High school students spend about 5500 hours in class and 1500 hours on extracurricular activities.

These two categories reflect 50% and 25% of the college admission picture. The other 25% of a student's application is the ACT exam.

The ACT is a standardized test used to measure the success of the student with high school academics and gauge him or her for admission to college. As little as 20 hours of ACT test prep instruction can dramatically improve this quarter of a college application.

It may seem like everywhere you look there are mentions of the ACT and how to prepare for it. While it may sometimes feel like overkill, there’s actually a very good reason why test prep is being pushed heavily.

The ACT is one of those things where it pays to be prepared. Kind of like storms and power outages.

The ACT is difficult not because of the questions, but because the scores have a huge impact on your child's future. Here are some of out tips to help you guide them to increase their ACT score!

Getting back an ACT score that is less-than-stellar can be a bit of a self-esteem killer for students.

First of all, remind your child that this test isn’t a gauge of intelligence, it is a test on test-taking.

I've devised a step-by-step method to help your child achieve their ACT goal.

It happens a lot some very brilliant students can get mediocre scores.

For instance, the Science section has nothing to do with actual science knowledge—it is chart reading ability, a learned skill! 

Being prepared for the ACT will help eliminate stress for both you and your child, and will make the process go much smoother.

'Though most students won’t take the ACT until their Junior year, it’s important to start getting ready before that.

As parents, we sometimes need a little help - okay, maybe a lot of help. And that’s not a bad thing. It actually makes us great parents.

When we understand our shortcomings as parents and seek outside help to ensure our kids still get the very best, that makes us great parents - that makes us awesome parents!

Two years is a long time in the perspective of a sixteen-year-old, but as you very well know, two years fly by like nothing.

Your child's first day of high school jitters are probably still fresh in your memory.

And just think, in another two years, you'll be shipping off your young one to college. Wow. "Time flying" doesn't do it justice: Time rockets forward! 

High school students spend about 5500 hours in class and 1500 hours on extracurricular activities.

These two categories reflect 50% and 25% of the college admission picture. The other 25% of a student's application is the ACT exam.

The ACT is a standardized test used to measure the success of the student with high school academics and gauge him or her for admission to college. As little as 20 hours of ACT test prep instruction can dramatically improve this quarter of a college application.