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Unleash Your Potential: AIME Math Competition Guide

Unleash your potential: The AIME math competition guide

You’ve made it to the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME), after acing the AMC 10/12. You better have done that recently, because you need every ...
Unlocking the Secrets of AIME Math Competition Insider Tips

Unlocking the secrets of the AIME math competition: Insider tips

The American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) is one of the most prestigious and difficult high school math competitions in the United States. It's the second ...
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ACT tutoring: Your path to higher scores and college success

Navigating the road to higher education feels much like a race — every step, every decision, matters. Among these, the ACT stands as a prime ...
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LSAT tutoring: Boost your scores and maximize your potential

Is the LSAT standing between you and your dream college like a huge medieval castle wall? Standardized tests, while they are fantastic for shaping futures, ...
ACT math prep: Top strategies to ace your test

ACT math prep: Top strategies to ace your test

For many students, the math section of the ACT is a formidable foe. It demands swift and precise solutions in algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics ...
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How to find the right SAT tutor for your success

Standardized tests like the SAT are difficult to navigate. Especially if you’re alone. With the pressure to perform well coupled with the challenge of locating ...
The AMC vs the usual tests and grades

The AMC vs the usual tests and grades

This blog, also hosted on Substack, is where I share what I’ve been discussing, writing, and reading in the realms of academic and cognitive development ...
Recent AMC changes

Recent AMC changes

...and how some ambitious students can reap huge benefits There have been some major shifts in the college admissions landscape over the last few years ...

A few thoughts about the ACT/SAT

If you’re heading to college, you’re almost certainly going to take the ACT or SAT at least once. I’d like to set the record straight ...

The AMC 10 and 12 Exams: What You Need to Know

They say that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but today would be the second best. That’s how I feel ...