28Nov
School Profile: Proctor Academy
We talked with Scott Allenby of Proctor Academy about what families love about Proctor and what makes the school unique.
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28Nov
How Do Test Scores Affect Your Application?
What part of your application is most taken into consideration during the admissions process? Is it teacher recommendations, grades, extracurricular activities, test scores? In this clip from our CEO’s chat with placement expert Neal Kamsler, Neal discusses the different ways that schools might interpret your ISEE & SSAT scores, and...
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24Jul
4 Reasons Why a Private School May Be Right for Your Child
1. Small class sizes: Many public schools hire terrific teachers, but when the funding (or lack thereof) dictates class sizes of 30 students or more, your student may not be getting the personal attention he or she deserves. At most private schools, you get what you pay for: small class...
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10Jun
ISEE School of the Week #1: Pingry
In our School of the Week series, we’ll be profiling some of the schools that use the ISEE as part of their admissions package. We hope to demonstrate the enormous diversity of competitive schools in the US, Canada, and abroad.
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10Jun
How to Browse for ISEE Test Dates
Once you know when and where you would like to take the test, you can head to the official testing body's website, www.iseetest.org, to register. Make sure that you don't wait too long to sign up for a test date; many testing sites fill up very quickly.
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10Jun
Top 10 Most Competitive ISEE Schools
Here are the top 10 most competitive ISEE schools, based on the number of students who stated their intention to apply.
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16Apr
America’s Prep School Presidents
Many influential people have attended North America's wide range of independent schools. Six of them have become president! Let's take a look at these prep school Presidents.
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05Feb
How Bertschi School Uses Test Prep to Conquer Test Anxiety
Throughout Pam’s 18 years as an admission professional, she has observed that standardized test scores do not always correlate to the actual talents of a student. Testing anxiety is one big reason for this – many students find it difficult to focus under the pressure of test day and don’t...
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23Jan
What’s the Difference? State Achievement Exams vs. the ISEE
Families across the nation have become familiar with mandatory state achievement tests. While some private school students remain fairly inexperienced with standardized testing, the majority of students, and certainly those in public schools, are all too acquainted with various achievement test acronyms.
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22Jan
The Math Behind the SSAT’s Wrong Answer Penalty
For many SSAT preppers, there is one test strategy that seems especially daunting: what to do about the infamous Wrong-Answer Penalty.
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