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Defeat SAT Science Content with This Summer Prep Plan

By Socrato Admin On February 13, 2018 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Exam: ACT, Exam: SAT, General, Learning Analytics, Tutoring
The SAT and ACT once differed in several areas: The ACT was notable for testing scientific knowledge and reasoning, while the SAT left that material to more specialized subject tests. As of March 2016, however, the lines have blurred significantly. Following the SAT’s recent redesign, that exam now contains science questions. If you have decided [...]
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How to Take Full-Length SAT/ACT/PSAT/PLAN/Explore Diagnostic Tests

By Socrato Admin On January 30, 2018 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Exam: ACT, Exam: PSAT, Exam: SAT, Socrato, Teaching & Tutoring, Test Preparation, Testing, Tutoring
Scheduled, categorized, realistic practice tests are the heart of any effective test prep program. You can figure out exactly what you’ll score on a real SAT/ACT/PSAT/PLAN/Explore without walking into a testing center, and you should never take an official test without first making sure that you can achieve your target scores. Afore you begin your [...]
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How Important are Extracurricular Activities for College Applications?

By Socrato Admin On January 16, 2018 · Add Comment · In Content, Education: General, Tutoring
It is no top-secret that the extracurricular activities you pursue in high school can meaningfully affect your college admissions experience. But it’s true that not all activities are created equal, and some could have an unequal effect on your chances of getting accepted to your ideal college. There are no exact extracurricular activities that will magically unlock the Ivy League gates or guarantee admission to a particular university. [...]
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Understanding New SAT Report

By Arun Dey On December 1, 2017 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Exam: SAT, Tutoring
With new redesign SAT in 2016, College Board has also come up with new score reporting. Report now gives better insight of students’ scores, national level performance, subject weakness and strengths and it has also introduced the bench mark which gives insight to the students where they stand. College Board now takes Reading and Writing together to [...]
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What is Benchmark in Redesigned SAT?

By Arun Dey On October 4, 2017 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Exam: SAT, Tutoring
The SAT Suite of Assessments’ College and Career Readiness Benchmarks work together to help students and educators assess student progress toward college readiness from year to year. Benchmarks help: Benchmarks can help educators: Identify students who are on track for success in college and career readiness. Identify students who may need extra support while there [...]
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IIT JEE (Advance) To Go Completely Online From 2018

By Arun Dey On September 6, 2017 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Exam:JEE, Tutoring
Entrance to the premier engineering colleges-Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will completely go online from 2018. In a meeting held at Indian Institute of Technology Madras on August 2017, the Joint Admission Board (JAB), it was decided that from next year the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) will be conducted online. JAB members said they were [...]
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About IIT JEE 2018

By Arun Dey On August 29, 2017 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Exam:JEE, Tutoring
The toughest engineering exam, i.e., IIT JEE Mains and IIT JEE Advanced can only be cracked if your concepts are crystal clear, and you have had enough practice but you can definitely make it easier if you go through the frequently asked questions in JEE. Candidates having query about JEE Mains 2018 entrance exam can [...]
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What choices do you have if you haven’t cleared JEE Advance?

By Arun Dey On August 15, 2017 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Exam:JEE, Tutoring
Out of 13 lakh competitors who showed up for JEE Main in 2017, only 10, 500 made it to the IITs. Aspirants, who didn’t make it to the elite institute shouldn’t worry or feel down. Remember, a lot can be accomplished without the ‘IIT’ tag. Even if you were not able to clear JEE, it [...]
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NRI – Are eligible for IIT or Not?

By Arun Dey On July 25, 2017 · Add Comment · In College, College Application, Education: General, Exam:JEE, Tutoring
In a temporary relief to students with Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards, only nine OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India) students to appear for the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE) for seeking admissions to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs) and Indian Institutes of Information Technologies (IIITs). [...]
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Should You Drop an Year or Not for IIT-JEE ?

By Arun Dey On July 18, 2017 · Add Comment · In Education: General, Exam:JEE, Tutoring
In 2017, number of fresher appearing for IIT-JEE exam was much higher than the students who gave the exam a second try. Yet, as many as 61.9% (approx) students who cracked IIT JEE and were selected by the IITs were repeaters (appearing for the exam for the second time). The answer to this question may [...]
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