Testtakers Singapore

Our most recent blog post on why the SAT still matters is here.

The SAT Still Matters The number of SAT tests administered is rising back towards the pre-pandemic levels, mainly thanks to in-school weekday testing spreading rapidly. A few universities like Georgetown and MIT have bravely starting to again require scores from all applicants. MIT has

See our new article on summer ideas here:

https://www.testtakers-sg.com/blog/summer-ideas

The cycle begins anew! Our Standard In-Person dSAT Prep program leading to the August dSAT began yesterday. We still have places available and a number of other programs leading to different test dates as well as many with partner schools. More here: https://www.testtakers-sg.com/our-programs/schedules-registration
Email us on [email protected] for more information or to set up a call!

Summer Zoom Academic Fundamentals Programs!

Introduction to July Academic Fundamentals Program Note there are Chinese and Korean subtitles available, just activate them via the "setting" icon on the lower right.

The kids are not alright.

A closer look at the declining mental health of kids Studies have raised alarms about the many ways kids have been affected by the pandemic — from loneliness to faltering grades. NPR's Sarah McCammon discusses this with psychologist Lisa Damour.

ZOOM programs:

9 ZOOM PROGRAMS Details on our Zoom test prep programs.

I largely agree with the broad efficacy of tutoring, but can tutoring replace a standard classroom approach to learning? I see increasingly post-covid students who are not able to learn effectively in a classroom and need regular tutoring to just keep up with the curriculum. Often such students effectively shut off in the classroom, knowing that they will have the content spoon-fed to them on the weekend or after school by their expensive private tutor. The papers over the severe learning loss that many suffered with Covid that is often revealed when they take a standardized math test such as the SAT. "He/She is doing great in school, I don't understand how they could score a 460 math." The reason is that they never learned the math in 9-10th grade that is tested, and rely on tutoring to pass the next module.

When these students go on to university, they will be sorely ill-equipped to take notes effectively in a lecture theatre and will need more individual support to sustain themselves - be it individual tutoring or the (cheating) tool that is chegg.com.

While many of us seek support in our post-academic lives, will these students expect and need to have things eased for them in their professional lives as well?

- Jeremy Craig

A short intro to our programs.

8 OUR PROGRAMS Details on our test preparation programs.