One question we often get is, “Should my son/daughter take the SAT or the ACT?”

Answering that carefully involves a discussion. But even before having a big discussion there’s something concrete […]

Remember those big, fat beginner pencils you used in the first grade? The ones that have leads three or four times thicker than the leads in conventional pencils? We mean […]

I bet you know some people you like and think highly of and who appear to be reasonably happy and successful who

did not go to college
did go to […]

This YouTube video covers the first two essentials of handling SAT Reading new “double” questions – the ones in which the second question in the set asks, “Which of the […]

The Reading part of the SAT has 52 questions. Of those, fully 20 (10 pairs) are what I call double questions. That’s roughly 40% of the available points! So, how […]

Parents of entering seniors,

The summer before a student’s senior year is traditionally a time for parents and the student to battle over writing the college application essay. That’s too bad, […]