Category: Tips for Success

  • Do Not Read the Directions on the ACT

    When you have spent time preparing for the ACT, you will know what the directions are. They will not change between now and when you take the test, so you do not have to spend time re-reading directions you have already read with your tutor. Also, ask your tutor if you should even follow the

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  • How the ACT is different than other tests.

    Multiple choice tests are not all alike. Let’s talk about the way that the ACT works and test taking hygiene. Now they’ve taught us how to wash our hands: you’ve got to take the whole 20 seconds. Test taking hygiene is the same. Always read every answer, because they put in distractors. The test writers

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  • Working with Link Private Tutoring

    I want to welcome you to our tutoring services. A lot of parents call me and ask me some questions about what the whole process is like, so I wanted to give you a little bit of an overview. If you work with me for ACT, SAT, or PSAT, we will be working with all

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  • Don’t write your essay about Coronavirus

    This post isn’t so much about ACT Prep as it is about college applications. I’m going to make my advice simple: do not write your application essay about Coronavirus if you want to stand out. Everyone will be writing about how they coped with school closures and anxiety. Now, if you are doing something amazing

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  • Free ACT Prep support

    Hello! I would like to invite you to join my virtual classroom for student (and parent) support between ACT Prep sessions. This is also for students who have attended my bootcamps as well as any other students wanting to do some ACT Prep at home. Feel free to share this with your friends. Here is

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  • Summer ACT Prep Course 2- for Freshman and Sophomores

    Register here for the first date option: June 1, 3, 5, 8 from 9-10:30 am and June 12 from 9-12. https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=13782465&appointmentType=13411967 Summer Course 2: Rising Sophomore ACT Prep Course | For rising 9th and 10th graders | Choose from 4 date options |$475 includes text Option 1: June 1, 3, 5, 8, from 9-10:30 am; June 12 half day am (counts as 2 sessions)

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  • Summer ACT Prep Courses

    I will be teaching two courses. Here is the information for the first. I will be offering this course on additional dates, but if you are ready to register for the June 1,2,3,4 class, here’s the information. SUMMER COURSE 1: Foundational Skills for the ACT | For 9th, 10th, and struggling 11th graders | Choose

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  • ACT Bootcamp Jan 18 and 25

    “We did it! My score is 3 points higher and I qualify for TOPS now!” Even after helping hundreds of students raise their ACT scores, I still get excited right along with them when I see those texts with the good news… “I was confident with my plan and preparation, I wasn’t even nervous, and

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  • It’s Common App Time

    The Common App goes live today- August 1. Check the website, blog and tutorials. https://www.commonapp.org/

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