Useful guidance for the question in front of you.

Despite the title of this post, the SAT Writing & Language section does not require you to actually write anything. Instead, it tests your ability to pick effective writing using proper grammar, punctuation, and rhetoric from a series of similar answer choices.

In my experience, students either love or hate the Writing & Language section of the SAT. This section has the benefit of being the most overtly consistent from test to test, and students who have a good ear for proper grammar and punctuation tend to instinctively do pretty well on it.

Scoring on the ACT is a topic that’s both complicated and extremely important (which is why this is my third blog post that covers it). Understanding how ACT scoring charts work and why they differ from test to test can help you approach test day with fully open eyes, so let's take a look.

For many students burrowing down the GMAT preparation rabbit hole, the most daunting component is that part of the exam that has been a staple of our standardized testing career-reading comprehension. Though we've been taught many differing strategies to tackle reading sections over the years, you will find as you embark on your GMAT preparation that GMAT Reading Comprehension is quite a different beast.

As is the case for most students preparing for the GRE, you probably have studied little or no formal math as an undergraduate. Consequently, your GRE preparation has involved an unpleasant revisiting of high school algebra and geometry classes, forcing you to shake off many cobwebs along the way.

Many students go into a standardized test reading section ready to tackle the passages and questions as they would in English class. Herein lies the problem, however. While at its core, the SAT Reading section does utilize some of the same skills that you develop in your high school English classes, those skills alone are not enough to ace this section.

As the test-makers intended, your plans for the GRE need not be altered by the pandemic. The GRE General Test At Home is a viable alternative to taking the test at a designated test center.

Quick, what's bigger, A or B? Or, perhaps they're both equal? Or, maybe you just can't tell. If you're beginning to prepare for the GRE, these are precisely the considerations you have to make on the famous Quantitative Comparison questions, which constitute a sizable chunk of the two Quantitative Reasoning sections of the GRE.

When the College Board overhauled the SAT in 2016, they did more than change the content and scoring: they also tried to make third-party prep and resources obsolete. In preparation for the new SAT, College Board announced a partnership with Khan Academy, a free educational resource company.

The GMAT Critical Reasoning questions comprise approximately 1/3 of the 36 questions (thus about 11 or 12) that make up the overall Verbal section of the test. Each one consists of a short paragraph (called the stem or stimulus) that presents some sort of argument, followed by a question that requires you to make a judgement about the stem.

Most students embarking on their GMAT preparation journey are under the mistaken impression that their biggest challenge will be mastering the content of the exam. They fret about having to return to the material covered in their high school geometry and algebra classes or about having to master the logic involved in the critical reasoning questions.

The SAT tries to even the playing field for students with documented disabilities by providing a variety of SAT testing accommodations. The most common one is extended time (or extra time), but there are many others to fit the needs of every student.