AJ Tutoring blog - The Learning Curve

One of the most common questions we get from students and parents is whether colleges prefer the SAT or the ACT.  The short answer to this question is: almost* all colleges accept both the SAT and the ACT equally for admission. The common misconception (especially in the Bay Area) is that ...

Seniors -- there's still enough time to take the SAT and ACT for college admissions purposes!  If you're applying to colleges for regular decision (typically a deadline of January 1, 2015), you may take the SAT and ACT tests through December 2014.  If you're pursuing early decision or early ...

If your student took the SAT recently, he or she may have noticed that one section on the test seemed very different from the others.  This section may have included math, reading, or grammar content in a different format from the rest of the SAT.  For instance, the reading section might have ...

Updates to Spring 2016 SAT College Board President David Coleman has announced the first major changes to the SAT since 2005, when the writing section was added and the total possible score increased to 2400.  The redesigned SAT will focus on skills necessary for college and career readiness and ...