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“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
— Benjamin Franklin
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The Benefits of Test Prep: Getting Into Your Top-Choice College | IvyWise With many students juggling schoolwork, extracurricular activities, and other commitments, it’s easy for some to put off the SAT or ACT and hope for a good score the first time around. However, just like with college applications, there’s a lot of preparation and planning that should go into sta...

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.-Benjamin Franklin

Fall SAT/ACT season is approaching. Are you ready? Call us today 267-226-6450.

SAT/ACT Tutor: The Benefits of Working With a One-on-One Tutor
-Helena Fitzgerald 10/10/14

The transition from end of the summer to the beginning of fall is perhaps the most stressful time in rising high school juniors’ and seniors’ lives. For juniors, the college admission process suddenly seems real in a way that it has not before, and the timing, scheduling, and logistics of everything from college visits to ACT or SAT prep can feel overwhelming -- the next year needs to be carefully planned, and it can feel scary to not know how to get all necessary pieces properly in order. For seniors, already deep into the process, the first day of school can already feel like the last minute. The final college applications loom, and it can seem like everyone else already has met them and met them more efficiently (of course that’s never true - as a veteran of application consulting and SAT tutoring in New York, I can assure you that every student feels this way).

Standardized tests are often viewed as a game of chance. Even with preparation and an understanding of the material and the system, students and parents often still feel that it’s only the student’s natural untrainable test-taking abilities that will determine their score. To a great degree, the worry over whether the SAT or ACT is the best choice stems from this widely propagated myth. A student is naturally suited to the SAT or naturally suited to the ACT, and supposedly 90% of the game is accurately assessing that disposition and matching them to the test.

This is patently untrue. After ten years of being an SAT tutor in NYC, I can state with complete confidence that all abilities and tendencies described as “natural test-taking ability” are repeatable, methodical approaches that can be taught, learned, and memorized. The difference between the SAT and ACT is not what kind of brain a student has, but which methods they use to practice and learn. There is nothing about the way a student approaches material that can’t be taught quite easily, nor would those students not also benefit greatly from one-on-one tutoring to help make their results consistent and repeatable.

A good tutor can quickly assess a student’s learning style and tailor an approach to either test (or both) that will work best for them, and will minimize the stress these tests often bring along with them.

To all parents of rising juniors and seniors
Next ACT Test Date: Sept. 8
Next SAT Test Date: Oct 6

Don't wait until school starts to get ready! Call us today. Free consultation. 267-226-6450