To all you ACT/SAT 'test-preppers', you have a little time before December's test, if that is your next scheduled attempt. When you have, say, roughly a month or more of time before an exam like the ACT and SAT, it's a good opportunity to seriously build content related skills, which often take longer to master than pure test-taking skills. Both the English section of the ACT and the Writing And Language section of the SAT test students on their comma usage. The number of com

First the news about changes to the ACT. Starting next year for September 2020's test, the ACT will allow students to retake individual sections of the exam instead of having to retake the entire test for each attempt, which is their current policy What does this mean for students? Well, we are not certain about all the consequences of this change, but many students will be very happy! This change means that students can try to raise their weakest section's score without the

What do the ACT and SAT actually test? The students we tutor regularly pose this question to us during their prep sessions. The short answer I try to give is that it tests nothing other than how proficient one is at taking the ACT and SAT. Instead it is closer to the truth to claim that the test scores are blunt measurements that colleges use (among others, such as GPA) to help decide who gets into their schools and who doesn't. In other words, it does not test a student's in

This past Saturday thousands of Minnesotan students took the September ACT. Good luck on your results! Another ACT is barely more than a month away on October 26th. Let's take a few minutes to look at the anatomy of the reading section and lay out some important tips for your prep work. There are four types of passages in the reading section and they always come in the same order. The Fiction Passage (Passage 1) This first passage is usually an excerpt from a novel or part of

We have published this top ten list below before, but it is so spot on that we feel it's worth a re-post! And overall, remember your ACT game plan: ENGLISH: Remember the five golden rules for grammar you learned from your ATT tutor. MATH: Know what you know and know what you don't know. READING: Focus on crossing off wrong answers. SCIENCE: Don't overthink it. Let it be easy. The first tip is the most important...so we added an adorable relaxing hound to help make our point a

Have you ever heard the expression, "Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good?" Unfortunately, luck has very little to do with how well you will do on the ACT. But, there are steps you can take to make sure that your "guesses" have the best chance to be correct. First, a few myths that need to be exposed: Myth 1: You get penalized for filling in wrong answers. There is no penalty for guessing on the ACT. Never, ever, ever, leave any answers blank. You have a 25% chance of

What to nail the ACT Math section? Learn these tips.