Students who are applying to private schools often feel overwhelmed by all of the demands being placed on them, and the addition of the ISEE test only adds to that anxiety. Providing your child with a tutor who is experienced in not only the content and test-taking strategies of the test, but also in building a student’s confidence, is essential to success. As the following article states, one-on-one ISEE test prep is the best way…
Read More »The skills that are necessary to receive a high score on the ISEE test can not be learned just by reading a test prep book. Students need one-on-one tutoring that targets the specific areas that they need to improve, taught in a way that is customized for their specific learning style. As the following article states, one-on-one tutoring provides students with the confidence and the skills they need to excel on the ISEE test. Top…
Read More »Students who are about to take the ISEE or SSAT test may think that getting good grades in school will be enough to carry them through, but without a good understanding of the test these students are put at a disadvantage. Students need one-on-one tutoring that targets their specific areas of weakness and prepares them for the exact type of questioning they will find on the test. As the following article describes, knowing what to…
Read More »Private school admissions officers see thousands of applications during the admission process, but one of the first strengths they notice is a high score on the ISEE or SSAT test. As the article below describes, private schools do not have the time or the resources to learn everything about what makes your child a strong candidate. One-on-one test prep ensures that your child will receive a high score on the ISEE or SSAT, and that…
Read More »The ISEE test does not always present the materials that students have learned in school in a way in which they feel comfortable approaching. Just being a strong student is not enough to feel prepared for the limits of the testing environment, such as timing and pacing throughout the test. Only through practice and one-on-one tutoring that focuses on strengthening test-taking strategies can a student apply what they have learned in school and feel prepared…
Read More »While working on ISEE test prep with a student in Boston, MA, it was important to stress the value of learning test-taking strategies, not just the skills necessary to answer the questions on the test. For example, most of the math questions are made up of a skill set, such as multiplying decimals, but are framed by a word problem. A question might ask, “If a wall is 3.5 meters long and 2.9 meters wide,…
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