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PSAT for 8th-Graders?!

Karl Schellscheidt — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:14:21 +0000

The College Board recently announced plans to administer a PSAT for eighth-grade students starting in 2010. The test would be administered with the hope of identifying talented students before they begin high school. Some critics say there’s already too much pressure on kids to do well on standardized tests. Read the Los Angeles Times article by Gale Holland and decide for yourself.

Brits Claim ETS Employed Bartenders to Grade SAT

Karl Schellscheidt — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:11 +0000

According to an article that appeared on www.nysun.com, ETS recently recruited hotel bar staffers to help grade SATs taken by thousands of English students. Read the article and decide for yourself.

ePrep (Proven Methodology) + Hard Work (Practice) = SAT Success

Eric Barnes — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:04:12 +0000

We probably don’t do enough bragging about the effectiveness of ePrep’s SAT course, so please excuse us while we get on our soap box. We receive many customer testimonials, but we were delighted to receive the following customer email last week because of how clearly Katie captured the essence of ePrep: “When I sat down to take my SAT, I was surprised at how simple the questions sounded compared to what I’d already learned on eprep.” To be honest, we at ePrep have always preached that the path to SAT success is not a secret for the chosen few, but rather a simple strategy of proper SAT practice under a proven methodology: practice, grade, review, repeat. Besides having great SAT practice tests and an engaging, online learning platform, we believe what differentiates ePrep above any other course is our expert video review, whereby we “show” the student how to solve each question as if a private tutor were sitting next to you. To date, students taking ePrep’s SAT (Basic or above) course have improved their scores an average of 300 points.

June 28, 2008

To whom it may concern:

Hi! I’m a rising senior who first signed up for eprep after being forced to by my mom four weeks before the June SAT - I thought nothing could be lamer than taking an SAT class, so I hastily sought out this site, not believing that there was much to be done for my flagging scores (a mere 1900, average in every sense of the word). What first sounded droll quickly became a source of entertainment for me as I played word games, religiously watched every video of all my missed problems, and found a simple pleasure in plugging in my practice test scores at the end of each day. It was pretty cool, but I wasn’t sure that I’d learned much.

When I sat down to take my SAT, I was surprised at how simple the questions sounded compared to what I’d already learned on eprep. And a few months later, I went online to see my new SAT score - a 2220, with a perfect score in the Reading Comprehension section. 320 points earned for about three weeks’ study– wow. My parents and I are still blown away.

Thanks so much for creating this site and for making it FUN; that’s something you don’t find in a dumb saturday-morning classroom tutorial. It’s a unique experience and a thoroughly enjoyable one.

Thanks,

Katie C.

New SAT Score Reporting Policy

Karl Schellscheidt — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:56:16 +0000

The College Board recently announced that starting in 2009, high school students will be able to choose which SAT scores colleges get to see. I found the usnews.com article “Kids Can Pick Which SAT Scores a College Sees” by Lucia Graves interesting.

I hope we see the day when kids can report their best CR, math, and writing scores separately. I also hope we see the day when kids can go in and take CR, math, and writing tests separately (i.e., SAT-Subject-Test style).

June 7th SAT Scores

Karl Schellscheidt — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:07:10 +0000

If you took the SAT on June 7, 2008, your scores should be available online by June 26. For more information on how to get your scores, click here! Scores will be mailed out by July 7.

The June 7 SAT Test

ePrep — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:30:54 +0000

We want to wish all our ePrep students best of luck on this Saturday’s SAT test. You should feel very confident based on the effort and practice you’ve put in over these past several months. Following the ePrep method of practice, grade and review (under simulated, test day conditions!) you are well prepared to take on the SAT.

You might consider reviewing our ePrep strategy session videos this week as a final preparation going into the test. Summarized below are links to many key video lessons focused on test taking strategies.

SAT Test Day: The Night Before and Morning Of
Real SAT Stories: Second Guessing on the SAT
SAT Directions: Optimize Your Time on Test Day
When to Guess on the SAT Writing Section
When to Guess on the SAT Critical Reading Section
When to Guess on the SAT Math Section
SAT Sentence Completion Questions: When to Guess?
Don’t Blame the Chicken Pox for SAT Math Mistakes
Approach to SAT Math Problems
Habeus Answer, or Show Yourself the Answer!
Mastering Your SAT Test Weaknesses
SAT Questions…Easiest to Hardest
Autopilot - Don’t Set a Course for a Lower SAT Score
A Lesson from a Course in Wills, Trusts and Estates
Bubbling: Avoid Mistakes in Your Answer Key
Please Put Down Your Pencil!
The Dreaded SAT Experimental Section

Additionally, we’ve included a link to our presentation (in PDF format) on “what to do the night before and the morning of the SAT test” right here: Webinar Presentation - Night Before the SAT

Best of luck on Saturday!

Shermaine G.

Karl Schellscheidt — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:10:05 +0000

All of us at ePrep are thoroughly impressed with the new WordSmith Challenge top score. Shermaine G. appears to have what the College Board calls “a large and varied working vocabulary.” Not only are we convinced that Shemaine will do well on the CR section of the SAT, but we are also convinced that her verbal skills will help her succeed in college and life beyond.

Please tell us your secret, Shermaine.

ePrep in Russia?

Karl Schellscheidt — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:34:41 +0000

Hello Everyone,

It is Wednesday morning here in Moscow. From the 19th floor lounge of the Swissotel, I can see the Kremlin in the distance. I visited Red Square, Saint Basil’s Cathedral, etc. yesterday . . . impressive.

So what am I doing in Russia? I am actually here to watch the 2008 Champions League Final, which will be played this evening at 10:30 (local time). For the first time in the tournament’s over-fifty-year history, two English teams have made the final: Manchester United and Chelsea. (Chelsea finished second to ManU in the Premier League this season.)

I am traveling with three friends, two are big ManU fans (brothers from South Africa who played soccer at Rutgers University in the late 1980s), the other an ardent Chelsea supporter (one of my childhood friends and fellow Princeton graduate who lived in London for seven years before recently moving back to the States). (I think they invited me along to sit between them. I don’t really have a favorite.)

Anyway, I’ll be back in the United States tomorrow, Thursday, May 22nd, the day SAT scores are scheduled to be available online. Good luck!

May 3rd SAT Scores

ePrep — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:57:27 +0000

According to the College Board, May 3rd SAT scores will be available online by Thursday, May 22nd. To get yours, simply click here.

For those of you who walked in on May 3rd (and for those who are extremely patient!), results will be mailed out by Monday, June 2nd.

If you’re not happy with your scores, you should consider participating in ePrep’s summer program, ePrep SAT Scholar. The program was designed to get you ready for the October 3rd SAT.

Catch ePrep on Lifetime Television May 8th!

ePrep — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:34:04 +0000

Karl Schellscheidt and Eric Barnes will be appearing on The Balancing Act on Thursday, May 8th. The Lifetime Television show, hosted by Dr. Wendy Walsh, airs every weekday morning at 7:00 am (EDT). We hope you find the time to tune in and learn more about ePrep.