Daily Archives: March 18, 2012


5 Tips To High Scores on SAT and ACT Essays

Disclaimer: This blog is NOT intended to contain great—even good—writing instruction. I am doffing my English teacher’s hat and donning my SAT/ACT coach’s cap. Why? Because what you need to get high scores on the SAT and ACT essays is not what you need to become a good writer.  All you have to know is what the scorers are looking for and how to give it to them.   I am not alone in my cynicism about standardized test writing. Dr. Les Perelman, one of the directors of undergraduate writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, did doctoral work on testing and […]

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