How many of you know whether the colleges you want to apply to require or recommend the SAT Subject Area Exams? And what are the Subject area exams, and when should students take them? In general, a perusal of the admissions requirements reveals that the mainly more competitive schools require or recommend them. For example, in Pennsylvania, Carnegie…
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The New Advantage Learning Web Site is Almost Complete!
Stan and I have been spending the past several weeks updating and redesigning the Advantage Learning site. I’ve learned a lot about SEO scores, widgets and the use of URLs to give the site more traffic. It’s been a lot of fun working on this project together, so I hope everyone is patient while we…
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Making Decisions about Admissions to Highly Competitive Liberal Arts Colleges
It’s summer and the class of 2019, particularly those seeking admissions to highly competitive colleges and universities, are finalizing their lists. Many will spend the summer visiting those top twenty schools they’ve identified as right for each of them, hoping to narrow the choices down to nine or ten schools to which they will apply –…
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Advantage Learning Goes to College (Tutoring, that is!)
MONTCO STUDENTS Trouble starting your paper? Stuck on Statistics? Online classes got you down? Two Penn PhD’s to the rescue! We don’t do the work for you, but we help fill in what you missed. · Math thru Calculus & Statistics · Italian & English as a 2nd Language · Western Civ, American Govt & History · Research &…
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Useful vocabulary lesson
This is pretty funny,. I’ve seen many examples of students using words and phrases incorrectly. Can anyone out there rewrite this correctly? (Originally posted on Facebook by Brenda Hyatt, and posted to my Advantage Learning FB page in April)