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An Alternative to SAT Tutoring

by Jeff Bergman

in College Admissions

Is there an alternative to SAT tutoring?

Some students in Great Neck, NY thought so. They paid someone to take the SAT for them. They got caught.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that six Great Neck North High School students had paid 19-year-old Samuel Eshaghoff thousands of dollars to take the SAT for them. Eshaghoff, who graduated from the high school in 2010 and is currently enrolled at Emory University in Atlanta, was paid between $1,500 and $2,500 per student. He has been arrested and charged with scheme to defraud, falsifying business records and criminal impersonation. Eshaghoff faces up to four years in prison if convicted…the six students accused of hiring Eshaghoff have also been arrested and face misdemeanor charges.

Ouch!

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What SAT Score Do I Need for a Top University?

by Jeff Bergman

in College Admissions

As I write this, it’s a week before Labor Day, which means you don’t have much time to get your best SAT score possible, and give yourself the best possible chance you can to get in to the college or university of your choice.

So what SAT score do you have to get? The one that gives you the best, most realistic chance of getting in.

I came across a cool graphic that gives you the scoop on what score you need for some of the best, and most popular schools in the country.

Find out what your goal is, then let me know if you want help reaching it!


SAT Scores for Top Universities

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I just got off the phone with an overwhelmed parent.
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Now that it’s early April, my students have started getting back to me to let me know what schools they got accepted to. There’s a lot of happiness, a little disappointment, and some decisions to make from among more than one good option.
How I Chose
It brings me back to the time when I had to [...]

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I saw two articles today that really shocked me.
Brown Alumni Monthly reported that applications rose 20% this year, from 25,000 to 30,000 applicants. Just a few years ago, in 2002, there were “only” 14,612 applicants.
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It’s finally arrived. Decision day.
You did all your hard work long ago, or so it seems. Taking the SAT, all of that tutoring, even your tutor’s name, probably seems like ancient history.
It’s now been months since you sent in your college applications, months of nervous anticipation.
Some of you know already where you’ve been accepted. And [...]

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The real goal of reading a non-fiction book is to learn something.
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