SAT Test Prep Provides Students with Confidence and Test-Taking Strategies to Make the Most of Their Abilities As the test date for the March SAT approaches, students may experience some crippling pre-test jitters. As a college sophomore, I no longer have to worry about the dreaded SAT. This is a real weight off my shoulders, because when I was in high school, I fretted before the test, during, and after. My mother could tell you…
Read More »Staying organized and using time effectively and efficiently is a daunting task that most people (both children and adults) struggle with in various aspects of their lives. We call these executive function skills, but there is so much more attached to the stigma of these words. Frustration, anxiety, depression, passive aggression, oppositional behavior, and active aggressive behaviors are just a sample of the myriad of challenges parents and professional educators face on a daily basis…
Read More »“Before taking the SAT, I experienced the typical slew of stressors: What’s going to be on it? What if I get the test and completely blank? What if I fail miserably and I can’t go to my dream college? All of these questions went unanswered until I finally sat down with my number two pencil and took the SAT. It was a nauseating experience, filled with confusion, stress sweats and the rumble of my empty…
Read More »If your child is anything like I was during high school, midterms and finals result in stress, lack of sleep, anxiety, and overall discomfort. As a senior in college, I am currently a week away from the start of finals, and even thinking about the amount of work I have left to do before winter break makes me nervous. A lot of students, myself included, tend to procrastinate. Making room for all of the projects…
Read More »The end of the semester is fast approaching. As a sophomore in college, I am completing the Fall semester. Final exams, projects, presentations, and papers take up 75% of my thought process, and I am sure your children can relate to this as well. When I was in high school, I experienced a lot of stress in those three weeks prior to midterms and finals. I did not know how to manage time or break…
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If you are going to be working on your child’s college applications this Thanksgiving break, remember that there are many factors that lead up to college admission beyond the essays and recommendations that you will be sending along with the application. Colleges do not want students who are simply a list of high GPAs and test scores. They want students who are motivated and who academically challenge themselves as much as possible. The most selective…
Read More »Many parents are receiving their child’s SSAT test scores this week, and becoming frantic about the results. We hear parents telling us that their child is usually an A student, and they don’t understand why their child did not do better on the test. Many of the students who are typically getting all A’s are receiving 30%, 40%, or 50% on their SSAT test scores. We hear this time and again, and it is important…
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I failed my first test when I was in middle school. It was on a chapter in Chemistry, which has always been my weakest subject in school. I remember how heavy that piece of paper felt in my hands as I slid it across the kitchen table to my mother. She looked at it with wide eyes, while I kept my gaze fixed on my chicken soup and twirled my spoon around the broth. “We…
Read More »Hi again, it’s Renee, the new intern at Boston Tutoring Services who previously wrote about having Chemistry trouble. I failed my first exam of the semester. Up until this point, I had never failed an exam in my entire academic career. Although I went to every class, and took notes diligently, there was something missing. I knew that, unlike my classmates, I wasn’t going to learn the material by simply sitting in class and listening…
Read More »The process of writing a top-notch college admission essay is a long and arduous one. Every senior in high school struggles with this component, and sometimes students feel defeated about their writing process before they even start. Students may not know what subject to choose or how to begin developing an appropriate essay. This is a very relatable problem, so if your child is having a hard time, do not take it as a sign…
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