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Nationally Recognized College Expert
July 29, 2023
What does it mean for a political speech to be “equivocal”? In the absence of Google, you could use the prefix in equivocal to understand its definition. Prefixes are...
You’ve poured your heart and soul into your studies, burned the midnight oil, attended lectures diligently, and strived to ace every assignment. But then, a single misstep, a single...
July 27, 2023
For high school students, course planning can feel like assembling a tough jigsaw puzzle. While weighing your interests, you must also balance your high school’s graduation requirements and scheduling...
In our last post, we covered Classification, the first of five driving abilities measured by the Highlands Ability Battery. Today, we’re moving on to the next driving ability: Concept...
July 25, 2023
As a prospective student entering the bustling world of higher education, you’ve found yourself facing a critical decision: the choice between the semester and quarter systems. So what exactly...
July 24, 2023
Students who read this “The Story of an Hour” summary will gain a comprehensive understanding of a classic American text. In this article we’ll cover symbols and motifs, as...
One of the dreaded parts of many high school students’ college applications is the activity list. This is where you list your extracurriculars and what roles you played in...
July 20, 2023
Writing successful argumentative or persuasive essays is a sort of academic rite of passage: every student, at some point in their academic career, will have to do it. And...
July 19, 2023
When structuring an argument, whether verbally or in written form, it is important to consider not only the ideas but the ways in which they might be persuasive. This...
Ready to learn more about the Highlands Ability Battery? We’ve got you covered. First, let’s recap: the Highlands Ability Battery measures our performance across a number of work samples...
July 16, 2023
Reading this “The Yellow Wallpaper” summary and analysis will help students gain a solid understanding of a canonical short story. In this article, we’ll analyze the historical and biographical...
July 15, 2023
If you haven’t read Lord of the Flies, the 1954 novel by Nobel-prize-winning British author William Golding, you may still recognize its oft-cited title. Ever since its publication, Golding’s...
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas published “Do not go gentle into that good night” in 1951, just two years before he died from alcohol-related health complications in 1953. Generally, when...
July 12, 2023
By this point, you’re likely a pro at being assessed–standardized tests, school exams, musical tryouts, art projects. Such assessments measure your level of skill or knowledge on that particular...
July 10, 2023
Do you ever wonder (or daydream) about getting a second bachelor’s degree? There are enough Hollywood movies are about going back to college to know that you definitely aren’t...
July 8, 2023
Every year, high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors write National Honor Society essays in the hopes of becoming a member. It’s certainly an admirable recognition. Joining the ranks means...
July 5, 2023
I studied German as an undergrad. I memorized the cases and disorienting verb placement, and after four semesters, I felt pretty slick. But then I went to Germany and...
June 30, 2023
Have you ever struggled to find just the right word to describe an author’s attitude in a sentence or character in a scene? Or do you worry about repetitiveness...
June 29, 2023
The social sciences have multiple origins, in the ancient teachings of Confucius and Plato, the sociology of the medieval Muslim world, and later European Enlightenment. Yet only in the...
June 28, 2023
After the stressful roller coaster that is the modern-day college search and admissions process ends, parents and students deserve a chance to catch their breath and let the new...
