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Tips For Getting Into Ivy League Colleges
Ivy League Admission for International Students: Part 2
Pandemic Impact on K-12 Education
Ivy League Admission for International Students: Part 3
Average High School GPA Importance, or Lack Thereof…
An average high school GPA matters less throughout high school. The longer you spend in high school, the less your average high school GPA can move. So,…
Powerful Prep Student Earns a Perfect ACT Score
How the national test-optional experiment played out at US colleges
Faults in the Case for Test Optional
Introducing ScoreLock – Achieve Your Target SAT or ACT Test Score, Guaranteed.
The confusion of the testing-optional trend has somehow made college admissions even more intense and competitive. With strong schools looking for even stronger…
Introducing Our New Refer a Friend Program
I started Powerful Prep ten years ago, with the goal of a customized program that created the industry’s best point gains. Thanks to our excellent tutors and our stellar students,…
SAT Test Taking Strategies: How To Guess On The SAT
Guessing is one of the most important SAT test-taking strategies. But how is your SAT guessing strategy? And, moreover, should you guess on the SAT?…
Earn College Credit in High School
While you’ve likely heard of the AP and IB programs, you’re probably less familiar with the CLEP, Dual Enrollment or intersession courses. These are just a few of the…