Prepare has been given the go-ahead to run in-person SAT-ACT prep classes in the Lehigh Valley this summer. Please check our Courses and Schedule page at www.prepareforthesat.com for updates, which will be coming shortly. (Today’s date is April 20, 2021.) An announcement about other locations–classes in Bucks & Montgomery counties, as well as the Poconos–will...
Author: Peter Schmidt (Peter Schmidt)
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Beth Zimmerman
My daughter went up from a high score to a very, very high score, and was accepted Early Decision to her very top choice school after taking this course. She loved the class and found it very engaging -- the structure and approach gave her the focus she needed to practice until she reached and exceeded her target score!
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Mid-May 2020 SAT report
STATE OF THE SAT TEST: mid-May 2020 The next SAT test date is Saturday, August 29th. According to my sources, registration will begin on May 26th. if you are interested in this date–and you probably should be–then I strongly urge you to mark this date in your calendar and register as soon as you possibly can. Why the urgency?...
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Colleges, COVID-19 and the SAT & ACT
Colleges will continue to accept ACT and SAT results if students submit them.
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Are online test prep classes a good idea during the coronavirus?
ABOUT THE CORONA VIRUS AND ONLINE CLASSES Given their experience over the month, most kids may not be too jazzed about adding another online class to their workload. Why not? Well, from talking to many of my students and their parents, it sounds like the problem has more to do with the medium than the...
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Offer all students prep courses to make SAT fairer
An OpEd in the Allentown Morning Call, May 4, 2005: Fill in these blanks: The New SAT is inherently —— because it unfairly —— certain individuals. (A) ridiculous /amuses. (B) dictatorial /agitates. (C) ornery /demonizes. (D) inequitable/favors. The answer is (D), but not because of cultural bias or even the introduction of its already infamous essay which...
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Should we get rid of the SAT? (part 1)
Since I earn my living preparing kids for the SAT and ACT, what do you think I would say?! 🙂 But, seriously folks, while there have been calls for ditching standardized tests, let’s think about what that would look like: The original idea behind these tests was to give everyone a level playing field. That’s...
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Is the June SAT test really easier?
This is a big one lately. Evidently, kids and their parents have heard this rumor from friends and even guidance counselors… so everyone’s all charged up for the June 1st SAT test. Um, not so fast. Yes: the June 2018 test was easier than most other official SAT tests. Kids left feeling pretty good about...
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What do I think about the College Admissions scandal? (Part II)
itâs human nature to want to help our children, to try to clear away as many rainclouds as we can⦠even if we donât care that we are screwing over other parentsâ kids and, perhaps, even harming our own by knocking down walls for them. Â
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