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		<title>8 Helpful Hints for the SAT Essay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The SAT essay is – for good reason – always one of my students’ hugest concerns. I say “for good reason” on a number of grounds. In the first place, students sit down to the SAT writing section after years of high school English classes that have instilled in them the process and practice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High School Entrance Exams &#8211; demystifying the acronyms SSAT, ISEE and HSPT</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaining admissions into some private middle schools and high schools is surprisingly similar to that aspect of the college process.  Grades, extra-curriculars, and teacher recommendations all count. Since curricula and educational and assessment standards can vary widely from school to school, admissions personnel can compare students from varying backgrounds with respect to the “core subjects” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Good Score on the GMAT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question I inevitably get asked regarding GMAT is: “What is a good GMAT score?” The short answer is that a good score is the best score that you, personally, are capable of achieving – something you’ll definitely have a better sense of once you’ve sat down with a few practice tests. The longer and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Essential Tips to Boost your SAT Reading and SAT Writing Scores During the Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 06:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so it’s summer – and many of you have just scrubbed off the last of the school year in the shower.  We know all you want right now is to be out in the park with friends – we want that too!  But we also know that October is right around the corner, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 things to consider before retaking the GMAT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 17:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadly, there are a few questions you’ll have to ask yourself when your test scores come in: Am I satisfied with the time and energy I’ve put into preparing for this exam? Given the constraints of my life, did I prepare as well as I could have? Is there room for improvement here? Am I capable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Times Should I Take the SAT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 18:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SAT Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General test taking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just about every senior-year student I’ve worked with has had friends who have taken the SAT as if it were a monthly ritual to be resignedly endured, until he or she was finally able to crawl painstakingly to the mailbox for the very last time to check his or her scores, too exhausted to celebrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons to take the PSAT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re taking AP classes, running on the cross-country team, performing in your high school play, and volunteering at the local senior center. You’re right on track to apply to college, but you’re also burned out! Why take the time to study for a standardized test you don’t even need for college admission? There are a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Court Approves Tuition Deduction for MBA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A taxpayer who represented herself in a Tax Court disagreement with the IRS has prevailed in a surprising new decision. (Singleton-Clarke, TC Summary Opinion 2009-182) The Court allowed the taxpayer to deduct almost $15,000 of tuition incurred to attain a master’s degree in business administration (MBA). NOTE: The new case may open the door to deductions in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Many Times Should I Take the GMAT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should begin here by differentiating between these two questions (and it’s a really important differentiation!): How many times you can take the GMAT, and how many times you should take the GMAT. To answer the former (let’s get the objective answers out of the way first), here’s what your limitations are: 1) you can only take the GMAT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAT versus ACT: The Test-Taker’s Guide</title>
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		<comments>http://sftutors.com/sat-versus-act-the-test-taker%e2%80%99s-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ender Markal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ACT Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In effect, both the SAT and the ACT have been structured to better evaluate your knowledge of the foundations of a high-school education.  Ironically, both standardized tests measure one thing: how well you perform on a standardized test.  But the ACT, which is regarded as a “curriculum-based test,” while the SAT tends to function as an aptitude test rather than a straightforward assessment of your knowledge.  ]]></description>
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