by Mike Barrett | Apr 18, 2018 | ACT, General
A few weeks ago, we released the second edition of the ACT Prep Black Book, which is now available on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle formats. I’m pleased to report that initial feedback has been quite positive, just as it was with the test audience. This...
by Mike Barrett | Jul 15, 2017 | General, SAT
(Click this link for the Second Edition of the SAT Prep Black Book, which is fully updated for the current version of the SAT.) In like March of 2014 or so, during my morning catch-up on the news, I read an article about how the College Board was planning to overhaul...
by Mike Barrett | Aug 19, 2011 | LSAT
The answer to this question will vary from person to person, but, in general, not much matters apart from your LSAT and GPA. (Before I go on, let me point out that I totally realize that what I’m saying here contradicts what most admissions people at most...
by Mike Barrett | Aug 11, 2011 | SSAT
When you skip a question on the SSAT, you neither gain points nor lose points. If you answer a question correctly, then you gain points; if you answer it incorrectly, then you lose one quarter of the points you would have gained for answering the question correctly....
by Mike Barrett | Aug 8, 2011 | LSAT
The short answer is that you usually can’t, not when you’re starting to do the experimental section itself. Sometimes there’s something noticeably off about a section, but not usually. The longer answer is that there’s not really an advantage...
by Mike Barrett | Aug 5, 2011 | SSAT
As far as the SSAT company itself is concerned, you can take the SSAT as many times as you like. Your target school may have its own policies, though–the best thing to do is to contact the school directly and ask what their current policy is on re-taking the...
by Mike Barrett | Apr 30, 2011 | LSAT
Prepping for the LSAT shouldn’t be nearly as time-consuming as most people make it out to be. If you really pay attention to the bizarre design of the test, you can make significant progress in as little as a day or a weekend, believe it or not. Getting to the...
by Mike Barrett | Apr 30, 2011 | SSAT
Every school has different policies when it comes to the SSAT–and, on top of that, the SSAT requirements will differ from year to year, and they’ll also depend on your race, gender, and background. So the short answer is that there’s no real way to...
by Mike Barrett | Apr 12, 2011 | ACT, General, ISEE, LSAT, SAT, SSAT, Tips for Tutors
If you’ve been looking around on this site for a while, you know that the whole point of standardized tests is that they’re not constantly changing in any ways that matter. That’s what makes them standardized, and that’s also what makes them...
by Mike Barrett | Apr 12, 2011 | LSAT
Not Nearly As Often As You Might Think 🙂 Every community of test-preppers has its own unique and cherished myths. For people applying to college, there’s the myth that the ACT is fundamentally different from the SAT. For people applying to business school,...
