When is the best time to take the SAT or ACT test?

For over 30 years, I have prepared thousands of students for the SAT and ACT. My work spectrum is quite broad, from families with extremely low incomes to some of the richest families in the world. Private SAT tutoring and private ACT tutoring is very rewarding, but I...

If you grew up on the East Coast or West Coast, there’s a very good chance that you never heard about the ACT when you were in high school. For many years, another college admissions test, the SAT, has been the test of choice for East and West Coast students applying...

Everyone knows that you’re not supposed to guess on the SAT, right? First of all, that’s wrong. You should guess on the SAT and the ACT -- there isn’t a correction factor, so you can only gain points by guessing and filling in all of the answers. But the bigger...

"On paper, private schools can often look more expensive than state schools. But, this is a generalization that you should not make! Many private schools have seemingly endless opportunities for financial assistance and scholarships, and scholarship opportunities do...