stress management

Reducing Stress—Especially for JUNIORS—is Part of Our Mission

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Junior year has always been a notorious rite of passage: the hardest classes, most demanding teachers, grades counting the most, and, oh yeah, standardized tests.  In September everyone’s talking about how college admissions committees look most closely at junior year final grades, PSATs come up fast in October, and the work and pressure keep mounting through SATs, ACTs, AP Exams and final exams and projects in the spring.  And all the while students are supposed to start thinking about what colleges they’d like to attend, what programs appeal most to them, and which ones will be on their list of […]

Preparation for Standardized Test Game Day

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October marks the first big month of standardized testing for college bound juniors and seniors.  SATs, SAT Subject Tests, PSATs, and ACTs are all given this month.  Hopefully, you have been taking practice tests, going over every item you got wrong or left blank, and studying the material you need to learn.  If you haven’t been, stop what you’re doing and callCollegePrepExpress at 413-329-7540: do not pass go, do not collect $200, do not even finish this blog. No seriously, as your game day approaches, here are some valuable tips for squeezing out your maximum score on whatever exam you’re taking: […]

Reducing Stress is Part of Our Mission 2

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In my very first blog entry back in May, I discussed the importance of stress reduction for students and their families throughout the entire admissions process, and how CollegePrepExpress can help.  With each passing day we seem to be hearing more and more about the adverse effects of stress on general health, productivity, and, of course, peace of mind. Not surprisingly, then, among the daily studies flooding this discourse on the evils of high stress are those suggesting a high correlation between stress reduction and academic success.  This is perhaps particularly true of high-stakes exams, like the SATs and ACTs, where […]