Award-Winning Test Prep & Academic Tutoring in Rio Grande, UT

"This session we were working on math. First we reviewed a practice test that the student had completed, discussing the problems she had gotten wrong, which were far fewer than in previous attempts. The conversion metric showed her scoring 690 on both math and verbal sections and about a 700-750 on the writing section. After that, she worked through some math sections specifically. She struggled with several of the problems, even ultimately running out of time on one of the sections. We discussed test taking strategies to avoid that happening in the future and reviewed the problematic problems. In the end, we were able to identify triangle-based geometry and proportions as an area struggle for her. I pointed her to the website's bank of practice tests, which has tests specifically geared towards many concepts. Among the 550 related to SAT math tests, there are sure to be some on those topics. She will hopefully take a look at some of them before the next session so that she can review the areas she is struggling with."

"The student needed to prepare for a quiz on her current section about radicals and exponents. The section mainly focused on simplifying expressions. We focused on discussing the most efficient way to remove radicals from the denominator. She was shown just multiplying the radical by itself would work but could make simplifying the numerator laborious. Figuring out to find the lowest perfect radical could make this process more efficient. We also worked on solving equations with radicals."

"Today most of the time was used pre-calculus homework, where we worked on dividing with polynomials, synthetic division, some word problems with end behaviors on graphs, and working with imaginary numbers. She got a 93.3% on her homework assignment. I then worked with her briefly on her latest physics assignment on acceleration and velocity. She was definitely on the right track, so I helped clarify a few concepts, which hopefully helped."

"We covered Chemistry (electron configuration) and Algebra (cubic polynomial zeros). The student seemed to have a good handle on the subject matter in Chemistry. "

"We reviewed the student's worksheet for his test on the law of sines and cosines. He was very confident on the main concepts, as long as he rewrote the triangles appropriately. In biology, we covered the genetics chapter. He had some trouble recognizing gamete forms and probability relations in Punnett squares, which we did a large example of. We also covered gene maps, since this was not discussed by his teacher."

"We went over answers and dissection of questions and answers for forth practice full length assessment exam. I will be sending the student PowerPoint lectures focusing on all material covered on upcoming exam and will review this material in subsequent sessions."

"We worked on applying traditional words in writing with a new process writing assignment. We also helped to generate a letter for a real life application. The student is very enthusiastic and has good focus during sessions. In the assigned homework, she will organize a recipe and put her ideas in an essay form."

"Today we went over the student's reading from the night before, 'The Purloined Letter,' by Edgar Allen Poe. We performed a close reading, in which she learned what a MacGuffin is (in this case, the letter). We also went over several vocabulary words that come from different languages to English in their original forms, such as entrepreneur, malaise, vendetta, etc."