Your past performance.
The colleges and universities you want to attend.
A student who is a great test taker will expect higher results than the student who has always struggled with...
Juniors
Your PSAT scores will not be sent to colleges or used for admissions purposes, so use your scores to identify strengths and weaknesses prior to taking the SAT this spring.
Sophomores
You...
“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...
What does it take to be a finalist?
National Merit recognizes Commended Scholars and Semi-finalists based on junior year PSAT scores. The top 3% of students in each state receive recognition,...
My daughter is a sophomore and will take the PSAT in October. Does she need to take a prep class? We don’t want her scores to have a negative impact if she tests poorly.
The PSAT is a month...
Most high school students aren’t accustomed to taking tests with hard questions, questions they aren’t supposed to get right. Classroom tests, final exams, and state level assessments are written...
“Note: Figure not drawn to scale.”
Everything else is represented accurately and can be trusted.
How can this help? When you can trust the figure, you can estimate values and use P.O.E. (process...
It’s a problem and no one in the field of test prep likes to talk about it – test prep doesn’t always work. The biggest key to a student’s score improvement is