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Posted on May 18th, 2023.
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Welcome to Shark Tutor LLC's blog! As a trusted provider of test prep tutoring services in Fairfield County and Westcheste…
If you are parenting a current ending-year sophomore or rising junior in high school, and this is your oldest child, beware of the chaos of the upcom…
Today, students have the opportunity to take either the SAT or ACT or both (or neither, since there are now over 800 colleges that are test-optional).
Yes, I occasionally take the SAT and ACT. And yes, I get some unusual looks! As a coach and tutor, it is important that I have the opportunity to e…
What's the buzz about gluten-free and how can this knowledge apply to the SAT and ACT?
So, it's late 2014 and most of us have encountered a friend o…
Proposed 2016 SAT test and its relevance to the Oct '14 SAT and other near-term tests
Some of the upcoming announced changes to the SAT, which will …
Many students and parents are overwhelmed at the number of options for test prep -- classes offered by a public school administrator, classes offered…
So, you’re a junior in high school and you’re starting into or mid-way through the test prep process. You might be doing your prep through a class, w…
Students and parents continually ask me what else they should be doing in addition to SAT or ACT practice to perform better on the real standardized …
Based on other master tutors’ opinions shared in tutoring forums in which I participate, many of us believe that the ACT content has consistently bec…
A few weeks ago, I started a 3-part blog on the 3 key Lifestyle areas to achieve peak performance on the SATs/ACTs. In my first blog, I addressed Nu…
A while back, I started a 3-part blog on the 3 key Lifestyle areas to achieve peak performance on the SATs/ACTs. In my first blog, I addressed Nutrit…
On the current SAT, the 25-minute essay section comes first. It helps set the tone for the rest of the test. Done well, a winning essay will help a s…
Collegeboard is about to introduce its New SAT in just one month.
These recent events --
• misprinted test booklets
• “anomaly” tests with unusual s…
I offer small group mock testing frequently for my students who tutor with me, usually at least in the form of a baseline test and a mock test shortl…
The ACT has very recently posted a new technical research article for constituents to explain and defend its scaled scores on the New Essay format th…
College Board released scores almost two weeks ago from its March 5th National New SAT test date and the public school weekday New SAT test administr…
I’ve been in the habit of taking the June ACT test and October SAT test for several years now. I generally view the June ACT as one of the more chall…
In case you missed the ACT Continuous Improvement latest series of announced changes to ACT reporting, I’m writing to let you know that you will be e…
Most of these books were written prior to the launch of the March 2016 New SAT. We have now recently seen the two essay prompts in May and June (Prac…
Here it is -- the final day of 2016!
I am so grateful for having had the opportunity to work with so many wonderful students and their families in t…
College Board is Deliberately Misleading the Public with National Percentiles –
PSAT Scores PSAT Scores were released on December 12, 2016. Many stu…
Typically, the ACT has been upfront about changes to its test format and content. For example, the ACT test-maker wrote White papers announcing chang…
Nicole Oringer, Partner and College Counselor of Ivy Education Services, recently alerted us to inappropriate requests at test sites in NJ during th…
Why take the SAT in March?
Well, just as in taking a standardized test, we’re going to examine the month of March in light of the other possible answ…
How to Ace the ACT Junior Year by taking the April test
Tip #1 –
Plan to take the April ACT during junior year, and plan to make this at least your s…
According to Stanford U’s PhD researcher Patricia Chen, incorporating the study “hacks” of metacognition and self-regulation can easily bring a B-stu…
Every summer I am bombarded with questions from parents of rising juniors about how to get started with Test Prep. They often ask how they can determ…
Hello Families –
I hope that everyone is safe and healthy in these unusual and interesting times. I wanted to provide an update about college testin…
I finished high school in the late seventies, and there was a lot of talk about how the SAT was an unfair test that merely benefitted the wealthy. Ma…
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