Tutor Ted’s Summer Reading List
I’ve had students ask me for years for books I recommend reading over summer break. My goal is… Continue Reading
Episode 12: You’re Getting Very, Very Sleepy/Good At Writing College Essays…
Ted introduces Ethan Sawyer, the “College Essay Guy,” a nationally recognized college essay expert. Ethan has a degree… Continue Reading
ACT Science—our first online adventure
I’ve wanted to make an online course for years. Years and years, really. I remember having the idea… Continue Reading
How do you teach reading online?
As I prepared our Online ACT Course, the idea of teaching Reading online felt daunting. After all, in… Continue Reading
ACT Math—the challenge of depth and breadth
We discovered while we made our ACT Online Course that Math is a particularly interesting topic to try… Continue Reading
Prepping for ACT English online
We’ve just launched our complete online ACT course. Yaaaaaaaay! One thing I’ve learned about myself is that I… Continue Reading
Juniors: should you take the ACT or the SAT?
When the SAT was redesigned last year, we advised our students to take the ACT almost without exception…. Continue Reading
The new ACT, or, The Only Constant Is Change
The ACT released a new “Official ACT Prep Guide.” I like to look on the bright side, so… Continue Reading
Concordance! ACT/SAT/Old SAT score comparison tables revealed.
Earlier this week the College Board unveiled a wealth of data to help us compare scores from the… Continue Reading
Early feedback on Redesigned SAT
Whew, we made it! The Redesigned SAT is here! If I hadn’t been disallowed from taking the test,… Continue Reading