Tutor-written
Field notes.
What our tutors learned this week, written by them. Tactics, post-mortems, and the occasional opinion.
Apr 12, 2026 · Anika, Princeton '26
How I broke 1500.
Three weeks before the SAT I was at 1380. The thing that moved me wasn't more practice — it was a 30-minute habit shift.
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Mar 29, 2026 · Ben, Yale '25
ACT pacing: the only cheat sheet that worked for me.
Reading section is 35 minutes for 4 passages. That's 53 seconds per question, but if you spend it that way you're already losing.
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Mar 15, 2026 · Daniela, Stanford '24
Why I let my student write eleven drafts.
Most college admissions counselors stop at four drafts. Here's why I kept going.
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