Beware of AcceptEdge College Predictor: It Doesn’t Work!

The Quick Review
AcceptEdge is a just-launched (but still in beta) website that aims to predict the college that best fits your academic profile and personal interests.  The problem? It doesn’t work! As far as I can tell, none of the information you enter in has any bearing on the results, which for some reason always [...]

Online College Resource Roundup, August 09 – Virtual College Tours, First in the Family, NextStep

Add these to the wealth of online resources explored in Part 1 of Regan’s Final Countdown series and the list from AdmissionsAdvice:
Virtual College Tours – Campustours.com and Yourcampus360.com
Mark Montgomery from Great College Advice mentions two tools that allow you to visit campuses online, www.campustours.com and www.yourcampus360.com. These websites offer virtual tours, campus maps, and interviews [...]

Review of the College Board’s New Official SAT Study Guide – 2nd edition!

The College Board recently released the second edition to their Official SAT Study Guide, and it looks like a significant improvement on the original.
The main addition is the 10 new practice tests (2 more than the 1st edition), and more importantly, 3 recent exams. Those of us geezers who took the old SAT (the one [...]

An Oldie but a Goodie: Hot Words for the SAT

My tutor told me about this book, and my tutor’s tutor told her about this book, and now I’m telling you.
Ok I’m not really sure about my tutor’s tutor, but this is definitely a classic that belongs in any high school student’s toolbox. Hot Words for the SAT (Amazon affiliate link) organizes words by topic, [...]