This Facebook ad caught my eye.
This morning I was scanning my Facebook page and read this post on the right. Now I’m thinking, “dad’s made a generous contribution to Stanford and this is how he gets his son in”.
Of the 19 students who took the comprehensive classes, 17 made the first cut. (more…)
by Sybil Gohari, The Admissions Company
What does it really take to get into Harvard? That’s the question high school students and their parents alike, ask every year. Plenty of ink has been spilled, warning of the seemingly dismal odds of admission for even the best and the brightest.And truth be told, with about a 5% acceptance rate at this school, and similar odds at the top 10 ranked schools in the country, competition is enormous.
by Kate Dalby
Many students sitting for TJ’s SIS (student information sheet) on 
February 20th, 2016, were throw a curve ball when they read the “ethical essay” question. It wasn’t an essay prompt as they expected, but rather a math question.
My understanding, from speaking to several of my students, was that they were given 30 minutes to solve a question and explain the logic of their answer. The question went something like this:
READ READ READ, So You Can Write!
by Dr Aimee Weinstein
With the advent of College Board’s new redesigned SAT next month, schools, students and test prep centers are on high alert, wondering what to expect. Even the New York Times and U.S. News and World Report have added fuel to the proverbial fire with their recent articles about concern over increased reading requirements on the redesigned test. It seems that there will be more reading not only in the designated reading section, but also more word problems in the math section, leading to more words on the test overall.
But the biggest change is perhaps in the way the College Board will administer the new, optional essay component of the test. (more…)