PSAT NMSQT Need college scholarships?

The PSAT in October, 2014 is coming up soon. This is a great way for you to try and get some big money scholarships for college.  If you have a child who is academically capable I suggest gearing up for this test.  There is a month left so I will suggest a crash course on […]

Tips for students this summer

With all the changing of curriculum for common core there are placement tests to accelerate your placement.  Sometimes you maybe able to retake them if you did not pass them at the end of the school year.  Get a tutor and start working on the things you were not great at and prepare to take […]

IUSD MSMAT and AAT Placement Test

With the new common core IUSD in Irvine, CA has implemented a new placement test to decide the placement of entering 7th graders into the school district and those entering the 8th grade.  The MSMAT(Middle School Math Acceleration Test) will allow 7th graders to skip the common core math 7 course and take the common […]

The Top 5 Goals for a High School Student

1. HIGHEST GPA as possible.  4.0+ GPA In all classes starting from the summer after freshman your until the first day of the senior year.  Officially all academic course grades from all 10-11 classes taken. Each Honors or AP course will count for 5 points towards the GPA with an A grade that usually is […]

Are you smarter than an 11th grader? Math Smarter Balance Assessment

The Smarter Balanced Assessment is under legislation to become the most widely used test system to compare the students across the nation of the United States of America.  46 of the 50 states have agreed to adopt this new assessment and adapt to the grade level common core standards.  So far just ELA and Math […]

PowerPoint SAT MATH JEOPARDY

If you are taking the June SAT I test and need to practice your math.  Play this game with a friend.  SAT MATH JEOPARDY by Mr. Kim.  This has got to be the best PowerPoint template ever created.  Enjoy.  I will update and add more versions please email me questions that were challenging to you […]

SAT Vocabulary List

If you are taking the SAT here are some useful links for the most popular and hardest words for the Critical Reading section of the SAT. Top 1000 SAT  VocabularyWords http://img.sparknotes.com/content/testprep/pdf/sat.vocab.pdf Top 250 Most Difficult SAT words http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/newsat/chapter15section4.rhtml

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