author: christine pasetes

christine pasetes
  • should international students take the act?

    looking to make the move to the us for college? good news and- well- not-so-great news. in your favor, american colleges are looking to diversify their student body now more than ever, and hold special places for international applicants. as a downside, this does not mean that you are immune to submitting scores on the…

  • new sat reading: common wrong answers

    the new sat reading section is in some ways even better than the old sat at luring you into tempting wrong answer choices. here are some of the reasons wrong answers on the new sat are just so darn tantalizing.

  • real act prep guide, 4th edition update: official act prep guide | book review

    like many students and tutors out there, we think a 4th edition of the real act prep guide (the “red book”) is ridiculously overdue. the 3rd edition (the current edition) was published in 2011, so, yeah…nearly five years ago. the tests in the book are from the 2005-2010 period, and since this time, the act…