test prep

Students may fall short on the ACT test for a variety of reasons–from lack of knowledge, skills, or motivation to mismanagement of time, emotion, or stress. They may try to overcome failures by practicing more, but not differently. And that often leads to further frustration. That’s where we come in. Through targeted diagnosis and focused preparation – and the resulting increased confidence and readiness – students are better prepared to achieve improved test scores.

1. Remember Aristotle:  "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." The SAT is one test on one day. Or two if you're retaking. (Maybe more if you're on the varsity SAT team). The test is important for colleges but it is not an IQ test or measure of your character or who you are.

by Coeli Carr Ann Steckmeyer of Bethesda, Md., remembers vividly the night last spring when her son, Joe, then a high school junior, went online to learn his SAT scores. ''There was this blood-curdling scream,'' she said, that propelled her and her husband upstairs to see the numbers.