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Friday, September 9th, 2011We’ve shared several posts on the TutorFi.com blog that it is crucial for American students to be stronger in STEM learning. Most experts as the subjects tout STEM (the acronym for science, technology, engineering, and math) as the areas in which most American students have lost the most ground. They also agree that STEM learning [...]
How to Tailor Your Admissions Essay to a Specific College
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011A recent post on the Education Week blog offers some great tips for college applicants on things to consider in writing their college essays. Sarah McGinty, author of The College Application Essay, has several great recommendations: Look within. Applicants should know themselves and what they need for the college to provide. Research the college. Applicants [...]
Community College–Online vs. Face-to-Face?
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011While online learning has been touted on this site and in many schools and colleges, the results of a recent study concludes that community college students tend to perform worse in online courses than fact-to-face courses. That just confirms what many of you may have thought: “That technology stuff is just not for my child! [...]
Succeed in College with a Learning Disability
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011Meghan Benzel, guest blogger on The Washington Post’s blog, “Campus Overload”, has a learning disability, and she offers several ideas to help others with learning disabilities to succeed in college. Her post, “Preparing for College with a Learning Disability,” offers practical suggestions for how others with a disability can map a plan that could mean [...]
Is the ACT a Valid Predictor of Success in College?
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011USA Today recently published an article about the recent release of a report by the National Bureau of Economic Research. This report asserts “that two of the four main parts of the ACT—science and reading—have ‘little or no’ ability to help colleges predict whether applicants will succeed.” Remarkably, that same report described “the other two parts—English and [...]
Inside the College Admissions Process
Friday, June 17th, 2011A recent Education Week blog post reports that most colleges take a holistic approach to the admission of new students. During a recent panel at the National Association for College Admission Counseling conference, three representatives from various types of colleges reveal what colleges consider when making their decisions about admitting new students. “At many colleges, getting admitted is not all [...]
Will Your High School Graduate Be Ready for College?
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011“…large numbers of high school graduates are surprised to learn the diplomas they were handed in June don’t necessarily mean they’re ready for college in the fall. “For many of them, there’s a disconnect between what high schools require for graduation and what colleges seek. “Traditionally, that gap has been bridged by remedial courses—high school [...]
Five Great Colleges for Low-Income Students
Friday, June 10th, 2011In his Think Progress blog, Matthew Yglesias shared the findings of Education Trust when it sought to provide insight for low-income students about the best colleges for them. The criteria for those colleges were three-pronged: that they enroll at least as many low-income students as the national average that they ask students to pay a [...]
Why Some Students Fail Online Courses
Monday, May 30th, 2011Of course an online tutoring service like ours recommends online learning for students everywhere as a convenient, personal way to meet their academic needs, so it might surprise some that we’d make you aware of one English professor’s assessment: Online learning is not for everyone. In his recent article, “Why Are So Many Students Still [...]
Things to Do in the Junior Year in High School
Friday, May 20th, 2011The last two years of high school seem to move at warp speed! It seems that school just started the month before, and it’s time to order graduation announcements! If your child is planning to attend college after high school, there are some things that he or she might want to do during the junior [...]
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