Author: Adam Moss

Now That You've Gotten Your PSAT Scores… What Do They Actually Mean? Understanding your PSAT score, what it tells you about the SAT, and whether National Merit recognition might be in your future. Your child has received their PSAT scores. Maybe you're celebrating. Maybe you're disappointed. Or maybe you're staring...

ACT Science: Optional, Required, or Somewhere in Between? What Families Need to Know The ACT has made one of its biggest changes in years, and it's creating plenty of confusion for students and parents. For decades, the ACT consisted of four sections: English, Math, Reading, and Science. All four contributed...

The PSAT: A Helpful Q & A A Conversation With a Parent Parent: My child is taking the PSAT. How important is this test, really? BTS: More important than many students realize, but not necessarily because of the reasons you may think. For most students, the biggest value of the...

Every year, we meet parents who are genuinely confused by the same situation: Their child earns excellent grades, takes Honors or AP classes, completes assignments, and may even have a GPA well above 4.0. Then an SAT or ACT score comes back, and it seems completely out of line with...

SAT vs. ACT Reading and Grammar: Which Test Is Better for You? Students comparing the SAT and ACT often focus first on math, timing, or science, but some of the biggest differences between the two tests actually show up in Reading and Grammar. Both exams test reading comprehension, grammar, punctuation,...

Every fall, parents ask: “Is it too early to start SAT or ACT prep?” Sometimes yes — but for many students, fall is actually the ideal time to begin. Prep should match a student’s grade, goals, current scores, and timeline, not follow a one-size-fits-all schedule. At Broward Tutorial Services, we...

At first glance, SAT Math and ACT Math look like cousins. Algebra? Check. Geometry? Yep. Functions, percentages, word problems, graphs? All there. But once students actually take both tests, they often discover something strange: the two math sections can feel completely different. The SAT is the kid who turns a...

  Test prep can be confusing.  More and more colleges are requiring test scores and the whole admissions process is becoming more complex and earlier.   We hear a lot of questions from parents.  Among the most common are “Where should my student start?” and “How much prep do we need?”...

Your seventh grader does not need an SAT tutor. There. We said it. In fact, if your middle school student is spending Saturday mornings memorizing SAT tricks, we would probably suggest finding something more age-appropriate to do. Go outside. Read a book. Learn guitar. Sleep until noon. There will be...

Every year, we meet students who are preparing seriously for the SAT for the first time. After a diagnostic test, they usually know exactly why they missed certain math questions. Maybe they haven't mastered a particular concept yet, or maybe they simply need more practice. Reading scores often feel different....