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 | 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 | ACT, General, ISEE, LSAT, SAT, SSAT, Tips for Tutors
(Slapping the current year on a Kaplan prep book is a trick to get you to buy another Kaplan prep book every 12 months) Every once in a while a student will ask me if my methods have been updated for “this year’s test.” They ask this for two reasons:...
by Mike Barrett | Mar 26, 2011 | ACT, General, ISEE, LSAT, SAT, SSAT, Tips for Tutors
(And why should anybody care?) If you’re planning to take a standardized test, you’ve probably devoted some thought to how you’ll prepare. But there’s one fundamental question that a lot of people never seem to ask about the whole testing...
by Mike Barrett | Mar 23, 2011 | ACT, General, ISEE, LSAT, SAT, SSAT, Tips for Tutors
(. . . even though big test prep companies make serious money by telling you otherwise . . . ) If you go looking for test prep books at your local bookstore or on Amazon, you’ll see dozens and dozens of books that claim to offer practice tests you can hone your...
