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Building Your College List: Quality Over Quantity

For many students, knowing where to begin when thinking about college applications can be difficult. Everyone—from parents to teachers to your fellow students—may have strong opinions about which colleges you should apply to. While there are certain colleges and universities that many students will consider their “dream school,” the college application process isn't just...

A Little Healthy Competition Goes a Long Way

Racing to the finish line isn't fun if you break the tape on a vacant track. Competitive sports are exciting for a reason: they engage, challenge, and allow you to see the payoff of your hard work. There may be some hesitation when considering a competitive environment for a student’s academics. The doubt is...

AP Pre-Calculus: Making AP Courses More Accessible

The accessibility of college-level courses in high schools is a hot topic in the United States and worldwide. However, for students to have the opportunity to take AP Calculus, students would need to start taking advanced courses in 9th grade—and many students are not ready to plan that far ahead when they are just...

I WAS NEVER GOOD AT MATH EITHER: Things NOT to say to your child

How to talk to your child about math when you never liked math Every parent wants to help their child in school. But that can be much more difficult when children are learning subjects that their parents never felt very strong in when they learned it themselves. This issue arises most often in math, where...

Don’t Overlook these Five Colleges

What are the schools everybody applies to? I’m sure anyone reading this can name several people who wanted to attend Stanford, Harvard, Emory, and the University of Michigan. There’s a simple reason for this: they’re PHENOMENAL programs! People want to go to the best schools and get the best educations that they possibly can.  We...

Exploring the Potential of AI in Education: Terence Tao's Thoughts on "Open Book, Open AI" Examinations

Exploring the Potential of AI in Education: Thoughts on “Open Book, Open AI” Examinations

I refuse to watch the Hamilton musical. It’s a strange rivalry to develop. The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry makes sense as Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees to finance his own play, No No Nanette (which isn’t even that good of a play), so the Red Sox have viewed the Yankee success as...