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05/21/2026

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Email from Sheptin Tutoring Group Registration for SATs starts now! And, an exciting new College Board program your student can - and should - use Hi : Good news! The College Board has opened registra

02/19/2026

Sheptin Tutoring Group is honored to be a finalist in the Westchester Magazine Best of Westchester 2026 competition, and we’d love your vote!
Voting is open February 18 – March 13.
This marks our first nomination. We'd love to convert it to a win!
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02/14/2026

Happy Valentine's Day! We are showing our love by starting AP Bootcamp and Regents Review course registrations today - with our best pricing of the season! Register by February 17 for our preferred pricing. Prices will go up on the 18th.
To register:
Regents: https://register.sheptin.com/Regents2026/
AP: https://register.sheptin.com/ap2026/

Register Today! AP Bootcamps 2026 Achieve better AP results with Sheptin Tutoring Group, the preferred and most experienced test prep partner. Our results speak for themselves. With most colleges and universities continuing test-optional policies and increased applications to top schools, strong AP....

10/26/2025

Colorado Academy, an independent school in CO, is a big feeder school to Tulane via ED. Apparently, for reasons unknown, a student who got into Tulane via ED opted out. Tulane decided to not accept students for one year from this school. Disgraceful. However, in my opinion, ED needs to be expunged as an option. It creates too much strife.

In an unusual move, the university imposed a one-year ban on Colorado Academy for early-decision applications, which carry a commitment to attend.

07/22/2025

One of the nice things about my profession is that wherever I travel, I make every attempt to visit a university, so I've seen unis in Canada, France, Poland, LIthuania and even Russia!
Last week, I was in Freiburg, Germany, a medieval university city about 1.5 hours from Strasbourg, France. I had the opportunity to learn about the University of Freiburg's Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelors program: a multidisciplinary approach to liberal arts education, where 85% of students go on to pursue Masters and PhD programs. It is entirely taught in English. Students can dorm the first year. And here's the kicker: the tuition is 3000 Euros per YEAR! That's the cost of ONE CREDIT at most private US universities!

The university was established in 1457 and is renowned as a top German uni. In fact, the liberal arts were the cornerstone of Freiburg's education model in its earliest years.

Students can major in Life Sciences; Culture and History; Governance; or Environmental and Sustainability Studies. Class sizes tend to hover at about 20. There is a core curriculum and opportunity to take electives. Students must take two years of German, but you're in Germany: why wouldn't you?

There is an alumnus chapter here in NYC, which will provide excellent networking opportunities to students at the school who want to return to the US upon graduation.

I was very impressed. I want more US students to consider looking at schools outside of the US, especially as we become an increasingly seamless global economy.

Students can work in Germany during the school year.
The school has many exchange programs as well, with renowned schools such as Uppsala (Sweden); Maastricht (Netherlands); Birmingham and Warwick (UK).

Want to learn more? PM me!

05/24/2025

Our Class of 2025 is really going places. Here is but a sampling of where our graduates will be going come the Fall:
Binghamton University
Brown University
Cambridge University
Colgate University
Cornell University
Emory University
Harvard College
Haverford College
Indiana University
Oxford University
Purdue University
Queen Mary University London
Skidmore College
Syracuse University
UC Davis
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Maryland
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Richmond
University of Southern California
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
Villanova University
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

05/21/2025

Countdown to Regents! Join our Bootcamps and ace the tests!

Email from Sheptin Tutoring Group Get Ready for Success! Join Our Regents Classes Now!     Regents Are Just Around the Corner! Hi Alan: It's hard to believe that the school year is almost over! In les

02/13/2025

My second posting on substack. Please subscribe!

As competition for spots in some of the “hot” colleges continues to ramp up and the predictability of admission continues to slide down, think cleverly! If you are looking to where your classmates are

02/06/2025

I finally decided to start a Substack and plan to add content about all things related to the college planning process. Please subscibe!

Yes, learning critical thinking is key. But how about those soft skills?

10/16/2024