by Michael Ionescu | Oct 6, 2021 | Standardized Tests
With standardized testing already in full swing for the fall season, I wanted to share some quick strategies to help nervous students navigate the math section of the SAT. Many times the test as a whole can be very intimidating, so these tips are meant to offer...
by Michael Ionescu | Jul 8, 2021 | Standardized Tests
This is an important announcement for anyone thinking about taking the SAT or ACT, especially the August 28th SAT. I have been hearing from many of my students that many of the test centers in their respective areas have filled up even though registrations just opened...
by Mark Ionescu | Jun 3, 2021 | College Essays
The good news is, no – pain is not an essential ingredient in college essays. No, we’re not talking about the pain that goes into writing in general – brainstorming, creating multiple drafts, editing and revising, and sometimes scrapping whole essays to...
by Michael Ionescu | May 27, 2021 | Standardized Tests
One of the biggest challenges I’ve seen from students taking the SAT this past season is that it takes far too long for them to get through the reading sections. Almost 85% of my current students need to speed their reading up, so I’m curious if this issue is related...
by Mark Ionescu | May 5, 2021 | College Essays
One of the most common pieces of writing advice, which you may have heard in relation to college essay writing, is to write about what you know. And if there’s one thing that all of us have gotten to know over the past year, far better than we’d like, it’s COVID....
