TestMagic Blog: College and high school admissions
What to do the day before your official SAT
Summary If you read only one thing: Get lots of sleep (9 hours should do it) Know where you’re taking the test Calculator batteries, sharp pencils, erasers, watch Snacks and...
What to do the day before your official SAT
Summary If you read only one thing: Get lots of sleep (9 hours should do it) Know where you’re taking the test Calculator batteries, sharp pencils, erasers, watch Snacks and...
ACT: Minor changes in the extended time
Summary: For "time-and-a-half" ACT test-takers, tests will be given self-paced during a 5-hour period; the essay will be given during a 1-hour period. Starting in September 2017, some ACT test-takers...
ACT: Minor changes in the extended time
Summary: For "time-and-a-half" ACT test-takers, tests will be given self-paced during a 5-hour period; the essay will be given during a 1-hour period. Starting in September 2017, some ACT test-takers...
Why we're moving towards shorter SAT-prep courses
In recent years, however, college admissions have become sometimes brutally difficult and ever harder to predict. Where in the past a 4.0 student from Lowell would be virtually assured of...
Why we're moving towards shorter SAT-prep courses
In recent years, however, college admissions have become sometimes brutally difficult and ever harder to predict. Where in the past a 4.0 student from Lowell would be virtually assured of...
TestMagic on Irving Street
If you’ve passed by TestMagic on Irving Street, you may have noticed a lot of construction going on there. And you may have further noticed that TestMagic is no longer...
TestMagic on Irving Street
If you’ve passed by TestMagic on Irving Street, you may have noticed a lot of construction going on there. And you may have further noticed that TestMagic is no longer...
UC Application Verification
Summary: The UC system audits about 10% of the applications it receives from freshman and transfer applicants. You may have received this email; if you did, it is vital that you...
UC Application Verification
Summary: The UC system audits about 10% of the applications it receives from freshman and transfer applicants. You may have received this email; if you did, it is vital that you...
Example responses to the new UC leadership essay
In my last email, I introduced and gave a few writing tips for the leadership personal insight question for the University of California application. At the end of the...
Example responses to the new UC leadership essay
In my last email, I introduced and gave a few writing tips for the leadership personal insight question for the University of California application. At the end of the...