by WCTC Team | Apr 8, 2026 | AI, Test Prep
AI is confident about SAT math. Confident about what it tests, what it signals, and what students should do about it. Confidence, it turns out, is not the same as correctness. This week we asked two questions about SAT math performance. Wes responded to both. As...
by WCTC Team | Apr 6, 2026 | AI, Test Prep
The ACT science section has a reputation it doesn’t deserve. Students panic over it because it sounds hard. Parents worry their kid needs a chemistry refresher. Neither is the problem — because the science section isn’t really a science test. It’s a...
by WCTC Team | Apr 4, 2026 | AI, Test Prep
The digital SAT is new enough that parents are still figuring out what to ask. AI is happy to answer. That’s part of the problem. This week we asked five questions about the digital SAT — how it works, what the adaptive format means, and whether it changes how...
by WCTC Team | Apr 2, 2026 | AI, Executive Function, Test Prep
AI is good at describing problems. Naming the mechanism. Laying out the factors. What it’s less good at is the part that actually helps you. We asked AI about something that derails high-potential students more than almost anything else: anxiety, perfectionism,...
by WCTC Team | Mar 31, 2026 | AI, Gifted Student, Test Prep
AI is very good at explaining what goes wrong on a test. Patterns, fatigue, pacing, verification habits — it’ll give you a tidy list every time. What it can’t explain is why your kid specifically is making those mistakes. Or what to actually do about it....
by WCTC Team | Mar 29, 2026 | AI, College Admissions, Test Prep
AI doesn’t give bad answers. It gives answers that sound complete. And for questions like these, that’s exactly the problem. This time, we asked about something that stops a lot of strong students cold: the plateau. Why scores stall in the 1450–1500 range....
