Tutoring Service of New York

02/05/2025

In this week's post, we talk about how to pick the summer program that's right for your high school student!

A lot of students grow up spending their summers at day and then sleepaway camp. Camp offers an opportunity to spend time in nature, try new activities, and, most importantly, make new friends and develop social skills away from home. The social development camp provides can be integral for student

01/21/2025

Check out our newest blog post about the importance of using DESMOS on the Digital SAT!

The Digital SAT was designed to be a more straightforward test-taking experience than the paper exam. The test is shorter, the reading passages are shorter, and students can now use their calculators for both math sections—a significant departure from the calculator-free section that used to haunt...

12/15/2022

In our newest blog post, we look at some YouTube videos to help students learn and practice Spanish. Check it out!

Want to learn Spanish? Looking for videos to help your kids make Spanish class a little easier? You’re not alone. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language in the United States. Artists like Bad Bunny and Rosalía dominate Spotify and YouTube, bringing in a new wave of Spanish language p...

06/03/2022

Registration is still open for our SSAT Upper Level Weekend Camp! Virtual classes begin on Saturday, June 18th. Over the course of 10 3-Hour Sessions, students review every facet of the exam in-depth. All materials, a free diagnostic test, and a proctored, in-class exam are included as part of the course. For more information, click on the link below, or send us an email at [email protected]!

https://www.tutoringserviceofnewyork.com/ssat-upper-level-courses

03/07/2022

Students of all ages have a lot on their plates. Between exams, friends, and extracurriculars, it can be easy to let exercise fall by the wayside. In our newest blog post, we examine how exercise can be a critical part of a student's academic success and overall wellbeing.

https://www.tutoringserviceofnewyork.com/blog/2022/3/7/the-importance-of-exercise

01/26/2022

The College Board has announced that the SAT will be completely digital by 2024, and will now last for two hours rather than three. In our newest blogpost, we explore these changes, and discuss the effects they could have on students expecting to the take the exam in the coming years.

The College Board announced yesterday that it will significantly change the format of the SAT for international test takers in 2023, and U.S. test takers in 2024. Going forward, the test will be entirely digital. Students will still need to visit a test center to take the exam, but they will now

09/09/2021

We are excited to announce that Tutoring Service of New York is now a permanently virtual educational company! Since the start of the pandemic, we have been giving lessons exclusively via Zoom. After a year and half, it has become clear that virtual learning has benefited our students enormously, giving them more opportunities to work collaboratively with their tutors, and greater scheduling flexibility. This decision will allow us to best help students meet all of their academic goals. To learn more about how online learning benefits students and parents alike, check out our newest blog post below. We look forward to many more years of helping our students achieve their best!

As current and former students know, we have been offering exclusively virtual lessons throughout the pandemic. After months of feedback from parents and students, it is clear that remaining online will benefit students, tutors, and parents alike. As a result, we are excited to announce that Tutorin

08/30/2021

In part three of our series "Building a Bigger & Better Vocabulary," we look at the valuable role transition words and action words play in developing clearer, more engaging academic writing.

After a busy six weeks preparing our students for the August 28th SAT, we are proud to present the third in our three-part series of blog posts aimed at helping students develop their vocabularies. Whereas Part One and Part Two focused on learning new words for standardized exams, this final install

07/16/2021

Our newest blog post is the second part in a three part series focusing on how students can best improve their vocabularies. In this week's piece, we focus on the importance of word roots and word games when encountering words in context on tests like the SSAT, SAT, the AP Bio Exam, and more.

In last week’s blog post , we explored the different ways students can find and learn new words. As that blog post says, techniques like keeping a vocabulary journal, writing out of word banks, and reading ambitiously can help us expand our vocabularies for exams and essays of all kinds. In this w...

07/08/2021

Our latest post is the first of a three part series focusing on the strategies and techniques that help students build bigger and better vocabularies for everything from standardized tests to essays. Be sure to check out Part Two next week!

Building a bigger vocabulary is often the greatest challenge students face in assessments related to English Language Arts, regardless of whether they are preparing for the SAT, or trying to get an A in AP European History. As a result, we are running a multi-part series on how students can meaningf

04/26/2021

In our newest blogpost, we discuss the importance of looking at rubrics when studying for AP Exams. It's not enough to know the material—without knowing how they'll be graded, students run the risk of getting scores that don't reflect their ability or effort. By exploring the materials the College Board distributes, students can better tailor their exam prep to ensure their study time is put to good use.

When most students study for their Advanced Placement Exams, they focus on learning the material that will be on the test. To get a 5 on the AP Chem Exam, you have to understand molecular geometry. To get a 5 on the AP Euro exam, you have to know about the Peace of Westphalia, the Enclosure Acts, am