“Mobile [learning-management] apps are an important part of our campus plan to enhance instructional resources and campus services.” New data from the Educause Center for Applied Research, released here on Wednesday, showed that among the nearly 37,000 two- and four-year college students surveyed, more than 60 percent own Internet-enabled mobile […]
The more words you know, the more clearly and powerfully you will think and the more ideas you will invite into your mind. – Wilfred Funk No doubt words are one of our chief means of adjusting and creating new ideas in life. The better control we have over words, […]
“The nation that educates its children the best will be the nation that leads the global economy in the 21st century,” Obama said during brief remarks in the White House Rose Garden. President Obama said today the U.S. is engaged with what he termed as an “Education Arms Race” competing […]
SAT Maths: What is Direct Variation? Let the cost of 1 pen be $12. By unitary method, we can find the cost of any number of pens. Clearly, the cost of 2 pens is $ 24; the cost of 3 such pens is $ 36; the cost of 5 such […]
SAT passage reading is a part of the Critical Reading section of the SAT worth 800 points. While Critical reading is divided into two parts – Sentence Completion and Passage-Based Reading; the latter is what is more challenging, difficult of the sort. Passage-Based Reading questions need you to think and […]
According to the analysis of 2003-2008 period data by the AIR researchers from the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) nationally, only about 60 percent of students graduated from four-year colleges and universities within six years. 30 percent of first-year college students who failed to return to campus for […]
The Student Advancement Foundation, a non-profit group that links community resources with needs of Grand Rapids Public Schools, on Monday announced the grant to fund “Believe 2 Become,” a program that encourages children to achieve their dreams by continuing their education. Believe 2 Become deserves generous support because it mirrors […]
How much of the college prep routine is just plain dysfunctional? SAT, a standardized test that reduces a human life to three or four hours at a desk with a pencil.( No regard for individualism, unique talents or abilities, socioeconomic differences, or extraneous matters that may influence test performance at […]
Writing an essay was never so easy. But do not worrrrry ! 🙂 Research conducted at the MIT shows that high-scoring SAT essays follow at least 4-5 characteristics which the test graders look out for. Apart from the essay length, scholarly examples, explicit points there are other things a student […]
When you leave school, or college someone will inevitably point out that this is not the end- not by a long shot. It is only the beginning. No educative process is ever the end; it is always the beginning of more education, more learning, more living. To increase your SAT […]
College Admissions Consultant Bruce Vinik tells us about the entire college admissions process that is creeping earlier and earlier into the high school years to the detriment of students. The mothers and father of 11th graders are feeling panicked and feel that the college admission process is slipping away from […]
If you missed the deadline for October SAT registration, you may be able to still test with “Standby Registration”. This means reaching a test centre on the SAT test day with a completed registration form and payment. Standby Testing is available at an additional fee if you are unable to register […]
You may have read ‘English Language’ all your life, but still unable to comprehend its structure and rules. You may be getting ready to take the SAT and need to know what SAT grammar beholds. Most importantly, anyone looking to carve or figure what SAT grammar is needs to exactly […]
Geez! so we know that the College Board is really into the Critical Reading since it devotes an entire 800-point section to this skill on the SAT. Here’s an overview of the format of the Critical Reading Section of the SAT. Critical Reading (Multiple-Choice Questions) 1) Sentence Completions ( 19 […]
Nikila Vasudevan placed high in the John Hopkins University’s Center For Talented Youth SAT program twice in a row, scoring a 2050 out of 2400 on the test. The John Hopkins University’s Centre for Talented Youth program encourages seventh-graders and eighth grader who they think can take the SATs. Nikila […]
