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What the Heck Do Independent College Counselors Do?

From advising on course selection to choosing best fit colleges, independent college counselors like Dr P can make your child's journey from high school to college happier and smoother.

How to Finish College Applications On Time, Sanity Intact

Is your teen starting to panic about college apps? Are you? Inside Dr. P. has three strategies to start and finish the Common App and other college applications on time, with everyone's sanity intact.

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What Rising Seniors Can and Should Do This Summer in the Common App

This month, Dr. P. lays out what rising seniors need to do during the summer in order to produce the best essays and applications possible.

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Independence Day Math

Americans love the idea that we’re all created equal — especially around July 4. But not every 4.0 GPA was created equal — especially when that comes to math. In this post, Dr. P. takes a look at how our embrace of equality has flattened teens’ grades to the upper tier — and why this might be a bad thing for those applying to college.

Qualities of an Excellent ACT Coach

Students have many options when preparing for the ACT. Group classes. Self study. Private tutor. If you're looking for real results, one-on-one tutoring is the most efficient way to achieve them. In this post, Dr. P. lists the qualities that make for a great ACT coach.

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How and Why To Take Just Two SATs or ACTs

Ever wonder how many SATs or ACTs you should take? Or when you should take them? Or how you should prepare? Dr. P.’s got all that — and more! — covered in three easy steps!

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Scheduling Effective Test Prep

Many students have great expectations for their standardized test scores. But they’re sometimes unrealistic about the amount of time and work it takes to achieve them. After thirty years in the test prep industry, Dr. P. supplies three, common sense rules to scheduling effective test prep.

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Course Selection Matters

Dr. P. recommends enrolling and excelling in college prep courses in high school to bolster chances of selective college admissions.

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Practice Makes Progress -- But Not So Fast!

Dr. P. lays out a study plan for the Class of 2025 for the March, May, and June SATs, including how to deal with the lack of real digital practice tests.

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Be a S.M.A.R.T.Y.P.A.N.T.S. When Setting 2024 Goals!

Want to be a boss in 2024? Evolve beyond S.M.A.R.T. goals. Be a S.M.A.R.T.Y.P.A.N.T.S. to make and achieve goals that matter!

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The 12 Days of College Affordability

In celebration of this month’s release of the new FAFSA, Dr. P. shares 12 tips to earn scholarships and qualify for financial aid.

The 2023 College Application Season

Dr. P. shares her thoughts on GRIT during college application season, GRATITUDE during Thanksgiving, and GRACE for ourselves and others all yearlong.

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Digital PSAT Tips and Tricks

This month’s PSAT — long an October rite of passage for high school juniors — is DIGITAL for the first time in the U.S. Dr. P. has 3 simple tips to ace it.

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Dr. P.'s Back-to-School Tips for High Schoolers

An educator for more than 25 years, Dr. P. shares her wisdom from the trenches of classrooms, testing, and college admissions with parents of the Classes of 2024, 2026, and 2027.

Class of 2025 (& Beyond): Meet the Digital PSAT and Digital SAT!

Dr. P. lays out a three-stage plan for the Class of 2025, the first to prepare for the digital PSAT (October 2023) and digital SAT (2024).

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Using Summer to Create Happy Students Who Reach Their Goals

With a little planning, summer can be filled with fun AND fulfilling goals for 2023-24, whether they’re in the classroom, on tests, or in college applications!

The Digital SAT: What To Know and How It's Different

The digital SAT has arrived outside the U.S. and will be the ONLY SAT anywhere in 2024. Dr. P. shares what’s new and some strategies for how to prepare.

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Dr. P. Summarizes 2022 and Forecasts 2023 in Education

SAT and ACT tutor, college essay coach and counselor, and part-time college professor Dr. P. (Dominique Padurano, Ph.D.) summarizes the year in education and predicts where the worlds of standardized testing, college admissions, and college life will go in 2023.

This SAT and ACT Tutor Says NOW is the Time for Juniors to Study

Think your junior should wait until spring to take the SAT or ACT? Think again! Expert educator and test prep coach Dr. P. explains in this pithy piece why AUTUMN’s the right time to prep.

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'Test-Optional' Doesn't Mean 'Test-Prohibited'

Just because some colleges are “test-optional” nowadays, it doesn’t mean that your teen shouldn’t try to take the SAT or ACT. In this post, Dr. P. provides parents with three easy steps to determining whether and how to take one of these tests to prepare for college admissions.

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