Find the right fit college and learn more about merit-based scholarships with this free flier.

Learn what matters and what doesn't on your student's PSAT report. Take the next step toward reaching the college of your dreams.

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See estimated state-by-state semi-finalist cut-offs for National Merit Scholarshisps. Understand the National Merit Scholarship qualification process.

Dear Parents:  As we enter college application season, please let your child know that you're proud of them no matter what happens.  One way to do that is to write your son or daughter a letter like this...

This free downloadable flier explains the differences between the SAT and ACT.

We have identified several key trends that families should consider when deciding between the new SAT and the ACT...

The College Board has announced that beginning in 2017, students will have the opportunity to take an official SAT in late August - we discuss the ramifications of this development.

Using data from the United States Department of Labor, this video provides a powerful visual representation of the notion that life is short. What will you do with your time?

A "superscore" is a combination of your best individual test scores from multiple official test dates. Let us explain...

Beginning this fall with the September national test date, ACT will no longer report the essay score (otherwise known as the writing test score) on a 1-to-36 scale. The writing score will instead return its original range of 2-to-12, with 12 being the highest possible score. We at Test Prep Gurus laud this development as ACT's experiment with using a 1-to-36 scale for the ACT essay caused a lot of unnecessary confusion for students and families.

A quick and easy guide to comparing SAT and ACT scores. 

We at Test Prep Gurus believe that how a student prepares for the SAT and ACT is vastly more important than how much they prepare. One of the core principles of our teaching methodology is growth mindset. It is one aspect of how we guide students to unparalleled results on standardized exams, while empowering them with broader skill-sets that will enable them to be more effective in reaching their goals in high school, college, work, and beyond.  

Contrary to popular myth, it may be to students' advantage to apply to fewer selective colleges, rather than more. The table below cross-references students' total number of college applications with the percentage of colleges to which they were accepted. The data was collected from Polytechnic in Pasadena, one of the country's top independent day schools. The conclusions below were presented at the 2016 National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) annual conference.