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no commentsHow to Improve Your Scores over Holiday Break!
It seems like just yesterday that the fall semester started back up, you greeted friends you hadn’t seen over the summer, and classes began. Before you knew it, the semester was half over–now we’re on to Thanksgiving, and winter break is right around the corner. You are probably looking forward to a change from the [...] Continue Reading...
no comments5 New Ways to Prep for the SAT (Or Any Other Standardized Test)!
1. Listen to Music Not all music starts and ends with “Baby, baby, baby, yea.” There are a number of bands out there with serious lyrical and storytelling chops. Take, for instance, The Decemberists. They blend storytelling and an impressive vocabulary to make for unique lyrics that can teach you a thing or two. Here’s [...] Continue Reading...
no commentsTest Prep Experts: Keeping Students Motivated
There are two kinds of motivation: long term and short term. The learning team (student, tutor, educational institution, and parent) is responsible for maintaining motivation throughout the process, but the tutor-student relationship is critical in each and every level of motivating the learning process. On a day-to-day level, motivation is necessary to keep focus and [...] Continue Reading...
no commentsTips on How Middle School Students Can Prepare for High School and College
Your middle school grades and activities won’t appear on your college application, but you can use seventh and eighth grades to set yourself up to have the strongest record possible in high school. This will, in turn, increase your prospects of getting into an academically strong college. Additionally, if you’re applying to private high schools, [...] Continue Reading...
no commentsThe Best Way to Study for a Standardized Test
At the top of the New York Times website's "Most Popular" list last week was not a story about protests in Cairo, tiger mothers, or the President's State of the Union, but an article about the benefits of taking practice exams when studying for a standardized test. The article "To Really Learn, Quit Studying and [...] Continue Reading...
no comments365 Most Frequently Tested Vocabulary Words
Included in this post are the 365 most common and frequently tested vocabulary words for tests such as the SSAT, ISEE, PSAT, SAT, ACT and GRE exams. This vocabulary word list will help in your preparation for these exams. This list was prepared by Admissions Expert and Founder of Top Test Prep, Ross Blankenship. Most [...] Continue Reading...
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