Patterns on the SAT

Patterns on the SAT are a unique beast. The thing is, there is actually no “pattern” to pattern questions. Whenever you see an average question, for example, you always use the average T. Whenever you are struggling through percent change questions, you do...

Variation on the SAT

Variation on the SAT is really not as complicated as the name sounds. In fact, you are typically going to get a question like the following silly example: Craig is absolutely fiending for some caffeine this morning, but cannot find a coffee shop because of the New...

Work and Rate on the SAT

Work and rate problems make me so happy. I mean, epic happy. I mean, like, I wish my audience was full of adults instead of kids because the words I want to use are definitely not rated-R when I describe how happy work and rate problems make me. Why are rate problems...

Exponents on the SAT (Part 1 of 2)

Exponents on the SAT can be incredibly stressful for many students. I know, I have people freaking out pretty much all the time. The thing is, exponents do NOT have to be difficult. There are literally going to be 8-12 exponents questions on the test, but all deal...

Exponents on the SAT (Part 2 of 2)

Exponents, square roots, and quadratic equations are so confusing! Sometimes you add, then subtract, then multiply, oh my! Look, if you are stressed out about school, friends, fun, work, money, college, acceptance, dating, music, hipstermatic fantasy, whatever, you...

SAT Geometry

I have broken this lesson into the three parts you must know: 2D Shapes – 3D Shapes – 2D Coordinate Geometry With this in mind, I attempted to make these videos as short and as easy as possible. These three videos combined are a little more than 1 hour,...

Shaded Regions on the SAT

Shaded regions are some of the most scary problems on the SAT. I should know. When I first saw them, the totally freaked me out. But that’s mostly because I could not understand the big picture. And I think you may not completely understand the big picture. See,...

SAT Math Strategy

Math does not have to suck. Some people really like it. And those people aren’t always nerds, dweebs, or losers. In fact, some of the coolest people I know are amazing at math. Heck, some of the richest people you’ve ever heard of think math is awesome. Like who? Mark...

Want Better Grades? Try Holistic Learning

I’m really excited about today’s lesson. The holistic learning system takes a love of learning and a love of wisdom and transforms difficult concepts into obvious concepts. I believe that any student applying the holistic system to education will do great....

College Admissions Interview Strategy and Study Plan

The Wrong Answer In Her Admission Interview   A student of mine recently had the most stressful admission interview of her life. Luckily, we had spent several weeks preparing her for the task. After her interview, we had a chance to briefly chat about her...