Improve Your Score in Any Class with these 5 Simple Study Tips By Garrett Lonsberry Homework is never the most heavily weighted grade for a class, but it is essential to improve your score. If you do poorly on tests, improving your homework habits can help save your grade. Even if you do well on…
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College Readiness: Is it Ever Too Early to Start Thinking About College? The thought of applying and leaving for college can be not only stressful, but it can also be an immense task to take on, for both parents and students alike. Applying and successfully being admitted to a good college will be hard for…
Read MoreSeven days a year, students assemble to take the ACT® in sterilized classrooms bereft of their usual decorative encouragement. On test days, hallowed hallways become Big Brother-like chambers with their stern observers, rigid regulations, and rehearsed movements. This odd presentation of a familiar setting, coupled with its perhaps too-reliable structure is a poignant metaphor for…
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Aside from getting married and buying a house, there is really only one other major financial decision a person can make that has the potential to alter their entire future. College. The financial cost is breathtaking: many state universities will now cost over $100,000 for four years. Private colleges are upwards of $300,000 for a…
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By Rachel Morley Studyville is a top-of-the-line tutoring service located in Baton Rouge at Perkins Rowe near LSU specializing in a number of fields including STEM private tutoring. Only 1 in 5 university students say that their high school and/or elementary school prepared them for college-level STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) classes. Luckily, Studyville…
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Choosing the Test (ACT/SAT) that’s Right for You Whether you’re an opportunistic freshman gearing up for the long trek to higher education or a scrambling senior trying to make last-minute adjustments to your college applications, college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT are definitely on your mind. Do I take the ACT? Should I…
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Summer is here and you know what that means: there’s a required summer reading list somewhere in cyberspace or crumbled up in a student’s smelly backpack thrown haphazardly into the back of their closet. Summer reading assignments can vary based on teachers and grade levels, from the “Just read 2 books!” to the “Pick a…
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Join Tiffany from Studyville and learn how to write an incredible 5 paragraph analytical essay. These instructions can be used to excel at any 5 paragraph essay project in middle and high school. Get started below and good luck!
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Clues to the Universe by Christina Li My rating: 5 of 5 stars It is not often we find a Young Adult novel that delivers on all we look for in the genre: compelling storyline, empathetic characters, and clean content. So much out there is inappropriate, and young voracious readers find it. In “Clues to…
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Personal management, especially in regards to finance, is sadly not something our teens are learning in school today. We spend money on education and academia while neglecting the necessary life-skills our teens need to thrive in the outside world. We may cry when they leave for college, but at the end of the day no…
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