Written by guest writer, Testmasters teacher, Rice University student, and future physician: Carmella D.
So you want to be a doctor? As a high school student (and if you’re like me, much earlier than that), you probably have an inkling
Category: Advice for Freshmen
5 Important Tips for Writing a Scholarship Essay.
Those apprehensive about student loans or the cost of attending school might look towards scholarships to help ease that burden. Most, if not all, scholarships require an essay to apply, so today we’ll be giving you five tips to writing
Questions to Ask Your Interviewer
Many undergraduate institutions, especially competitive ones, offer optional interviews for admissions, and the most dreaded question that comes up is the one at the
Common Interview Questions
Today we’ll be posting questions we commonly see on the interview trail. While most universities do not require interviews, many
Does Undergrad Prestige Matter for Graduate School Admissions?
Today we’re featuring a post from our sister blog, It’s Not GRE-ek. As many of you are ramping up for undergraduate admissions, we wanted
PSAT Semifinalists – How to Advance, What to Expect
PSAT Semifinalist cutoffs being announced soon, so we want to detail the path towards becoming a full-fledged National Merit Finalist, and what that means exactly. Let us know in the comments if you qualified as a Semifinalist!
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5 Goals for the New Semester
With a new school year fast approaching, we put together a list of 5 goals students, both high school and college alike, should aim to achieve this year:
- Get to know one teacher or professor really well: When it comes
Best of the Blog: College Visits 101 – Talking to Students
Since many of you are embarking on college tours, we’ll be presenting one of our favorite blog posts on college visits, originally posted by Calvin. Enjoy!
You can learn a lot
What is a Good Score on the New SAT?
Today was exciting news in the standardized test community, as College Board released its first set of data and concordance tables regarding the New 2016 SAT. In light of this, we have updated our previous post with updated average New
What Does My New SAT Score Mean?
College Board just released the results from the first administration of the New SAT, administered March 2016, and with it they also released a set of concordance tables to let us know what exactly a good score is. We’ll take
