Author: Christian
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Is the ACT better than the SAT?
Don’t forget to sign up today for my free SAT prep mailing list to get more exclusive tips and content from a professional tutor and perfect-scorer! As a professional SAT and ACT tutor, I wrote this article to help answer a common type of question I hear from students and parents, which looks pretty much like…
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Is SAT Prep Actually Important?
Welcome! Sign up for my SAT email list to get the Urgent Report on SAT Reading and more subscriber-exclusive info delivered straight to your inbox! Even though we all handle test prep a little differently, SAT prep time is a vital component of any serious high school student’s weekly routine. If you’re a freshman or sophomore, your…
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How Can I Read Faster?
Check out my in-depth review of Ace Reader! Feeling frustrated with your current rate of reading? Want to be able to speed-read through articles, novels, and websites at three to five times your current reading speed? Maybe you want to make sure you finish the SAT or ACT reading section in time? Here’s the good…
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Ace Reader Pro Reading Software Review
As an SAT tutor, I often find my high-school-age students expressing frustration about their slow reading speeds. I’ve always wanted to help them, but I wasn’t sure how; improving reading speed and comprehension was outside of what I knew how to teach. So… I’ve spent the last two months reviewing the best speed-reading and reading comprehension…
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SAT Critical Reading Tips: How To Finish On Time
Hi – while you’re here, subscribe to my SAT email list so I can send you my free Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other exclusive SAT-related content just for subscribers! Many of my SAT tutoring students come to me with questions about how to finish the SAT Critical Reading section within the allotted time…
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Easily Improve SAT Reading Score By Taking Notes
While you are here, improve your SAT Reading score by subscribing to my email list and I will send you my Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other subscriber-only exclusive content to help you study! I cannot over-emphasize the benefit of taking notes while you read the SAT Critical Reading passages – it’s one of…
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A 15 Minute SAT Warm Up
Note: Most of this warm-up requires that you have my SAT Prep books ready to practice and learn from. Make sure to order my SAT prep books before the day of the test for maximum readiness! At the very least, be sure to sign up for my mailing list to download the FREE Urgent Report…
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The Best SAT Critical Reading Practice Skills
Download my Urgent Report on SAT Reading while you are here – join my email list and get other subscriber-only exclusive content! When it comes to SAT Critical Reading practice, it can be hard to know how best to use your time and prioritize your objectives. Here are some guidelines that I’ve established for SAT…
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Pro Tutor’s SAT Reading Comprehension Strategies
While you’re here, be sure to join my mailing list so I can send you my exclusive Urgent Report on SAT Reading and help you boost your SAT Critical Reading score for free! In my experiences as an SAT tutor, I’ve found SAT reading comprehension to be one of the most undervalued skills in test-taking. Seriously,…
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The Top 10 SAT Reading Tips
While you are here today be sure to join my SAT email list so I can send my Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other subscriber-only bonuses. Looking for SAT Reading tips and strategies? I’ve gotten a perfect score on the SAT Reading (several times) and I tutor high school students looking to do the…
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How to Learn Speed Reading
Hi – while you are here, sign up for my SAT mailing list and I’ll send you my Urgent Report on SAT Reading as well as other subscriber-only bonuses to help with test prep. Have you ever wondered how to learn speed reading? When you know how to speed-read, you can consume five to ten…
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Is Speed Reading Real?
While you are here, make sure to join my SAT prep email list so I can send my FREE Urgent Guide to SAT Reading and other subscriber-only content! I read a lot. Always have. Plus, I read quickly. People have always remarked on it. So, is speed reading real? Well, here are a few short…
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How Can I Read Faster?
While you are here, be sure to join my SAT email list to get my Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other subscriber-only content and bonuses! Many people ask themselves, “How can I read faster?,” but just don’t know where to start. If you’re really stuck at your current level, you may even doubt that speed-reading…
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How to Get a Perfect 800 on SAT Critical Reading
Hi! Subscribe to my SAT prep mailing list and I’ll send you my pro tutor’s urgent report on the SAT Reading section, plus other SAT-related bonuses just for subscribers! On October 1st, I got my 3rd official perfect SAT reading score on the SAT Critical Reading section. I feel safe saying at this point that it…
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How to Get and Read SAT Scores Online
Hi! While you’re here, sign up for my SAT email list so I can send you my Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other exclusive bonuses! So, it’s been about a month since you took your SAT, and you just got an e-mail telling you that your scores are available online. You might be feeling pretty…
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Learn 480 New SAT Vocabulary Words In Just 3 Months
For more strategies on the SAT Reading section from a pro SAT tutor, be sure to sign up for my SAT mailing list to download the FREE Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other subscriber-only content! I’ve been thinking lately about how best to use summer for SAT prep, since as you may know I’m a full-time SAT prep tutor…
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SAT Essay Evidence: Joseph McCarthy
While you’re here be sure to join my SAT email list to get the Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other subscriber-exclusive content that will help you on all sections of the SAT! I wanted to change things up a little bit for my next bit of SAT essay evidence and go with someone a little…
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Are you supposed to read the passages in the SAT Critical Reading?
Be sure to join my SAT email list while you are here! I’ll sent you my Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other exclusive content for subscribers only. Should you read the SAT Critical Reading passages before trying to answer the questions, or should you save yourself all the time and hassle of reading what is…
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SAT Essay Evidence: Ludwig van Beethoven
While you’re here today, be sure to join my SAT email list to get the Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other subscriber-exclusive content that will help you with test time! I recently mentioned that, when it comes to the evidence you use for your SAT essay, you should both prepare your examples in advance…
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You should only use SAT Essay evidence that you care about
While you’re here, be sure to join my free SAT email list to download the Urgent Report on SAT Reading and get access to other great subscriber-only exclusives! I was just talking with an SAT prep tutoring student of mine about the idea of not always using the same boring evidence to write the SAT…
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SAT Essay Tips: Don’t slow your writing down!
Before you go any further, be sure to join my SAT email list for FREE subscriber-only bonuses and exclusive content mailed straight to your inbox. Alright folks – sorry I’ve been away for this last week. I met a lovely young lady and she has been distracting me from SAT prep with trips to the…
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How to improve two-passage reading comprehension on the SAT
While you are here today, be sure to get my Urgent Report on SAT Critical Reading and other exclusive SAT-related content by joining my email list! Strong reading comprehension strategies on the SAT are vitally important for a high score in the Critical Reading section, just as a strong vocabulary is. One of the places that students frequently…
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Fun celebrity grammar examples for the SAT Writing section
While you’re here, be sure to join my SAT email list so I can sent you my Urgent Report on Critical Reading and other exclusive SAT-related content! I happened across a small but charming and fun grammar website that I found while researching my “Misplaced Modifiers” articles (Misplaced Modifiers on the SAT) I’m always on…
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SAT Writing and Grammar: Misplaced Modifier Examples
While you’re here, be sure to sign up for my SAT email list to download the Urgent Report on Critical Reading and get other SAT-related bonuses just for subscribers! Alright, this post is going to provide some practice problems to develop your misplaced-modifier identification skills on the SAT Writing and grammar multiple-choice sections. This post…
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SAT Writing and Grammar: Misplaced Modifiers Part 2
While you’re here, be sure to sign up for my SAT email list to download the Urgent Report on Critical Reading and get other SAT-related bonuses just for subscribers! Alright, let’s investigate misplaced modifiers on the SAT a little further. This is a continuation of SAT Grammar: Misplaced Modifiers, Part 1. Remember that misplaced modifiers are…
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SAT Writing and Grammar: Misplaced Modifiers Part 1
If you need to raise your SAT Writing section score in a hurry, check out the SAT Grammar Crammer – it’s designed to target the most common SAT Writing mistakes and quickly boost your score! It’s been a few days since I provided some real hard-core free SAT prep info, so it’s time to talk about…
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Should I Use “Less” Or “Fewer” On The SAT Writing Section?
For more SAT Writing lessons from a professional SAT prep tutor and perfect-scorer, check out my SAT Grammar prep book. Also be sure to join my email list for free subscriber-only exclusive content! In honor of Jen’s comment where she caught me making a classic SAT grammar mistake in a blog post, I wanted to…
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A little SAT prep blog miracle
While you’re here today, be sure to sign up for my SAT email list to get free bonuses and subscriber-exclusive content! I was going to write an article on misplaced modifiers this evening, but something SUPER-awesome happened on this blog and I got distracted with excitement. Seriously. I definitely jumped up and down, at least twice.…
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Top 10 Things to Bring to College
Taking the SAT test before you head off to college or university? Sign up for my free SAT mailing list to stay in touch with a professional, perfect-scoring SAT prep tutor and get subscriber-only exclusive content! Looking for a list of stuff to bring to college? That’s great – I was in your shoes once…
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SAT Blog Update 6.11.2011 PM
If you want exclusive SAT-related content emailed straight to your inbox, be sure to join my free SAT email list while you’re here today! Good evening, everyone! First of all, I want to thank all my SAT Prep Blog RSS subscribers – we’ve just reached the 100-subscriber mark and while I’m still only half-clear on…
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Crazy SAT Stories: Who says the SAT isn’t exciting?
While you are here, I highly recommend joining my SAT email list to download my Urgent Report on SAT Critical Reading and other subscriber-only content! When I was working as an AmeriCorps State* member, teaching college readiness and ACT and SAT prep, I heard a funny story from the previous year’s instructors. Although it amuses me to think about it,…
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SAT Essay Evidence: Nicolaus Copernicus
Looking for more help on the SAT Essay that you can download today? Check out 30 More SAT Essay Examples To Use, as well as my Guidebook To Writing The SAT Essay! Here’s another great historical figure to use for your SAT essay evidence bank! (In case you’re new to my SAT blog, let me…
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Secrets of the Official SAT Study Guide
While you are here today, be sure to sign up for my SAT email list in order to download the FREE Urgent Report on SAT Critical Reading and access other exclusive SAT-related content! Review of The Official SAT Study Guide (pre-March-2016 edition) by the College Board AND: How to best use this book! Update: SAT Format…
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SAT Essay Evidence: Mahatma Gandhi
Looking for more help? Check out 30 More SAT Essay Examples To Use, as well as my Guidebook To Writing The SAT Essay! So I had a great idea! I’m starting a new feature on the blog, which is: the analysis of specific people, places, events, literature, and the like that can be used to…
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What to do the night before the SAT
Thanks for visiting my SAT prep blog! Be sure to join my SAT mailing list while you are here – subscribers get instant access to my Urgent Report on SAT Critical Reading as well as other exclusive content! When preparing for the SAT, students think that they have covered all their bases: Grammar practice? Check.…
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Three pro tips for the SAT Essay
Thanks for visiting! While you’re here today, be sure to claim your Free Urgent Report on SAT Critical Reading by joining my email list! In addition, I’ll send you great subscriber-only bonuses to help with the SAT! Today is June 4th, 2011 – the last SAT test date of the 2010-2011 school year! In honor…
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SAT Calculator Programs: When to use them and where to get them
While you are here today, be sure to sign up for my SAT prep email list to grab your free Urgent Report on Critical Reading, exclusive SAT-related content and other subscriber-only bonuses! Though the SAT Math section is by-and-large designed to not be “calculator math,” there is still at least one specific situation in which…
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Do You Know When to Use a Calculator on the SAT?
Welcome to my SAT prep blog! Be sure to join the free SAT email list for a free Urgent Report and other exclusive content and bonuses for subscribers. If you want to improve your SAT math score, also make sure to order my perfect-scoring tutor’s textbooks: SAT Math Mastery Level 1 and SAT Math Mastery Level…
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Top 3 SAT Writing Grammar Errors
While you’re here, be sure to join my SAT email list for an Urgent Report on SAT Reading and other exclusive SAT-related bonuses. And, if you want to learn all the SAT Writing tips you never knew, check out my SAT Grammar Crammer prep book! The problem with the SAT grammar section, for most students, is that…
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Introduction to the SAT Writing Multiple-Choice Section
Want to improve your SAT Writing score? Check out this SAT Writing prep book! And, be sure to join my SAT email list while you are here! The addition of a grammar test to the SAT is a relatively recent development that the College Board rolled out in 2005. Essentially, they took what was previously a…
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Top 20 Careless Errors in the SAT Math Section
While you’re here, make sure to join my SAT prep email list to download the Urgent Report on SAT Critical Reading and get other great bonuses! In my time spent preparing for and teaching the SAT, I’ve noticed some common careless errors in the Math section that prevent students from achieving their top SAT scores. If…
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A Classic SAT Sequence Math Question You Can Learn From
In need of some good SAT Math practice problems or SAT prep books? Check out my SAT Math Fundamentals and Advanced SAT Math books, as well as the Power 800 SAT Math Video Course, for more tips and practice! Question: What is the sum of all the integers, inclusive, from 1 to 100? A) 942…
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Best SAT Vocabulary Flashcards: Princeton Review’s 500 Essential SAT Vocabulary Words
If this article is relevant to your SAT prep goals, be sure to sign up for my SAT prep mailing list to download your FREE Time-Sensitive Urgent Report on the Critical Reading section! If you’re serious about improving your SAT score, you have to find some way to learn the most common SAT vocabulary. Vocab study…
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SAT vs. ACT: A Comparison by a Professional Tutor
To get more SAT prep information sent straight to your inbox, be sure to sign up for the mailing list! We will immediately send you my free Urgent Report on Critical Reading as well as other exclusive content and SAT-related benefits! What’s the difference between the SAT test and the ACT? How are they similar? The…
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Best Strategies For Long SAT Critical Reading Passages
Be sure to download your free Urgent Report on Critical Reading when you join my mailing list today! Today I want to explain my method for beating the long reading SAT Passages and the Reading Comprehension section and getting a perfect score on the Critical Reading section of the SAT. This is the very method…
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How to get a perfect score on the SAT
What can you do with a perfect SAT score? Win scholarship money, get into better colleges, and build your self-esteem and confidence. Be sure to join my email list for free SAT-related bonuses! My combined SAT score was a 2390 as a high school senior. 10 points short of a perfect score… an 800 in Verbal,…
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Why you simply must study an SAT Vocabulary word list
Join my FREE SAT prep mailing list for more perfect-score tips and tricks! And if you’re serious about building a strong SAT vocabulary, make sure to check out the books listed at the end of this post. Building a strong SAT Vocabulary is absolutely crucial for an elite score on the SAT exam, but students at…
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SAT Math Vocabulary: What You Need To Know
For more fundamental SAT Math practice, check out my math workbooks: SAT Math Level 1 and SAT Math Level 2! “SAT Math… Vocabulary? Is that a typo?” We tend to associate SAT vocab-building with the Critical Reading section, but even SAT Math Vocabulary is important. For example, are you…