Covid – An Opportunity for Valuable Life Lessons
During these unprecedented times — when fears are heightened and the norm is anything but normal — it is difficult for any of us to be at our best. With multiple stressors related to Covid (mental health concerns, financial hardship, and the responsibilities of raising our children and often educating them at home), there are positive actions we can take to enable us to thrive and to help our children flourish.
Why the SAT and ACT are Awesome
Even amidst this temporary turmoil, some truths are timeless: education opens the doors to success. Recorded before the lockdown, Amy Seeley and Mike Bergin from the Tests and the Rest podcast interview David Blobaum, Co-Founder of Summit Prep, about how the SAT and ACT are based on skills and knowledge useful for succeeding in college and in life and, thus, why they are awesome.
Coronavirus Response: Succeed in Severe Circumstances
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Maintain Motivation and Secure Success
How can you avoid stagnation, the resulting lack of motivation, and falling short of your potential?
Quarantine: An Advantage for Some
To benefit and gain an advantage at a time of crisis might seem heartless, but there is no sense in not making the best of a difficult situation. You, your family, and the world will be better off.
Running Out of Time on Test Day
The first step to beating the clock is knowing why you are not finishing before time runs out. Here are the reasons why students do not finish. And how they can fix it.
The Importance of a Perfect Score on Math Level 2
The Collegeboard recently released its updated percentile tables for SAT subject tests, and it is now even more important than it was before to get a perfect score on the Math Level 2 SAT subject test.
The Best Investment
For your long-term prosperity and that of your family, invest directly into yourself and your family. There are four primary ways to do so:
Math Level 2: The Surprising Importance of a Perfect Score
Striving for excellence, and ideally achieving it, in areas of life that matter (family, work, etc) is important. In contrast, attaining perfection is typically neither necessary nor practical. The same is true on standardized tests. For example, the difference between a 790 and 800 on the Literature SAT subject test is minuscule and inconsequential. A 790 on the Literature SAT subject test puts students in the 98th percentile of test takers, and an 800 puts students in the 99th percentile. If a student were to score a 790 on the Literature SAT subject test, I would never advise that they re-take the test; their time would be better spent doing almost anything else.
How to Ace the LSAT
For those intending to go to law school, the beginning of the year is a great time to start LSAT prep. Generally, law school applications should be submitted by mid-November in order start law school the following fall. Test takers and future applicants should plan their prep and application submissions with mid-November as the finish line and work backwards. Starting LSAT prep toward the beginning of the year will allow test takers enough time to prep, take the LSAT, and retake the LSAT before that mid-November time frame.