SAT ACT Test Prep

“Do I really have to do the essay?” Rachel, a junior from East Lyme High School asked. “I thought the new SAT essay was optional.” Rachel is correct. The new SAT is optional. But Rachel, much like most every college bound Connecticut high school student, does not know where she will apply to college. Rachel […]

“Thank goodness. No more sentence completions!” Said Jake, a junior at Daniel Hand High School in Madison, CT. “I have a terrible vocabulary.” Jake was referring to the elimination of sentence completions on the new SAT. The current SAT’s sentence completion section has been criticized for having too many obscure words (like obscure!) that are […]

“An hour and five minutes of SAT reading!” exclaimed Ethan, a junior at Guilford High School. “I can barely read for twenty minutes straight.” The current SAT reading test consists of three reading sections. Two sections are twenty-five minutes and one section is twenty minutes.  Moreover, part of each of those sections is broken up […]

I am one of the few SAT teachers in Connecticut who has been teaching SATs long enough to have been around during the last major overhaul of the SAT (circa 2005). The biggest difference in reaction is the pre versus post social media frenzy that this current test as caused. Back then, there was a […]

It is no exaggeration to say that hundreds of Connecticut parents of college bound juniors have asked me whether their child should take the current SAT.  Here are a few thoughts: Pro: There is no harm if your child takes the current SAT and does not score well. Never submit the current SAT for consideration. […]