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Your 1550 SAT score is actually much better than your 35 ACT score. Especially when speaking in terms of an SAT Score Percentile. I calculated the actual percentiles because The College Board and The ACT both say these scores are…
From letters of recommendation and college entrance exams to showcasing extracurriculars and navigating the logistics of submitting applications, rising high school students are facing high stress as they prepare for the college admissions process. More than 1,600 colleges have gone testing-optional,…
Update: as of May 2021 the SAT Subject tests are discontinued internationally and domestically. The College Board encourages students to demonstrate their subject proficiency through the AP Exams instead. For more information, please contact us or read The College Board's…
Many students ask me about SAT essay scores and request an example of an SAT essay with a perfect score. I will share my response below and explain why this SAT essay example fulfills all the scoring requirements. There are…
Harvard announced in early 2020, that students will not need to complete the essay portion of the SAT or ACT in order to fulfill Harvard's ACT and SAT requirements for applying to the school. The news was not entirely surprising…
IRVINE, CA, UNITED STATES, December 15, 2020 EINPresswire U.S. Tutoring Firm Forecasts Surge in International College Applicants, Translates Site to Multiple Languages || We expect universities to raise their international-student quotas in the coming years to fill budget and enrollment…
Hi Matt, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?It occurred to me that test-prep and tutoring was this massive billion-dollar industry that was plagued by informational asymmetry. Parents and students have no idea…
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, December 8, 2020 EINPresswire Elite Super Tutor Evaluates Growing EdTech Space || The space rapidly snowballs into a behemoth, and not one that merely caters to the school-aged student.”— Matt Larriva, founder of Powerful Prep --…
I was recently asked about the different types of students who typically take the SAT test and/or the ACT test. In my experience prepping countless students for ACT and SAT testing, I think it's safe to say that you'll encounter…
I would probably start with education, experience, results, constant reevaluation, and empathy. The last one is likely unexpected, but the idea of a teacher being good without being empathetic is misguided — a teacher may be able to pull this…
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