by Megan Dorsey | Feb 4, 2020 | Academic Success, ACT, College Admission, SAT
It seems like I’m always the one having to deliver bad news. I meet with clients who often want me to give them “permission” to take a ridiculously light course load or assure them that they can easily gain admission to a highly-selective university. As much as I...
by Megan Dorsey | Jan 17, 2020 | ACT, SAT, Uncategorized
Today I’m addressing an old topic, but with a newly revised answer. “Do I need to take the written essay on the SAT or ACT?” My answer to this question has changed. My old advice was, “Yes, you must take it!” In the last couple years, though, I’ve changed my answer....
by Megan Dorsey | Oct 3, 2019 | ACT, PSAT, SAT
Do you know when to use “who” and when to use “whom”? I’ve got an easy way to tell the difference. This short video will explain (while showing you how our video Q&A works.) I’ve had a lot of people ask how the live Q&A session in our new...
by Megan Dorsey | Oct 1, 2019 | ACT, PSAT, SAT
Shouldn’t students know this stuff? I get a lot of questions from parents who think that the math, reading, and grammar students learn in school should be sufficient to earn solid scores on the SAT / ACT. Essentially the parent’s question boils down to “Shouldn’t they...
by Megan Dorsey | Sep 19, 2019 | ACT, Honors / Awards, SAT
(Please share this with parents you know who have 7thgraders.) Every fall the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) sends out invitations to high performing 7th graders. Students are invited to compete for a place in the Duke TIP program by taking the SAT or ACT as...
by Megan Dorsey | Aug 27, 2019 | Academic Success, ACT, College Admission, SAT
I remember playing the game of telephone as a kid. We all sat in a circle and the “message” started with one person and was whispered from one to the next until it had made it around the entire group. Sometimes we played for fun to see how ridiculous the original...
