SAT AND ACT IMPROVEMENT: SUMMER PREP CLASSES
By Dr. Wayne Adams
Wow? Summer break has already started. Before we know it, high schools will be back in session in early August. How time flies, especially over the summer. Upcoming Exams: ACT on Saturday July 17th and Saturday, September 11th; SAT on August 28th and October 2nd; and PSAT on Wednesday October 13th. More and more students prefer to prepare over the summer. Rising seniors want to see if their scores are high enough for desired colleges and universities (and for Bright Futures), rising juniors want to see how they would score plus preparing for the PSAT in mid-October, and many rising sophomores incorporate preparing for these exams as part of their longer term strategy to be admitted to the best university possible and seek to maximize scholarships. One of the great rewards of my helping my students have
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their best possible futures, including doing their best on the SAT and/or the ACT Exams. A rising senior recently wrote, “I just got my SAT score from my last test, and I am pleased to report that I received a 1530 (this is 99th percentile)! Thank you so much for all of the assistance you provided me throughout your class! A rising junior wrote, “Dr. A. I wanted to say thank you for all the time you spent with me and the knowledge you taught me. Not only did you teach me how to do better on the test, but also how to be a better person with many valuable, life-lessons.” Another rising senior wrote, “I wanted to let you know I received my test scores back and got a composite of 31 (super scored got a 32). Individually, I got a 32 on math, 28 on Science, 27 on English, and a 36 on reading. Who woulda thought, of all the sections I would get a perfect score on the reading section haha. Thank you for all of
your help!!” I always ask my students at the end of our first class what they found most surprising. Their typical answers are, “I learned so much so fast,” “Our time went by so quickly,” “This is so different from what I expected,” “We really do work interactively,” and “I really enjoyed it.” Often when I talk with parents, they ask: Question: “How do you keep my student’s attention for your normal three hour class?” Answer: “That is not the
problem. As your student will tell you, the problem is that the time goes by so fast.” Question: “How do you motivate students to do their best?” Answer: “When my students quickly see they can rapidly improve, they motivate themselves to see just how well they can do.” Question: “Do you help students aim for a specific score or score range?” Answer: “No, because I believe this adds too
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