Private school admissions officers see thousands of applications during the admission process, but one of the first strengths they notice is a high score on the ISEE or SSAT test. As the article below describes, private schools do not have the time or the resources to learn everything about what makes your child a strong candidate. One-on-one test prep ensures that your child will receive a high score on the ISEE or SSAT, and that…
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The ISEE test does not always present the materials that students have learned in school in a way in which they feel comfortable approaching. Just being a strong student is not enough to feel prepared for the limits of the testing environment, such as timing and pacing throughout the test. Only through practice and one-on-one tutoring that focuses on strengthening test-taking strategies can a student apply what they have learned in school and feel prepared…
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While working on ISEE test prep with a student in Boston, MA, it was important to stress the value of learning test-taking strategies, not just the skills necessary to answer the questions on the test. For example, most of the math questions are made up of a skill set, such as multiplying decimals, but are framed by a word problem. A question might ask, “If a wall is 3.5 meters long and 2.9 meters wide,…
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