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The Think Tank: Malfoy Eats the SATs

By: Chelsea Dagger

We, the noble, rakishly good-looking, profusely sweaty members of Phi Beta Dagger, must today bravely acknowledge a cold, hard fact: summer vacation is OVER. Yep, those glorious, perspiration-soaked days are a thing of the past, and we've all got the face the music: school is back in session, and it's time to get our LEARN on. Consequently, the venerable Think Tank shall heretofore replace logic-based riddles with practice SAT problems. Yay?

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SAT Writing: Improving Sentences

By: Maggie Flynn

Now that we've reviewed Identifying Sentence Error questions, let's move on to a section of the exam that's a little less straightforward: Improving Sentence questions. Even if you've got your grammar rules down pat, these questions can be tricky. Here's an example:

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SAT Writing: Identifying Sentence Errors

By: Maggie Flynn

Your last chance to take the SAT before fall is coming up on Saturday, June 5, and if you're taking it, we want you to hit your target score! We've covered a lot of SAT topics here on the Test Prep Tutor Blog, and reviewing a few could help ensure that your summer beach reading won't include any SAT study guides. If you browse through our older posts, you’ll find everything from tips on solving SAT Math money problems to methods for writing great essay conclusions. However, we've never really focused on the SAT Writing section's Identifying Sentence Error questions (or ISE questions)—so we've decided to devote an entire post to them today!

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An ACT State of Mind...

By: Suchi Rudra Vasquez

Okay, so the big bad ACT is coming up on Saturday. You're still trying to get back into the swing of things after winter break, and it's hard to prepare for the test when you're busy acclimating yourself to a new semester: new schedule, new classes, new teachers, new groups, new rehearsal times, new crush, new everything.

With just a couple of days to go before the big test day, it's time for a little status check. Here are some last minute relax-and-don't-study-before-the-test tips to get you geared up for this Saturday's test:

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