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Most afternoons my children come home from school with their backpacks loaded with homework assignments. They both play multiple sports, and it's always an ongoing struggle to find a way to balance homework and after-school sports before bedtime.

For tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of seniors applying to college this year, the admissions process will be one of the most grueling and stressful experiences they've had in their lives. If you're a student or a parent of a student who's just starting high school, however, we've got good news: you can avoid nearly all of the stress of the application process by planning for success early on.

College admissions early decisions are starting to come out, and some students might get an unexpected answer back: a deferral. A deferral is similar to the limbo of college admissions—you aren’t quite […]

The ACT has remained, in many ways, essentially unchanged for decades. That will no longer be the case as of September 2020, and the process of preparing for the test will necessarily shift as a result. However, there is little to fear here. Read on to learn more.

The ACT and SAT are similar enough to be confusing but different in several key ways, and those crucial differences are why we created the Agnostic Diagnostic, a single test that allows our test experts to give an accurate test recommendation in half the time.

Many students and parents come into the test preparation process with preconceived notions about the way the tests function, how they’re perceived by colleges, and whether one is easier than the other. Let us bust some myths for you.

"How many times should I take the ACT/SAT? Why can’t I just do it once and be done? How far apart should my test dates be spaced?" These are, by far, some of the most common questions I receive from concerned students and parents at the beginning of the test preparation process. And each question is valid and deserves a thoughtful response.

It is essential to know that what the test makers claim about the test and what the test actually entails are fundamentally different things. Taking the ACT or SAT does not simply require the knowledge of content that you receive in school—you also have to train for the strategies inherent to the tests themselves. That's why test prep works!

As colleges get more expensive each year, students rely more frequently on financial aid to help offset the costs of education. However, many students are making simple mistakes that cost them thousands of dollars in grants or scholarship money each year.

Are you a back-row student? That is, whenever possible, do you self-select to sit in the back row in class? Are you tempted to check your emails, texts, Facebook, and Instagram messages during class?

After-school programs are a great way to keep students engaged and encourage their development outside of the classroom. With the number of programs available today, many parents may find it difficult to seek out the one that best fits their child's needs.

If you want to make your college visit worth the time and expense, you need to keep your eyes wide open - and your mouth, too, even in ways that may seem embarrassing. What are the best college visit questions?