EDIT: I’m home now so this is formatted right. Suffice to say I’ll never use the Blogger Android app again. I’m in Chicago without a computer so this will be short and sweet since I’m typing with my thumbs. First correct and non-anonymous comment wins access to the Math Guide. Chris bought a pumpkin last (more…)
I’m going to tell you a secret: I don’t sleep well at all the night before SAT scores are released. It’s not like I even took it. I just get so excited for all the kids I’ve worked with that I can’t sleep. So last night, after a sleepless night followed by a bunch of (more…)
I didn’t do a Weekend Challenge last weekend. It’s not like I didn’t want to, y’all. Things just got totally cray-cray. My use of “cray-cray” in the previous sentence should be enough of an indication to you that things remain squarely thus. I actually wrote two questions for this weekend, but I’m only going to (more…)
If you’re taking the test tomorrow morning, you should ignore this and REST YOUR BRAIN. If you’re not taking it tomorrow, though, then this is just another regular weekend for you, and you should work your brain HARD. The prize, as it has been every week for weeks and weeks, is access to the coveted PWN (more…)
I turn 30 years old tomorrow. 30 f’ing years old. CLING TO EVERY SECOND OF YOUR YOUTH. SQUEEZE EVERY OUNCE OF JOY OUT OF IT LIKE JUICE FROM YOUR FAVORITE FRUIT. SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE OLD LIKE ME. The prize for the challenge: Free access to the PWN the SAT Math Guide Beta. Week 1: (more…)
Instead of a weekend challenge question last week, I posted a question writing contest that I thought would be a big hit, but which has thus far generated much enthusiastic sound and fury, and only one actual question. Ah well. I maintain my position that if you are able to synthesize good SAT questions, you’ll (more…)
This Labor Day weekend I’m going to the wedding of one of my oldest friends from my hometown. Combine the fact that the number of my friends who aren’t married is dwindling dangerously close to zero and the fact that I wasn’t able to attend this year’s fantasy football draft so I had to autodraft (more…)
If you’re on the East Coast, I hope that you and yours are able to weather the storm OK. I’m not sure whether I’ll have power or not on Monday, but I’ll try to get the solution posted then if possible. This week’s prize will again be access to the Math Guide Beta, which is (more…)
You know the drill by now. The prize this week will, once again, be beta access to the Math Guide, which is really coming along nicely, if I do say so myself. I kinda can’t believe it’s going to top 300 pages, but at this rate we’re definitely heading in that direction. Anyway, to get (more…)
Something you don’t often see in SAT prep materials is a pictograph, but when you actually look at a real SAT, pictographs are all over the place! It’s not a conspiracy by a cabal of prep writers and SAT writers; pictograph questions are usually just really easy, and so prep writers don’t pay them much (more…)
I’ve been thinking about symbol function questions today, and although it’s not easy to come up with a really hard symbol function, this one is probably harder than you’d see on the SAT. Not by much, though. Make it multiple choice and this could totally appear. The prize this week: same as last week’s. Free access (more…)
I lifted a box that was too heavy this week and I screwed up my back so bad that every time I put weight on my right foot, searing pain shoots up my entire right side. Getting older is awesome! The prize this week for the first correct response: FREE Beta Access to my book. (more…)
Guys. It’s apparently going to break 100° today in New York. Seriously. The prize this week for the first correct answer: You will awake in a bathtub of ice, and have no idea how you got there. Your first concern will be a suspicious scar on your abdomen, but that will quickly be replaced by (more…)
I found this awesome graphic at Amazin’ Avenue, and it inspired me to write a baseball-themed challenge question this week. I’m a huge Mets fan, and my favorite player on the team right now is R.A. Dickey. He faces the hated Phillies tonight. I am so pumped to watch. The prize this week: A free (imaginary) R.A. Dickey (more…)
I’m having a lot of fun playing around with some geometry drawing software this week (nyeeerd!), so I figured I’d use it again to make another “fun” 3-D problem for the weekend challenge. This is a bit tougher than you’d find on the SAT, but the underlying concepts, as always, are important for the SAT. (more…)
