If you really want to get a high SAT score, perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind is that “talent” or “IQ” matters far less than you think. There are not really “math people” or “natural readers.” What matters is the amount and quality of your SAT prep, which of course is influenced in large part by how passionate and genuinely interested you are in doing well on the SAT or ACT. So if you want to get a 99th percentile SAT score or a 34 on the ACT, it’s possible that you can do it.
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How to Improve your SAT Score (or ACT Score) Through Deliberate Practice
Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on Tue, May 18, 2021 @ 10:00 AM
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The Best Way to Prepare for the ACT or SAT Might Surprise - and Calm - You
Posted by Mark Skoskiewicz on Fri, May 07, 2021 @ 02:33 PM
What is the best way to prepare for the ACT or SAT?
Well, it’s true arriving at a useful answer to this question does depend a lot on your timing and the context. If you are a junior with average grades, but aspire to get a high SAT score, and you take the SAT in 30 days, this article should be able to help adopt the right mindset and bring some calm and confidence to exam day. But practically, with only 30 days until the exam, you should be considering online SAT tutoring or an SAT crash course to get the best SAT score you possibly can. SAT tutoring and courses can and will help you get a higher score.
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Exploring SAT Tutoring Rates: Is SAT Help from a Private Tutor Worth It?
Posted by Morgan Bissett-Tessier on Wed, Apr 14, 2021 @ 12:52 PM
Since we are an SAT tutoring company, you might expect us to argue that hiring an SAT coach is almost always worth it. But we don’t believe that to be true.
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Early College Planning: What Matters and How to Get Started
Posted by Morgan Bissett-Tessier on Fri, Mar 26, 2021 @ 11:29 AM
Parents of high schoolers frequently ask me when the best time is to begin planning for college. My answer is usually “now!” which often, and more importantly, leads to talking about “how.”
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