Which route to college is better for my student? ACT? SAT? Both ACT and SAT? Based on your relative strengths and weaknesses, we can help you choose.

Often parents don't know how to select a tutor for their child's SAT Prep. Ivy Bound's Mark Greenstein gives some advice.

Mark Greenstein of Ivy Bound helps parents figure out how to get into college. He and his tutors are very good at helping students prepare for tests and do well in school. In this video, Mark talks about college essay tips and how a teen can make their submission standout.

Is your family trying to determine what looks good on college applications? SAT or ACT scores help students who want to get into good colleges, and this is especially true for African-Americans who want to go to top schools. But everybody needs something more. Mark Greenstein of Ivy Bound shows parents and students what makes a college application stand out.

Ivy Bound's Mark Greenstein helps students and parents assess the importance of APs, honors, IB, and challenging university classes for college admission. For SAT and ACT Prep, Ivy Bound's tailoring, its materials, and its talented tutors yield great results for students, over 140 point average SAT increases, and nearly 14 section-point ACT score increases.

Ivy Bound's individualized approach, materials, and skilled tutors for SAT and ACT Prep produce outstanding outcomes for students, over 140 point average SAT gains, and approximately 14 section-point increases in ACT score.

The SAT is a huge admissions helper for ambitious minority students. At most universities, the SAT is also a significant helper to their parents in the form of scholarships. The SAT is primarily a test of skills, among them reasoning skills. Boosting those skills is what we do best at Ivy Bound, and we are here to help you towards that goal.

Ivy Bound's Mark Greenstein draws attention to the financial ramifications of need-based prizes, which, when used wisely, can benefit Asian Americans. Although a qualified financial counselor is advised in this situation, Mark's tips are a good place to start.

The big exception on admission to "test optional" colleges. These students need to show SAT scores WELL above the university’s published median. Students with few to no extracurricular activities that colleges appreciate need to show scores 100+ points above the published medians to feel good about admission to a given college.

Ivy Bound's Mark Greenstein lets students and parents hear the upside and downside of presenting scores to "test optional" colleges. Colleges still reward students for scoring above their MEDIAN. It makes the college look good.

Your math score, science score, writing scores and more can enhance your profile among college admission teams, and can set you apart from the thousands of students who are also fighting for a seat at orientation. That means that it's critical to think about taking the SAT or ACT more than once.

Many elite schools saw a dramatic increase in applications, especially early applications, with Princeton up 18 percent and Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth, and Cornell reporting the largest early application pools in their histories.All Ivy League institutions and many other selective colleges have released their early admissions stats*. We've compiled them below and will continue to update the numbers applying to, and accepted by, these elite institutions.

The benefit of early SAT preparation has never been higher. Students who get down to the business of college planning well before the usual "crunch time" have a heaping advantage in the college admissions game and will likely have more educational options as they investigate college programs. Traditionally, guidance counselors meet with students in January or February of their 11th grade year (usually after the seniors have finished their January applications). By this time, a large percentage of junior year grades are in, and many students have missed out on taking courses that could burnish their college resumes.

Before a student even begins the college search, he or she will have to deal with things like taking college preparation classes in advanced mathematics and language arts, including foreign languages, visiting college fairs and college campuses, and determining a course of university study. The list offered here is the result of experience with thousands of  college-bound students and their parents who have been through the process. We hope that, as you apply to college and then bask in the joy of college acceptance, you'll see the process as a journey that is manageable -- and maybe even enjoyable -- with the right resources.  

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Though many colleges are going "optional", a student who CAN post a score that's above the college's median should test. A score that helps you is better than a "no-score", so unless you have a 4.0 (a perfect GPA) a good ACT or SAT is increasing your chances for admission and increasing your PARENTS' chances for scholarship