Why Self-Proctor? Before opening night of a play, actors conduct dress rehearsals to ensure a successful performance. It is similarly worthwhile to complete proctored SAT/ACT exams that simulate typical testing conditions. Current and prospective A+ Test Prep students...
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Understanding the Teenage Brain
By understanding how the brain changes during adolescence, teens will not only be able to understand themselves better, but the adults in their lives will be better able to offer empathy and support.
How to Tackle Short Answer Questions on College Applications
Don’t let the word limit fool you. Although shortest among the written responses colleges request on their applications—typically 250 words or fewer—short answers have the potential to increase your appeal to a college. However, they can also be a challenge to write....
A+ Featured Student: Fore Abinusawa
Fore Abinusawa is an achiever. Whether it’s running a race for her school’s track and field team or preparing for the SAT with A+ Test Prep and Tutoring, this Germantown Academy rising senior is meticulous and industrious, perfecting her skills and persevering through...
A+ Featured Student: Geena Sarnoski
Curious and driven, Upper Dublin High School junior Geena Sarnoski took the SAT this past May and was able to improve her score by 110 points overall with an 80-point math increase and 30-point verbal increase. Geena was inspired by her brother’s similar success using...
What is grade inflation and why should you be concerned about it?
Students, parents, and colleges place a significant amount of faith in grades as the best indicator of academic performance. There are multiple factors causing grade inflation. Unfortunately, by offering misleading information about a student’s strengths and...
Making Up for Lost Learning: What Was Lost in the Pandemic and How to Get it Back This Summer
After an unprecedented and unpredictable school year that featured Zoom classes at home and socially distanced lessons at school, educators and parents are looking ahead to the summer as a chance to not only bridge learning gaps but also restore students’ social and...
A+ Webinar: Fact or Fiction: Common SAT and ACT Myths
The first thing I’m going to do is talk about the origin of the testing that we do and talk about some of the changes that have happened. The SAT started almost a hundred years ago. It’s been a long time. The ACT came online quite a bit later, but still quite a while ago. They started in different places. The SAT started on the East Coast with the Ivy League, and the ACT started in Iowa City, Iowa, so that was really focused on people in the middle of the country. Eventually the SAT became really big on both the West Coast and East Coast, and the ACT continued to have most prominence in the Midwest and parts of the South. Over time the tests had changed quite a bit, especially the SAT. Over the time that I’ve been doing this (about thirty years) it’s changed about four times.
Summer 2021: Preparing for College Applications Webinar
We’re going to talk about is what should parents of sophomores (current sophomores who will be juniors next year), what should they be thinking about at this time, and what should the kids be thinking about in terms of how to use their summer.
Test Optional Tips and Trends
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 1,070 colleges that allowed applicants to choose whether or not to submit SAT or ACT scores. Over the past year, about 700 more colleges temporarily suspended their test score requirements, and at least half of those schools are currently considering extending their test optional policies. Despite the fact that life is slowly returning to normal, test optional policies seem poised to continue for the foreseeable future. How have test optional policies impacted students? Who should still take the SAT or ACT? What are other ways, besides test scores, to stand out?
iCOLLABORATE: THE A+ ADVANTAGE
Learning is about connection. Whether it’s the rapport built between students and educators or the connection between students and their lessons, it is essential to link students with the resources that will help them succeed. Ordinary circumstances, such as a long...
Requesting Accommodations on the ACT Exam
Just as with the SAT (discussed in the previous blog post), students can often feel that they are interacting with a completely impersonal system when preparing for the ACT. Fortunately, like the SAT, the people who work for the ACT are also there to help, offering...
Requesting Accommodations on the SAT
When thinking about the SAT, it is all too common to see a giant, impersonal system. It is difficult to imagine that within College Board there are many people and mechanisms in place to help students who need to overcome specific challenges. Believe it or not,...
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