Great Expectations

<p>Are you ready to unlock your potential in testing and college admissions? From one of the world’s most sought-after test prep tutors comes a playbook to help millions of families achieve transformational success in the SAT or ACT—and beyond.</p><p>In Great Expectations Chris Ajemian takes students and parents on a journey through the high-stakes world of standardized testing to accelerate families towards the scores and schools of their dreams. Packed with insights from Chris’s experience as the founder and CEO of CATES Tutoring a fellow of Harvard’s Innovation Lab and the Co-Chair of HIVE at the Harvard Graduate School of Education this concise and practical guide offers context for how families should approach the test preparation process—which can simultaneously serve as a powerful tool for students’ wider self-development.</p><p>Testers often suffer from the misconception that scoring well is only about learning the “content.” Great Expectations breaks down the components of successful test-taking while uncovering the realities of the SAT and ACT advising on best practices to guarantee scores and suggesting strategies to overcome academic psychological emotional and physical barriers to success.</p><p>Throughout the book you’ll also:</p><ul> <li><p>Learn what’s really required from top-scoring students: your commitment to the process how much time you should spend on prep and how you can study smarter to achieve your goals</p></li> <li><p>Find out how test scores influence your likelihood of admission at America’s top colleges—as well as how to choose the school that’s truly best for you</p></li> <li><p>Discover what your diagnostic scores mean and how much you can improve</p></li> <li><p>Master the essentials for success across test content testing strategies and the often-overlooked “soft skills” that are critical for high scores</p></li> <li><p>Brush up on how parents can best support their kids and approach the test prep process in a healthy collaborative and productive manner</p></li></ul><p>Culminating in a downloadable fifty-step Test Prep Roadmap which provides a clear and concrete preparation schedule to follow in the months leading up to the test Great Expectations sets readers on their own path to SAT/ACT success. Guaranteed.</p>