My apartment is thankfully unscathed, but my city took a beating yesterday, and the town I grew up in is 100% without power. I hope, if you live in Sandy’s path, that you and your family are doing well. But of course, not everyone is, and some people have lost a whole lot. I will (more…)
I get a lot of emails about this, so I thought it would be a good idea to create a post I could update as things develop. I’ll get back to posting challenge questions soon. 🙂 Since I published the Math Guide at the end of last year, I’ve been looking into ways to sell it (more…)
I’ve been asked a few times lately about the PSAT/NMSQT, and I figured it might be helpful to put up a brief FAQ about it. So…here that is. 🙂 How are the PSAT and the SAT different? For one, the PSAT, at 5 sections, is much shorter than the grueling 10 section SAT. The PSAT (more…)
As you might have noticed, I’m trying to give away books like crazy this summer. Here’s a contest for you creative types. 🙂 Your mission is to produce an educational video about the SAT. You may work alone, or in teams of up to three people. If I think your video is helpful, in the (more…)
It’s an idea that I’ve had kicking around for a while, but that never really seemed appropriate to post on this site. Basically, I made a bunch of assumptions, did a few rough calculations, and tried to put a dollar value on SAT score improvements. I hope the post inspires some conversation about high-stakes testing, (more…)
Honestly, this makes me really nervous because I have no idea how it’s is going to work and also because I hate looking at a moving image of my face while I talk—my mouth moves weirdly—but I’m gonna dive in. So mark your calendars, homies. Monday, June 11 at 8 PM EST: SAT prep Google+ (more…)
I’ve been feeling pretty mushy lately about you guys. This blog started a little over a year ago because I was bored, and has grown into something that I’m really proud of and spend all day thinking about. I have you to thank for that. So thank you for continuing to come back to this (more…)
May SAT scores are in today, and as is usual for a score day, site traffic is up. Sincerest congratulations to all who have achieved their goals—you have earned yourself a summer of doing something other than SAT prep. Try to stay mostly out of trouble. If you’re a bit disappointed today, keep your chin up. (more…)
Although this site has amassed, over time, a fair amount of loyal readers (thanks guys! <3 u!) the single greatest source of traffic for this site is still Google. Which means a lot of people find their way here by searching for “SAT tips,” (I’ve got some) or “is C the most common SAT answer” (more…)
If you don’t know li’l brudder you’ve got some viewing to do. I don’t know if this is going to work or if it’s going to blow up fantastically in my face, but I’ve been toying with this idea for a while now (my original thoughts here) and I’ve decided I want to give it (more…)
As far as I’m concerned, the single most important difference between a good SAT taker and a truly adroit one is the ability to see the common threads that tie questions together. Pretty much everything you’ll find on this site was written to help you do that. That’s why, if you try my math drills (more…)
Source. I came across a great LinkedIn group discussion recently about an in-school SAT class (not a big prep company running a course at a school, an actual class during school run by school faculty) and it really got me thinking about ways I would try to engage students in the SAT in a classroom (more…)
If you’re taking the SAT next weekend and you haven’t really started studying yet, you should know right now that you’ve not set yourself up for overwhelming success (or even regular-whelming success). Still, you’re not alone in your predicament, and Goonies never say “die.” I’m not going to say anything profound here, but I figured (more…)
Things have been absolutely bonkers for me lately, a fact which has been deleterious to the frequency of posts on this site. Although I’ve been keeping up with the Q&A alright, long-form posts on this blog have taken a bit of a back seat. That probably bothers me more than it bothers you, but I’ve (more…)
I get asked about guessing on the SAT all the time. All the time. And I’ve written about guessing on this blog often enough that there’s a special label for those posts, so that you can always find them. But I wanted to give a quick tip to aspiring tutors who come to my site (more…)