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Don’t miss the FREE college admissions seminar with ATS founder Jed Appelrouth this Wednesday. If you can’t attend in person, click here to register for the live broadcast. Once registered, you’ll receive a reminder email Wednesday morning with information on how to join the webinar at 7:30 PM EST that night. Registration isn’t necessary, you can use the same link on Wednesday night to view the presentation. Keep checking our website for more details.

Email or Twitter message us your questions ahead of time, and Jed will answer as many as possible live during the webinar.

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Do you want to tell the world how much you love Appelrouth Tutoring? Do you want to be famous? Well, famous might not be the best word. Regardless, we are looking for current or former students who have worked with us to achieve the scores they needed to be accepted to their top-choice school. We are filming a Appelrouth Tutoring Trailer (you know, like for the movies), and would love students to give their honest praise of our tutors, our methods, and/or our materials. If you are interested or know someone else who would be, contact us at info@appelrouthtutoring.com.

The early bird gets the worm, right? Well, maybe in the great outdoors this is the case, but in the high stakes game of college admissions, early decision is not the panacea some might believe. A student with substandard scores and grades will not be admitted to Harvard just because he chose to apply early decision. So if early decision isn’t a guaranteed ‘get-in’ card, what is it good for?

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Are you jaded with your SAT vocabulary list?  Have you spent your tranquil summer cultivating your knowledge of the English language? Are you resigned to learning a truncated list of words that may appear on the SAT? Well how felicitous that you stumbled upon this blog post. We have recently compiled an additional vocabulary list of the most often occurring vocabulary words on the SAT that didn’t make our first cut. This list will be available to tutors in the next few weeks. We will also add additional Overachiever vocab quizzes online for your further edification.

Are you interested in online tutoring with ATS, but not sure exactly how it works? Check out this brand new video demonstration of our new system. (Your computer is not broken; there is currently no audio. We are working on it.)

Visit the site for more info, we’ll have additional demonstration videos up soon.

Okay, you’re a junior, now what? Junior year is the absolute best time to begin the test-preparation process. Almost all college-bound juniors will take the PSAT in October of their junior year. If you get a good score on the PSAT, we highly recommend taking your first SAT in November or December of that same year. If not, plan to take your first SAT in January or March after you have prepped a little.

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All people to feel like they belong. In high school it’s easy; you know exactly where you belong. You belong in one corner of the cafeteria, one section of bleachers at the football games, one  part of the dimly lit maze of hallways. Of course you are free to flit around like the social butterfly you are, but you know where it is that you fit comfortably and choose to spend most of your time. But now there is college. Whether it is 7 miles away or 700, you will have to figure out where you belong all over again. But before you do that, you first have to figure out what school you belong in. There are so many choices: big campus, small campus; active student body, not-so-active student body; urban, rural. Where to begin?

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As you contemplate your fall college applications this sunny summer at the beach, you are probably wondering what kinds of things could give you a “leg up” in the admissions process. Below is a generally accepted list of what admissions officers are really looking for:

1. Strength of coursework – Admissions officers want students who challenge themselves.
2. Grades – Not only do admissions officers want students who challenge themselves, but they also want students who do well in challenging courses. A low grade in a course doesn’t mean you are dumb; it just means you haven’t mastered a subject yet. If you think you need extra, individual help, hire a tutor.
3. Standardized test scores – Admissions officers need a way to level the playing field. An “A” in one school doesn’t necessarily correspond to an “A” in another school. The easiest way for admissions officers to compare students from different schools is to look at standardized test scores. Fortunately, with preparation, almost anyone can improve his or her standardized test scores.
4. Extra-curricular activities – Admissions officers aren’t looking for a laundry list of activities that you’ve tried; they like to see dedication to one or two activities where you’ve excelled or taken a leadership role.
5. Essays – Admissions officers don’t want to see boring essays, so keep them interesting. Take the time to proofread your essays because admissions officers are starting to understand that first-rate writing skills greatly correlate to college success.
6. Interviews – Admissions officers want to know that you have a genuine interest in their institution. The interview will give you the chance to connect with the officer on a personal level. Remember, people tend to gravitate to others like themselves.

Keep these in mind when you’re applying, and good luck!