Options Solutions Published in Canadian Student Magazine

Options Solutions prides itself on staying on top of current post-secondary trends and issues. Our consultants are dedicated to getting students the information they need to succeed in the post-secondary arena. Melinda Giampietro and Emily Glass both took some time out of their busy schedules to share some important admissions information with the readers of [...]

We’re Hiring

Options Solutions is looking for a dynamic, detail-oriented person who is interested in working for and growing with a fast-paced educational consultancy. The position contains a balance of marketing and administrative duties. Qualifications: Marketing Duties • Knowledge of the marketing management process. • Oversee long and short term marketing opportunities and strategies. • Complete marketing [...]

PSAT Next Steps: Part 1

After you have completed your PSATs and received your results, what’s next? Let’s have a look at your scores: what is a good PSAT score report? On your PSAT score report, you will notice your scores for Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing Skills, reported on a scale from 20 to 80 points for each section [...]

SAT Prep: Sentence Completions Part 2

In Part 1 we explored some tips on how to tackle the sentence completion section of the SAT. Increasing your vocabulary base should be an essential component of your SAT prep routine. Reading is a great way to learn new vocabulary. Students should create a vocabulary list to help them with their SAT prep. Be [...]

SAT Prep: Sentence Completions Part 1

The SAT contains a number of sentence completions questions. Each sentence contains one or two blanks. Students are given a list of five words from which they must select the word that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Here is an example: The practice of storytelling for entertainment and instruction was [...]

UBC Updates

The UBC information event held last Monday, October 17th, was very forthcoming with important updates that all prospective applicants should be aware of for Fall 2012. In addition to announcing the general application deadline being moved forward to January 31st, 2012, the admissions and enrolment team shared their new “Holistic Approach” to improving the overall [...]

How to Keep Studying for the SAT Interesting – Part 2

The SAT contains 19 sentence completion questions. Students are asked to select the correct word from a list to complete any blanks in a sentence. The key to doing well on this section is having a strong vocabulary base to pull from. A good amount of your SAT prep time should be designated to strengthening [...]

What is the PSAT

If you’re in Grade 10 and you are considering a major or program of study in a university in the U.S., the Preliminary SAT (PSAT), also referred to as the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), is a standardized test that precedes the SAT and gives you ‘preliminary’ skills practice in critical reading, math reasoning [...]

Sir Charles Tupper Presentation

Students today face an overwhelming number of adult decisions that will ultimately affect their educational and professional futures. Options Solutions’ very own Melinda Giampietro will be addressing these issues in a presentation at Sir Charles Tupper in Vancouver on October 6th at 7:00. This presentation is designed for students in grades 10 – 12 and their parents; however, it is [...]

How to Keep Studying for the SAT Interesting – Part 1

Studying for the SAT has rarely been considered a fun task. Staring at lists of SAT vocabulary can be exhausting. While there is no secret formula that can make SAT prep fun and exciting, there are tools that can help to keep it interesting. Here is one great way to spice up your SAT study [...]

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