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The PSAT and Merit Scholarships: What You Need to Know

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The PSAT , which is now digital, is typically a student’s first exposure to standardized testing and can be a good indicator of your potential SAT score and a touchstone to guide your preparation for taking the SAT or ACT during your junior and/or senior year. SAT Tutoring Stressed about the SAT?

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Maximize Your Winter Break: A Year-by-Year Guide

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Follow your intellectual curiosity and discover where your academic interests lie. Academic Tutoring Our tutors offer customized tutoring designed to fit the needs of each student. LEARN MORE Set Academic Goals Set academic goals for your 9 th grade year. SAT Tutoring Stressed about the SAT?

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Applying to Northwestern as an International Student

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For example, maybe serving as an academic tutor for student-athletes at your school. Standardized Tests The big giant looming over all your college applications will be standardized tests, namely the ACT and SAT. Explore secondary interests too.

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Calculate Your Academic Index: The Secret Formula

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As part of our commitment to making the college admissions process more transparent, Top Tier Admissions brought the Academic Index Calculator to the web 16 years ago, enabling college applicants to calculate their college admission ranking online.

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Ace the Digital SAT: Strategies for Success

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Review Content Areas While the format may have changed, the content areas tested on the Digital SAT remain the same. Consider using online courses or working with an academic tutor to strengthen your knowledge in these areas. Brush up on your math, reading, and writing skills.

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Brown Legacy Strategy

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Score big Just like hiring academic tutors, legacy parents routinely work with top SAT and ACT tutors to ensure their students have a perfect or near-perfect standardized test score. For the Class of 2026 , 95% of accepted students were in the top 10% of their high school’s graduating class.

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Duke Legacy Strategy

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And good scores Duke does publish information about standardized test scores. Much like academic tutors, alumni parents routinely employ top SAT/ACT tutors to ensure their students are getting perfect or near-perfect scores, and this is why.