Solid Ground is Partnered with Dean Academy to Help You Get Ready for the SAT/ACT
Getting into college is more competitive than ever. With the rising cost of college, it is important to have strong GPAs and SAT/ACT scores to capture as many scholarships dollars as possible. Students work for years on their GPA, but spend hardly any time at all preparing for the most important test of their high school career – the college entrance exams. These tests, much like sports, music, or drama, take hours of practice, conditioning, and fine tuning the weak areas to see great success. Great SAT and ACT scores are NOT only for the academic elite; they can be achieved by anyone willing to put in the effort it takes to achieve their goals.
The instructors at Dean Academy have been successfully teaching strategies for SAT & ACT for several years in the Atlanta area. We have been exposing the reoccurring patterns that these tests use time and time again. Graduates of this 9-hr Boot Camp walk into the SAT or ACT with confidence because they have learned strategies and test taking techniques that are proven effective. We have personally helped hundreds of students increase their scores 50, 100, 200 and, so far, as high as 300 points and as high as 6 points on the ACT.
A sampling of what we cover in the 9-hour Boot Camp:
• Scholarship opportunities based on SAT/ACT scores
• Understanding the difference between SAT & ACT – Which one is right for you?
• Basic test taking strategies that work on regular high school tests too.
• How to manage your time even with the busiest of schedules. Learning to eliminate distractions.
• Basic test facts (how many times it is offered, how to sign-up, how many times you can take it, are there penalties for wrong answers, etc.)
• Goal setting – What are you hoping to score? We help you plan to get there.
• How to develop a positive mind-set (go into the test with a positive, winning attitude)
• Demonstrate time management techniques that are used during the test.
• Learning what to read and what not to read during the test saving valuable minutes.
• We teach students how to eliminate 50% of answer choices within seconds of reading the problem.
• Getting to the right answer even when you have NO CLUE how to work the problem the traditional way
• We expose the reoccurring wrong answer choices. The key with standardized tests is that they use the SAME wrong answers over and over again; with practice, you avoid picking the wrong answer.
• We teach dozens and dozens of strategies that create a plan of attack from the moment you open the test booklet. We also take mini-test to put those strategies to work the day of the Boot Camp.
• Private tutoring available after the Boot Camp at a reduced rate.
For more information about the SAT/ACT Boot Camp, visit deanacademy.net or email Joanna Dean at joanna@deanacademy.net.
