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ACT / SAT Reading Tips: Wrong Answer Traps

Written by Megan Dorsey on March 7, 2013.

Any college admissions test (SAT or ACT) that tests reading comprehension faces the challenge of writing questions that can fool educated high school students. These tests have to be creative...

Pros & Cons of Various Test Prep Methods

Written by Megan Dorsey on July 30, 2012.

What are the pros, cons, and costs of various SAT and ACT prep methods? Obviously the big advantage to test prep is improved scores, but no method of preparation is magic. In fact, it...

SAT Scores Still Matter For College Admission

Written by Megan Dorsey on July 16, 2012.

Recently a friend called me. She was worried. She’d read a news story explaining how colleges were not using the SAT and she thought I might be struggling with my business. I assured...

Ace the ACT Science Section

Written by Megan Dorsey on June 21, 2012.

Don’t get too excited, ACT science has little to do with your knowledge of biology, chemistry, natural science, or physics. In fact, you don’t need any knowledge of science to ace this...

Increase Your ACT Reading Score

Written by Megan Dorsey on June 14, 2012.

Reading is a deceptive section on the ACT. It looks so simple—no vocabulary laden sentence completions like the SAT, just basic reading passages with questions. Yet the reading part of the ACT...

Top 5 Tips for ACT Math

Written by Megan Dorsey on June 7, 2012.

Albert Einstein said, “Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater.” While Einstein’s mathematical woes were weighty, the challenge of accurately completing...

Keys to the ACT English Section

Written by Megan Dorsey on May 31, 2012.

Section one of every ACT is a 45-minute English section with 75 questions testing students’ knowledge of grammar and usage. This part of the test is divided into five passages of 15 questions...

ACT Scores Explained

Written by Megan Dorsey on May 24, 2012.

Don’t you hate how confusing it is to figure out SAT or ACT scores? I deal with admissions tests every day and still have to think to convert from the SAT system (200 to 800 points on three sections...

The Single Best Strategy To Improve Your ACT Score

Written by Megan Dorsey on May 17, 2012.

Your ACT score is based on how many questions you answer correctly in each of the four graded sections. Unlike the SAT, the ACT does not deduct any points for wrong answers, so it benefits...

Cold Turkey (not a leftovers joke)

Written by Megan Dorsey on December 14, 2011.

“We are thinking of having our son take the SAT for the first time in January. He is a junior and we thought he should go into the test cold to see how he does. What do you think?” While I know...

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