Options Solutions Guest Student Blogger

My name’s Nadia. I met Melinda when I was a fraidy little seventeen year-old with scattered ideas of where to take my higher education. After a series of spot-on evaluations, Melinda encouraged me to work as hard as I could in Grade 12 to achieve the average I needed for acceptance into the Writing program [...]

To SAT or ACT?

To SAT or ACT: that is the question: Whether it’s best to subject the mind to the 3-hour-45-minute SAT Reasoning Test’s three sections in Writing, Critical Reading and Math to achieve the desirable 2400 or to take masterful control over the ACT and its 4 parts, based on the curricula of English, Math, Reading and [...]

2012 SAT/ACT Prep Program

Options Solutions is excited to launch our 2012 SAT/ACT prep schedule.  We will offer four different prep options this season. 1.    Full Length Practice Exams and Debriefs This option includes a 4-hour exam (SAT or ACT), exam marking (including customized essay marking), and a 2.5-hour debrief. Students are each given a cover sheet to help [...]

The ACT

If you are looking for an alternative to the SAT as a standardized test for admissions to a US university or college, the ACT (American College Test) would be your choice. A curriculum-based test similar to the SAT, the ACT also measures the high school student’s readiness for US universities, but assesses not three, but [...]

The SAT and SAT Subject Tests

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized admissions test used to assess academic preparedness for universities and colleges in the United States, offered by the College Board. Required for entry to most higher education institutions in the U.S., the SAT (the ACT being the other) tests an undergraduate applicant’s writing, reading and mathematics skills and [...]

Factors in US Admissions: More than GPAs and SATs

If you’re thinking of applying to a university or college in the US, aside from facing higher tuition costs, you will be encountering a number of factors that have made gaining admission progressively harder each year. At the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Education Fair in downtown Vancouver last Saturday, December 3rd, Melinda Giampietro of Options Solutions identified and [...]

PSAT Next Steps: Part 3

Students who took the PSAT as a way of preparing for their SATs have found great benefits from writing the test. The following is what some Grade 10s and 11s have to say about their experience: I came into the test purposely not having studied in order to lower my SAT stress in the future. [...]

Post-Secondary Education Fair at S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Options Solutions will be attending the Post-Secondary Education Fair on Saturday, Dec. 3rd from 9.30am to 2.30pm at S.U.C.C.E.S.S.  Our consultants, Melinda Giampietro and Edwin Liew, will be giving presentations on the following topics: 1)   The Common Application – US Admissions (10.30 – 11.15am) Overview of Common App sections Subjective and objective pieces: Essays vs [...]

PSAT Next Steps: Part 2

After taking the PSAT/NMSQT test and upon analyzing your performance and answers in each of the three test sections closer, you can identify which type of questions (easy, medium and hard) you were successful at.  You can use “My Online Score Report in My College Quick-Start” at collegeboard.org to examine which questions you tackled well [...]

Q&A with Edwin Liew

Edwin Liew is the newest educational consultant to join the Options Solutions team. He is available to meet with clients at both of our West Vancouver and South Granville Street offices. If you would like to schedule an appointment with him, call us at (604) 922-8456 or send an email to info@optionssolutionsed.com 1) What led [...]

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