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Get Smart!Oct 19, 2016

True Life: My Teacher Hates Me It’s a sucky feeling when someone dislikes you. It can make you feel frustrated, uncomfortable in your own skin, and reluctant to be around them. But what happens when the person who dislikes you

Get Smart!Oct 17, 2016

Battle of the Books: Convincing Your Teen to Read ……… Smart phones have made life a lot easier. We can summon a

Get Smart!Oct 10, 2016

Recommendation letters are a big deal. Since you’re applying to be a student at their school, colleges want to know what your

Get Smart!Oct 3, 2016

Choosing the Best Professors: When Pickiness Pays Off In high school, I’d hear horror stories about certain teachers. I’d cross my fingers

Get Smart!Sep 19, 2016

How to Recover from a Bad Grade So, it happened. We’ve all walked out of tests saying, “That was so hard, I

Get Smart!Sep 14, 2016

Brain Food: The Breakfast of Champions Once upon a time in middle school, a friend told me that fish was “brain food.”

Get Smart!Sep 12, 2016

A MAJOR Decision: Choosing What to Study in College It’s common knowledge that your chosen college major determines your future career, and

Get Smart!Sep 7, 2016

Getting Extended Time on the SAT While the SAT may be nerve-wracking for everyone, it can be even more anxiety-inducing for students

Get Smart!Aug 31, 2016

Be Aggressive, B-E Aggressive: Showing “Demonstrated Interest” It goes without saying that the college application process is a stressful one for students

Get Smart!Aug 29, 2016

10 Things Your Child Should Know Before Going to College From the moment your child is born, you’ve done everything you possibly

We coach the student, not just the subject.

Reading is a good start. One-on-one coaching is where the habits stick.