Mindspire Tutoring and Test Prep

09/02/2025

🎓 ✍️ College Essays That Stand Out

Tonight at 7:00 PM ET, I’ll be hosting a live webinar with Ben Urwand, founder of Real College Essays (https://realcollegeessays.com/). Ben has helped countless students craft essays that are authentic, memorable, and truly reflective of who they are—not the same cookie-cutter stories admissions officers see again and again.

👉 In this free session, you’ll learn:

How to find a unique essay topic (even if you think you’re “boring”)

The 3 biggest mistakes students make—and how to avoid them

A simple structure to make your voice shine through

How parents can help without taking over

📅 When: Tonight at 7:00 PM ET (6 CT / 5 MT / 4 PT)
📍 Where: Online (register here) → https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/XR_Z-yPxSwCWEq514vpdCA

Whether you’re a student staring at a blank page, a parent wanting to help, or an educator supporting college-bound teens—this is for you.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Webinar with Ben Urwand of Real College Essays. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

08/31/2025

Looking forward to talking with Ben Urwand of realcollegeessays.com to learn about his unique and powerful approach to helping students write one-of-a-kind college essays! Join us — event details here: Ben Urwand of Real College Essays.

All our tutors are published authors with PhDs. We work one-on-one to help students write real college essays that get them admitted to top schools.

08/23/2025

Looking forward to talking with Ben about how to write an outstanding college essay. Join us Sept 2 at 7pm ET!

https://open.substack.com/pub/mindspireprep/p/meet-ben-urwand-the-mind-behind-real?r=1gbzb&utm_medium=iosgsio

07/03/2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/mindspireprep/p/3-essential-sat-reading-strategies?r=1gbzb&utm_medium=ios

The SAT Reading section is notorious for its trickiness—not because the questions are especially hard, but because the wrong answers are deceptively close to being right. Click to learn more!

06/22/2025

New blog post: How to get better at science passages on the SAT and ACT...

Have you ever read a dense science passage on the ACT or SAT, and at the end, asked yourself, what the heck was that? If so, you’re not alone.

06/18/2025

TONIGHT! Get your college admissions questions answered! Free!

Join us for a timely and insightful conversation about the evolving world of college admissions. TONIGHT at 7:30pm EST, registration link below!

06/11/2025

Register for College Admissions Q and A with Alyse Levine!

Do not forget to register for our Q & A with Alyse Levine, Founder & CEO of Premium Prep on Wednesday, June 18 at 7:30pm EST! LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Azv6plUIQkqGI0MBkfE8vw

06/06/2025

Just a quick video on how Desmos can help with percent problems:

05/22/2025

New blog post on the New "Enhanced" Digital ACT.

Adoption of the Enhanced Digital ACT represents a major shift in how students experience the exam—and in how tutors and test-prep companies guide them. Click to learn more!

06/21/2024

Excited to announce our new College Application Workshop for rising Seniors!

Details here:
https://www.mindspire.com/college-counseling-workshop