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7 ACT English Tips and SAT Writing Tips for Students who want Increase their Scores
ACT English Tips and SAT Writing Tips With over 11 years of experience in tutoring for the ACT/SAT, here are the top 7 tips I share with students for the ACT English and SAT Writing sections. Even though they are called different things on the two tests, they are...
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REVEALED: Test Tips to increase your ACT or SAT score
Test Tips for the ACT and SAT! When it comes to standardized tests, I don’t necessarily agree with the weight that is put on scores by colleges, high schools, parents, and students. I don’t think a standardized test score says much about you as a student. A test...
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Practice makes perfect?
As I sit here working on a book to help as many people as possible "conquer" the ACT (whatever that means to each student!), I am thinking about how come some students improve so much while some students have a difficult time increasing by one point. There are so many...
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Proactive > Reactive
I have been reading Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (actually listening to it because I listen to books while I go for daily walks!) I have heard about this book for YEARS, but I am finally getting around to it! I'm so glad that I have! The first...
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ACT or SAT, that is the question!
Due to the state of Illinois switching from the ACT to the SAT for state testing, this is a question that I have been been asked quite a bit lately. WAY back when I was in high school, the colleges and universities on the East and West coasts of the United States...
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Why I take the test…
You read that right. I take the ACT 2-3 times a year. I was so excited when I found out that you can take the test at any age. (And I do realize how CRAZY that sounds!) Why would anyone subject themselves to sitting and taking a test for 3 hours VOLUNTARILY??? Great...
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