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		<title>A Few Months of Hard Work for Four Years of Awesome: Keeping the College Application Process in Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At our last monthly tutor meeting, we spent some time brainstorming ways to inspire kids who have become stressed out, burned out, or outright fed up with the college application process. And let’s face it – that’s most high school juniors and seniors. The process is invasive – the Common App asks every question short [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/06/27/a-few-months-of-hard-work-for-four-years-of-awesome-keeping-the-college-application-process-in-perspective/</link>
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		<title>Overcoming Negative Self-Talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For many, even the sound of the phrase standardized test induces an instantaneous state of discomfort—a mixture of disappointment, defeat and anxiety.  For others, a sense of accomplishment, achievement and nearly contagious confidence beam from them when the topic arises. What might explain such contrasting experiences of students who often play on the same sports [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/06/01/overcoming-negative-self-talk/</link>
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		<title>SAT Final Review Bootcamp for June 4th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School is out for many Atlanta-area students, but before your child shifts from &#8220;school mode&#8221; to &#8220;summer mode&#8221; the June 4th SAT looms on the horizon. Want to leverage those last four days before the test? Hoping that June 4th is the last time your child ever has to think about the SAT? Then consider [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/05/24/sat-final-review-bootcamp-for-june-4th/</link>
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		<title>Top Five Ways To Help My Child Through The Test Prep Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a parent, there are many ways you can support and encourage your child through the test prep process. Here are my top five: 1) Set concrete goals and create a detailed action plan 2) Visit colleges early in the process 3) Do the research 4) Drill vocabulary words 5) Discuss motivation Set concrete goals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/05/18/top-five-ways-to-help-my-child-through-the-test-prep-process/</link>
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		<title>Come See Jed Speak in Atlanta Tomorrow And Next Tuesday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Appelrouth Tutoring Services is holding a FREE Everything College Admissions seminar for parents and students in the Atlanta area and would like to personally invite you and your students to attend. Location: 2715 Peachtree Rd NE Atlanta, GA 30305 Price: Free May 10 (Tue) 7:00pm &#8211; 8:30pm May 17 (Tue) 7:00pm &#8211; 8:30pm Learn from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/05/09/come-see-jed-speak-in-atlanta-tomorrow-and-next-tuesday/</link>
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		<title>The Myth of the Careless Error</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having studied student error patterns on standardized tests for a decade, it has become increasingly apparent that careless errors on the SAT/ACT are typically not as “careless” as they seem.  In fact, clear patterns emerge when you sit down to study students grappling with inherent “carelessness.” In a recent tutoring session, one of my students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/03/23/the-myth-of-the-careless-error/</link>
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		<title>Sustaining HOPE: Changes to the Georgia HOPE Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How many Powerball plays does it take to cover the annual mandatory fees for a student at Georgia State University?  1628.  And that’s only for the fees.  As the costs of tuition have sky-rocketed in the last several decades, it was only a matter of time before the proceeds from the Georgia Lottery fell short [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/03/23/sustaining-hope-changes-to-the-georgia-hope-scholarship/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations STAR Students!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We would like to congratulate Grace Shea, Zack Cook and the four other high school seniors we worked with who were recognized as STAR students by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation in February. These high school seniors worked hard to be recognized for maintaining a grade-point average in the top 10 percent of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/03/23/congratulations-star-students/</link>
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		<title>What Makes Our Tutors Better</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Appelrouth’s ability to provide high-quality, score-increase focused results depends on our tutors. In the past our initial training has been extremely rigorous, while our ongoing tutor development was less structured. To help ensure that our tutors set the standard for content mastery as well as instructional method mastery, we are making a few adjustments. Our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/03/23/what-makes-our-tutors-better/</link>
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		<title>Meet Maria &#8211; Our New Tutor Operations Manager</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maria is a Textile Engineer from Georgia Tech who started her career working in new product Research and Development with Kimberly-Clark Corporation. After having two children, she taught preschool, then graduated to home schooling her children when they reached elementary school age. As they reached middle school and returned to traditional schooling, she worked in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.appelrouthtutoring.com/blog/2011/03/23/meet-maria-our-new-tutor-operations-manager/</link>
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