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What is Score Choice? Well, let's say you did pretty well on the SAT in October and June...but in December, you whiffed it big time. On both sections. Yikes! But the good news: that December number can stay your little secret—with some or all of the colleges on your list remaining blissfully ignorant of that test date. Read on to find out how.

Score Choice: What It Is and How to Use It — IVY Lounge Test Prep Score Choice can be confusing…especially for parents who didn’t have it as part of their own college process! So what is Score Choice and how does it affect your decisions about your SAT and ACT scores and college applications? I’m laying out everything you need to know about Score Choice righ...

How long does it really take to study for the Digital SAT or ACT? Knowing the answer to this question will help you get a hold on the next few years of high school. Yet every student's testing timeline is a little different. Fortunately, I've identified the three key factors that matter most in determining how long you ACTUALLY need to study in order to hit your target score—without driving yourself nuts in the process.

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What you do the morning of your test can make or break your SAT or ACT score. And today I'm going to help you make sure you falls into the "make" category! Here's my guide to a Test Day morning routine that gets you the score you deserve.

SAT and ACT: Ten Day-of Tips — IVY Lounge Test Prep It’s totally normal to feel nervous on the day you wake up to finally take the SAT or ACT. But it’s also totally possible to calm yourself down so you can actually grab the score you’ve been studying so hard for. These are industry expert Kristina Semos's top ten pointers for a Test Day mornin...

Thinking about switching from the SAT to the ACT? There's an efficient way to make the change—and a not-so-efficient way. And of course we want to save you or your student as much time as we can...without sacrificing mastery! Read on to find your SAT-to-ACT blueprint.

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Given how much time goes into prepping for standardized tests, you want to make sure you’re taking the right test to begin with. So which one gives you a bigger advantage in college admissions—the Digital SAT or the ACT?

Which Is More Likely To Get You into College: the SAT or ACT? — IVY Lounge Test Prep Given how much time goes into prepping for standardized tests, you want to make sure you’re taking the right test to begin with. So which one gives you a bigger advantage in college admissions—the SAT or the ACT? Test prep professional Kristina Semos answers this common and important question.

Are you consistently missing punctuation questions on the ACT English section or the Digital SAT Reading & Writing section? You’re not alone. In today’s post, I share two of my favorite punctuation hacks that help you instantly identify what the SAT or ACT is asking you to do. By simply looking at the answer choices, you can quickly determine which subtopic the question is testing...so you can go about ANSWERING it the right way.

The Two Most Important Punctuation Question Types on the SAT & ACT — IVY Lounge Test Prep Are you consistently missing punctuation questions on the ACT English section or the Digital SAT Reading & Writing section? You’re not alone. In today’s post, I share two of my favorite punctuation hacks that help you instantly identify what the SAT or ACT is asking you to do. By simply look

There’s a type of SAT Reading and Writing question that a LOT of students get wrong, or spend way too much time on. (Or both, yikes!). Not you, though—because I’m going to teach you how to correctly answer Meaning in Context questions, aka Vocab in Context or Word in Context questions.

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Your first Digital SAT or ACT sitting is coming up and you're starting to freak out. *This* test seems so dang hard—wouldn't it be easier to switch to the other one?? I promise you: I've seen it before. Let me talk you through your test day cold feet.

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Pop quiz time: which Writing/English topic do *most* of my SAT and ACT tutoring clients (who are bright and driven!) tend to lose points on when we first start working together? The answer: transitions! You see, the ACT English and SAT Reading & Writing sections test this topic in very particular ways—and I've found that many students overestimate their understanding of what these words/phrases do and don't mean in those contexts. The result? Lost time AND points. But that's not going to be you—because once you've read this post, you'll have in your back pocket the only two transition word strategies you need.

https://www.ivyloungetestprep.com/blog/top-tips-for-acing-transition-word-questions

Some people assume that getting into a top-ranked college HAS to mean having a miserable junior and senior year of high school. Don't you have to study for the SAT 25 hours a week, take the thing seven times, ace six APs, and overload your schedule with as many impressive-looking extracurriculars as possible? **No!** I've helped hundreds of students get a "yes" from Ivies and other extremely competitive colleges, and in this blog post I outline a small handful of key decisions you can make your junior year to minimize burnout while maximizing your chances.

How to Design a Sane College Process — IVY Lounge Test Prep Fights, confusion, stress—that's just what junior year is like, right? Nope! There's a better way. I promise. Let me show you what it can be like.