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High SAT Scores: How Can They Help Your College Search?

High SAT scores can be very advantageous in your student’s college search process. They can open up a whole realm of possibility when it comes to college admission and merit scholarships. We will discuss both here. High SAT Scores & College Admission After your student has taken their first SAT Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 4 years ago
ACT/SAT Tests

ACT vs SAT

ACT vs SAT – Which should your student choose? This is a guest post from Rachel Kapelke-Dale. Read her bio at the bottom of the post. As your student applies to college, one of the biggest decisions he or she will make is whether to take the SAT or the Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 5 years5 years ago
ACT/SAT Tests

Why SAT and ACT Tutoring Makes Sense, Even for Smart Students

This post is a reprint from Danh Le of Underground Academy.  Underground Academy specializes in individual online PSAT, SAT and ACT tutoring.  I think this approach makes sense and I am going to try it for my middle daughter.  As Danh mentions, high scores can increase the possibility of full-tuition / Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 9 years9 years ago
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Mom’s Perspective – Lessons Learned in the College Search

If I had it to do over again, and I will with two more children, there are things I would do differently in the college search process.  Here are a few of them: Encourage my child to take both the ACT and the SAT – in our part of the Read more…

By Wendy Nelson, 10 years10 years ago
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