My most popular and perhaps only subversive SAT and ACT tip is telling students to sleep in on the day before the SAT or ACT (as in Friday, a school day, shh, don’t tell school officials). Sleep in as in sleep until 8 or 9 am as opposed to getting up at 6 or 6:30 […]
Read More“Nathan did way worse than expected on the SAT. Can you help?” Mrs. Honig said about her very bright junior at Old Lyme. After working with Nathan a few times, I agreed. This is not always the case. Sometimes parents expectations are not based on real data but rather hope. In Nathan’s case, he definitely […]
Read More“Do I have to take SAT again? Hannah, a junior at East Lyme High School asked. She knew the answer to the question. One and done is exceedingly rare, at least for Connecticut students interested in attending competitive colleges. Extensive research shows that SAT and ACT test takers improve the second and third time they […]
Read MoreYale has decided that the New SAT is so aligned with what it wants from testing that it will no longer require subject tests or more commonly called The SAT IIs. That will be a relief for Connecticut students applying to Yale. Whether other schools will follow suit remains to be seen. SAT IIs for […]
Read More“We were totally caught off guard by the essay!” said several students in my fall SAT class in Madison. These students had taken the ACT but only prepared by buying the ACT book, which only had versions of the old essay prompt. The ACT has been a highly stable test. The SAT has been overhauled […]
Read More“I hate the Common Core.” I’ve heard this from parents throughout the Shoreline and Southeastern, CT. I’m not sure if it is another reason for Connecticut parents to dislike the Common Core or a reason – finally – to like the Common Core but the new SAT is designed to explicitly align itself with the […]
Read MoreSince I work with students from schools ranging from New Haven to Middletown to Stonington, I have a reasonable comparative understanding of the strength of Connecticut schools in the Middlesex, New Haven and New London County areas. If your child attends one of the stronger schools in the area – Guilford, Daniel Hand, Old Saybrook, […]
Read MoreI realize that some of you reading this article will cringe a bit in self-reflection and perhaps curse the author. The latter is justifiable, if only because I am equally guilty of the problem I will cite. Parents – including me – have to stop our whining about school. Some context will be helpful. I […]
Read More“I’m so glad that I’m done with the SAT!” Charlie, a junior at Old Saybrook High School noted after he received his second round of SAT scores. Charlie had tried to delay starting test prep to late spring. His parents asked me to convince him to start in the winter. I told that after fifteen […]
Read More“I am thinking of having Holly just focus on the ACT.” Mrs. O’Brien, a mother of a junior from Valley Regional High School said. “Since the new SAT is changing, I read somewhere that it makes sense to do the ACT.” I had read similar articles. Even before the HUGE news that Connecticut will require […]
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