Hello MJTP families, As usual, I sat for the SAT this morning, my fifth this year. The early reports are already rolling in. Here's what showed up, what it means for October, and some August score news that made my week. What students saw today One student summed
Dear MJTP students and families, The next SAT is this Saturday, September 12. If you're wondering what to do in the remaining days before the test, here is a guide: 1. Mac and iOS users: restart Bluebook on Friday College Board posted this alert on September 9: We
Dear MJTP families, August SAT scores came out today. I have received a handful of emails this morning, and I want to share what came back. If I haven't heard from you, please reach out to support@mrjohnstestprep.com. Good or bad. Let's chat. For those
📚 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Card 1 of 11 precipitation noun Root: PRE- (before) + CIPIT- (head) 👆 Click to flip water that falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail The station logged more precipitation in that single week than in the previous four months combined. ← Previous 🔄 Shuffle Next → Section 1:
📚 SAT Vocabulary Flashcards Card 1 of 9 idiosyncratic adjective Root: IDIO- (own, personal) + CRAS- (mixture) 👆 Click to flip peculiar to one individual; distinctive in an unusual way Her idiosyncratic filing system made perfect sense to her and to absolutely no one else. ← Previous 🔄 Shuffle Next → Section 1: Vocabulary Matching · Round
Hello MJTP families! I’m out and about, writing on the go, but I want to share early reports from my international and US students that are coming in. Here's what I've heard so far. Reading and Writing The first module was straightforward for most of
Dear MJTP family, Tomorrow morning, at least forty of you who have worked with me this summer sit for the August SAT. I'll be sitting for it too, in a room somewhere in Florida, working the same modules you are. None of what follows is a prediction. I
Dear MJTP families, The August 22nd SAT is this Saturday. That's just five days away. The fall SAT season is upon us. Treat these last few days as the sharpest work you've done all summer. Don't let up. Don't coast into Saturday.
Before every SAT administration, I see a lot of popular SAT "gurus" making predictions on social media. "THESE 20 WORDS WILL BE ON THE AUGUST SAT." No data. No sourcing. No mention of where the list came from. Just twenty words, a fire emoji, and a
My wife and I just got back from a couple of weeks in a cabin in Mentone, Alabama. It's where I grew up on Little River in the northeast corner of the state where the Appalachians run out. We were there for the weeks surrounding the Fourth of
The SAT turned 100 last week. On June 23, 1926, a little over 8,000 high school students sat down for the first one. It looked nothing like the test your kids take now — 315 questions in about 90 minutes, built off an aptitude exam the Army had been giving