by Michael Ionescu | Jul 20, 2018 | Standardized Tests
For those who pay attention to SAT news or have had students who took the June SAT, you may have noticed a big backlash that the College Board is facing after administering what many students believed to be an incredibly easy math SAT. While many students did quite...
by Michael Ionescu | Apr 13, 2018 | Standardized Tests
In today’s world of applying to colleges, a much more progressive approach to accepting applicants has been occurring as colleges look for much more than just good grades. The criteria as outlined in this article in the Mercury News is a relatively nebulous one....
by Michael Ionescu | Nov 20, 2017 | Standardized Tests
About a decade ago, there used to be a pretty universal time to take the SAT/ACT, and that was the spring of a student’s junior high school year. Now, as college admissions and sports recruiting have become more competitive, recommended times to take the test...
by Michael Ionescu | Oct 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sadly, I have not been writing here recently, because my busy schedule has been holding me back from putting any new ideas to paper. Having a chance to sit down has given me the opportunity to really think about some of my most recent students and reflect on some of...
by Michael Ionescu | Jun 8, 2017 | Standardized Tests
One of the most frequent things parents bring up to me is the idea that the ACT is easier than the SAT. From my personal experience teaching several thousand students over the past decade is that for the mass majority of students I have not seen huge differences in...
