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Beginning in late May, the subways fill with college students who have flocked to New York City for summer internships. Anyone traveling to midtown on a weekday morning can easily see the influx of eager college students and MBAs headed to their publishing houses, law firms, accounting companies, and media offices. And on a summer read more…
Written by, Daphne Muller, Elnglish Literature and Test Preparation Specialist Summer will be here before long, and it’s a great time for rising seniors to start working on their college essays. There are numerous books, expert guides, and how-to checklists for writing the the most important few-hundred words of a high schooler’s career; however, there read more…
“Bridget” is 17 and a know-it-all. I immediately adore her. She sits down across from me in the coffee shop where she suggested we meet (“They give you unlimited refills,” she says. “And they have a nice bathroom.”). Her mother had originally contacted me to help “Bridget” with her college common app essay and read more…
Richard Byrne, an educational technologist and blogger, reviewed 8 web-based vocabulary building resources for students preparing for the SAT or ACT on his website Free Technology for Teachers. Our leadership team is grateful to Richard for curating these applications, which I’ve reposted below for our readers. Vocabulary.com offers hundreds of vocabulary practice lists and activities read more…
Written by Elise Auvil, English and Literature As an English graduate student and teaching assistant, I teach many freshmen their first college writing course, and I am always disheartened by how few really know how to use a library. And it’s not always just the freshmen who lack knowledge about these houses of information. I read more…
In all my conversations with high school parents, and increasingly with middle school parents, I’m asked, “When should my child begin SAT preparation?” It’s an important conversation to start having early because planning should be individualized. Rather than treating the SATs as an event for short term cramming, it’s much better to think about the read more…
Written by Noemi Schor, Humanities, History and Writing One of the first things I noticed when I moved here was how creatively New Yorkers utilize the limited space they have. It’s not quite newsworthy to comment on how hard-pressed we are to find room to stretch our limbs in this cramped city, but it is read more…
Are you itching to start writing your Common Application essays for Fall 2014 college admissions? Tanya Abrams shared the below information in her article on The New Yorks Time’s Blog, The Choice. The new Common Application — which received some criticism a few months ago forremoving the “topic of your choice” essay prompt — has released read more…
Written by, Glenn Marlowe, Math Specialist and Enrichment Teacher How and why do we need to recall information when we are inundated in a world where so much data and knowledge are just a finger swipe away? Writing notes in a classroom requires many skills. Besides being a reminder of what the class was about, read more…
Written by Toshiro Kida, Math, Science and Standardized Test Preparation Quick disclaimer: If you know and have always known what you want to do with your life once you leave school, and absolutely nothing is going to sway your decision, then this article might not be for you. If, on the other hand, you are read more…
Written by, Grant Bergland English, Literature and Test Preparation Specialist The title of this article, How You and Your Children Can Take Stanford Courses For Free, sounds misleading and gimmicky, but it isn’t. I am currently enrolled in an online course on Game Theory, a class offered at Stanford University by professors Matthew O. Jackson and read more…
Written by Julia Cooke, Creative Writing and Spanish Colleen Kinder is decidedly not a slacker: she’s a Yale professor, a contributor to the New York Times and New York Times Magazine, a Fulbright scholar and MacDowell Colony fellow, and a creative writer whose nonfiction has been anthologized in books published by Random House and The read more…
