a necessary part of the...
Does Prestige Matter?
Each year, the college admissions process gets more competitive, especially at the top schools in the country. This past year, Harvard’s admissions rate hit a low of 4.5%, and Stanford, the most selective school in the country, has elected not to publish its...
Top 7 Tips for Writing a Personal Statement
Whether you go Common App or Coalition, your personal statement is the crown jewel of your application. If you’re doing your due diligence, this might be the 100th listicle you’ve read on how to write the perfect college essay, but we hope that it helps you out to...
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 increasing prevalence of mental illness, including depression and anxiety, among high school students. In fact, new research has found that students in...