Category Archives: ISEE

Is Test-Optional Really Optional?

In response to the Covid crisis, many colleges have temporarily adopted a test-optional admissions policy. However, we are told the overwhelming majority of the top-tier US and International colleges evaluating college applications still prefer to see an SAT or ACT … Continue reading

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Do Your Child’s ISEE or SSAT Scores Really Matter?

Yes. The results of a standardized admissions test indicate to the school what your child knows and doesn’t know academically. Essentially, it would serve no purpose to accept your child only to have her flounder academically. You would be unhappy. … Continue reading

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Private School Entrance Exams: ISEE, SSAT, HSPT

If you are just beginning on the private school application journey, you may ask, what are these tests? How do they differ? How important are they? Here’s a short overview: The ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) is the most common … Continue reading

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Want to go to an Ivy League?

“The path to the Ivy League is most successfully traveled through exclusive private schools,” according to CBS Market Watch. In fact, their research showed that of the 100 U.S. high schools sending the highest percentage of students to Harvard, Yale … Continue reading

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Waiting for Private School Admissions

For many applying to Los Angeles Independent Schools, the anticipation of enrollment decisions is nerve-racking and daunting, or as the LA Times referred to it, “waiting for Black Friday”. After all the research, testing, applying, and interviewing, there is nothing … Continue reading

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Private Schools Road to Ivy Leagues

While it is true that fewer than 9% of applicants were accepted into an Ivy League school last year, some high schools sent over 46% of their students to an Ivy, Stanford or MIT. According to CBS Market Watch, “The … Continue reading

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Waiting for Private School Admissions

After months of researching, preparing, applying, testing, and interviewing, there is nothing left to do now but wait. We want to give families some behind-the-scenes insight about what is going on as final decisions are being made. Despite this being … Continue reading

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Is Your Child Ready for Back to School?

On average, students who don’t engage in summer learning lose the equivalent of two months’ worth of grade-level math and reading skills, according to the National Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University. “What I worry about a lot … Continue reading

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Gifted Children Need Support

Gifted children frequently encounter less academic support at school than children at the opposite end of the spectrum. Why is it that gifted children are not always given as much instructional support as children with learning difficulties? Adam Caller, educator … Continue reading

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Reach for the Stars!

Congratulations to Our Class of 2013 Academic Achievers is proud to announce some of the colleges our students were accepted to this year: UC Berkeley, USC, Drexel, Columbia, University of Chicago, Penn, UC Santa Cruz, University of Miami, Sarah Lawrence, … Continue reading

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