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College Admissions Tip: Senior slide, senior slump, senior spring, senioritis
This post was written by Alex Khurgin. Beware the “senior-spring” fallacy! It is NOT the case that you can “stop working” after submitting your college applications or even after being admitted to a college early-action or early-decision. Remember that almost all colleges do request your final transcript before you ship… Read more >
Decoding Score Choice: What it is and what you should do about it
Cailey Hall is a Content Developer at Knewton If you’ve spent any time lately trying to sort out the intricacies of the College Board’s SAT Score Choice option, you might have concluded that walking to Russia seems simple in comparison. Although the College Board says it will make your life… Read more >
SAT Tip: How to Memorize Vocab Words
Alex is a Content Developer for the Knewton SAT prep course. He thinks he’s super funny, though he’s only very funny. The best way to learn vocab words is to come across them in context in books, in conversations with teachers or parents, on television shows over and over again… Read more >
The Top 10 Ways to Prepare for the SAT
Cailey Hall is a Content Developer @Knewton. The SAT prep industry, like the self-help book industry, is super-saturated with tips on how to be your best you. You can’t mention the test without getting dozens of tips — solicited and unsolicited — on how to ace the test. It can… Read more >
SAT Prep: Evil SAT Trick of the Week #4
Alex Sarlin is the Lead Verbal Developer at Knewton. He moonlights as Knewton’s designated SAT Prep Archangel. Welcome to the fourth installment of “Evil SAT Trick of the Week.” As always, we want to remind you that the makers of the SAT are not evil. They do not break laws,… Read more >