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May 11, 2025
Help Your Junior Build a Smart College List This Spring
As your child wraps up 11th grade, now is the ideal time to start crafting a thoughtful and strategic college list. A well-balanced list can reduce stress, open more opportunities, and increase your student’s chances of finding the right academic, social, and financial fit.
May 4, 2025
Helping Your Student Build a Strong College Activities List
As your student embarks on the college application journey, one crucial component to focus on is the college activities list. This section of the application offers admissions counselors a window into your student’s interests, commitments, and character outside of academics.
Apr 21, 2025
What Students Need to Know About the New Enhanced (Digital) ACT
The new, enhanced digital ACT officially launched in April 2025 with the full launch occurring in paper in September 2025, and we’ve got the inside scoop from a firsthand test-taker (one of our tutors🤫) to help you navigate this big shift.
Apr 17, 2025
Post-Pandemic Learning Loss: What Parents Need to Know
We are learning A LOT about post-pandemic learning loss and its impact on students' cognitive development.
Mar 14, 2025
Here is a breakdown of what went wrong with the March 2025 SAT
In my role as a Board Member of the National Test Prep Association, I serve as the liaison between the N...
Jan 8, 2025
Choosing Between the Digital SAT and ACT
One important question many students will need to answer at some point is “Should I take the ACT or the SAT? Or both?” The answer often depends on WHO the student is. Many parents may remember ONLY taking the SAT in high school. Or some of us can even remember a time when certain colleges only accepted scores from one specific test. But times have changed!
Jul 29, 2024
A New Chapter for LEAP Begins
FINISHING MY 25+ YEAR LEAP CHAPTER and EXCITED ABOUT NEW ADVENTURES! -Lisa
This is SO bittersweet for me. I've made t...
Jul 16, 2024
A Revised ACT Test in 2025 with More Options for Students
On July 15, 2024, ACT announced changes to their online ACT test starting in April 2025 with the same changes rolling...
Jun 25, 2024
Who Should Take the August SAT or September ACT?
Believe it or not, it's already time to start thinking ahead to late summer and fall testing even though summer just ...
Jun 13, 2024
How to Compare an ACT and SAT Score
All colleges accept either the ACT or SAT with no preference to either test. On which test should a student focus?
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Apr 24, 2024
Should Your Teen Take the *NEW* Digital PSAT
A New Era of Digital Testing
Your teen can throw away their pencil because in October 2023, the PSAT moved to a digit...
Apr 2, 2024
Maximizing Your Teen's Testing Success: The Benefits of Stacked Testing for College-Bound Students
Stacked testing is an opportunity for students to take two back-to-back ACT or SAT test cycles. For example, a June or July test date. This testing strategy has several benefits for students.