Admissions & Testing Blog

How to Manage Your Working Memory and Ace the SAT

Posted by: Ned Johnson on February 27, 2025

As we noted in our last blog, the new SAT reading and math sections both place a greater demand…

The SAT Goes Digital: What I Learned from Taking the New SAT

Posted by: Ned Johnson on February 10, 2025

The Digital SAT has finally arrived! While I am kind of an analog guy, the SAT, like many things in…

ACT “Enhancements” Explained: Should You Take the New ACT?

Posted by: Aaron Golumbfskie on February 4, 2025

The ACT “Enhancements” that were announced last year will begin on a small scale in April and for all students…

Signs My Child Needs a Tutor and How to Take the Next Steps

Posted by: Aaron Golumbfskie on December 12, 2024

Another Autumn has come and gone and another first marking period is in the grade books. The leaves are falling…

When to Start Preparing for the SAT & ACT Tests | Expert Advice from PrepMatters

Posted by: Ned Johnson on September 26, 2024

Renowned French scientist Louis Pasteur observed that “Fortune favors the prepared mind.” There’s not only a what and a how…

Understanding the ACT Math Section – Questions, Strategies & More

Posted on August 2, 2024

About the ACT Math Section In many ways, the ACT Math section is the most straightforward section on the whole…

Understanding the SAT Reading Section – Questions, Strategies and More

Posted on August 2, 2024

About the SAT Reading Section Unlike the ACT, which features separate English and Reading sections, the SAT has only one…

Test Prep: How Soon is Too Soon?

Posted on April 5, 2024

We get tons of questions from sophomores about when to start preparing for the SAT or ACT. Most…

6 Tools of Curiosity

Posted by: Maureen Delaney on April 3, 2024

A very useful skill for all of us to possess is the ability to direct our curiosity. To…

Making Sense of Your Early Applications to College: Accepted, Not Accepted, Deferred? 

Posted by: By Maureen Delaney on December 19, 2023

Early Decision 1 and Early Action notifications will arrive soon—and will be ongoing through the month of December/January,…

Digital vs. Paper SAT: What you need to know

Posted by: Ned Johnson on December 4, 2023

Goodbye, Scantron sheets and #2 pencils. Hello, test-taking tablets, adaptive testing, and graphing calculators. After nearly a century as…

Do Senior Year Grades Matter?

Posted on November 28, 2023

No matter how often we get this question, we are still perplexed. We think, “Of course they matter!” Still, it’s…