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Reading & writing
9 min read
Aug 26, 2026
The one that is only true, with no shape to it. Everything an admissions reader remembers gets cut out of that draft rather than added to a tidier one.
Essays, close reading and college applications$48/lesson
ScienceJul 28, 20267 min
Nora Haddad$46/lesson
Paying for itJul 2, 20268 min
Nathan Zhou$52/lesson
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10 more, under the 6 at the top of the page
Test prepJun 28, 20269 min
Section scores hide the thing that matters: which question types cost you time. The subscores are where a study plan actually starts.
SAT and ACT, with a score report to read$55/lesson
MathJun 9, 20265 min
One bad test is not a signal. Three chapters of falling behind is. The difference shows up in the homework, not in the grade book.
Algebra and geometry, grades 7 to 12$42/lesson
Getting startedMay 22, 20267 min
Grade outcomes land within a point of each other. Attention does not. Which one a student needs depends on age far more than on subject.
Statistics, plus the R and Excel your course grades$52/lesson
SafetyMay 6, 20266 min
It reads a record, not a person. Here is what the other four checks are for, and which of the five a parent should actually be asking about.
Biology and AP Bio, diagrams first$44/lesson
MathApr 30, 20266 min
Algebra rewards a procedure; a proof asks for an argument. The students who stall are usually the ones nobody has made write one down before.
Algebra and geometry, grades 7 to 12$42/lesson
Reading & writingApr 8, 20265 min
Slow readers score the same as quick ones on every study worth reading. What separates them is whether they can say what a paragraph just did.
Essays, close reading and college applications$48/lesson
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$44a lesson
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