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Knowing what to expect on the GRE is key to success. The more prepared you feel on test day, the more likely you are to apply your skills and maximize your score. One absolutely crucial consideration is knowing what kind of questions are on the test. The Educational Testing Service releases some information about the […]

Even for people with undergraduate degrees, the essay writing portion of the GRE can be a major source of stress. For many of us, crafting an essay is a complex enough task without layering a ridiculously short time limit on top of the process, as the GRE does. However, if you follow these three principles, […]

You’re on your way to figuring out how to keep from making common mistakes.  Part of stepping out of common mistakes is to be ready to avoid words that are frequently confused with other words.  Sometimes they sound the same, and sometimes they look the same.  Knowing which words to look out for can help […]

What’s the best way to make sure you set yourself apart from everyone else who is common?  Don’t make common mistakes.  There are some really common mistakes that are easy to make, usually because you are reading too fast. Confusing: accept or except? To “accept” something means to receive it, or take it to be […]

As testing days continue to rise in districts around the country, many educators and researchers believe schools could do a better job minimizing the stress and anxiety students feel due to testing. Testing has always been a source of uncertainty and discomfort for students, but in the era of high-stakes exams, students have more to […]

Just as you will be seeing revisions on the SHSAT that have rely on grammar basics like Subject/Verb Agreement and Articles, you also will need to remember how to structure sentences using conjunctions.  Conjunctions (such as ‘and’) connect words, phrases, and sentences.  Conjunctions function in three ways:  to coordinate ideas, to pair ideas, and to […]

You’ll remember from your elementary school days that articles help a writer tell the reader whether they are talking about something general (“tell me about a superhero”) or something specific (“tell me about the superhero with the most anger issues”).  Good writing will make use of both kinds of articles, and good revisions will make […]

So far, our revision prep for punctuation has focused on the comma, which makes sense.  Misuse of commas is the single most common mistake made in writing, and SHSAT writers will take advantage of those mistakes and see if you can identify them.  But, there are many other punctuation mistakes that are made in writing.  […]