Our New SAT/ACT Prep Books Have Arrived

Options Solutions worked throughout the fall refining our SAT and ACT prep approach, and we are proud to introduce a new resource for SAT and ACT prep: our own private label prep-books. The interactive books are created specifically to help students build test taking strategies while mastering curriculum. Our new books will be used in [...]

SAT Study Plans

Options Solutions will begin group SAT prep in January, but while you’re waiting, explore the SAT study plan options available here. Whether you’ve already taken the SAT test once or twice and are looking to improve your scores in certain areas, or you are just beginning SAT prep and are unsure where to begin, the [...]

PSAT: Are You Registered?

The Preliminary SAT or PSAT is a test similar to the SAT that gives prospective applicants to US universities practical experience in applying critical reading, mathematical reasoning and writing skills on standardized tests. Typically taken by Grade 10 and 11 students, the test runs for 2 hours and 10 minutes and is broken down into [...]

SAT Test: Are you signed up?

SAT Test: Are you signed up? The SAT Test is offered several times per year and the first fall SAT test date for Canadian/International students interested in applying to U.S. schools for September 2013 admission is October 6th, 2012. The international registration deadline is Friday, September 7th. The SAT I (Verbal Reasoning) Test is one [...]

US Application Timeline: When do you take the SAT or ACT?

If you are planning to apply to a US college or university for undergraduate studies, taking the required standardized admissions tests such as the SAT or ACT will most likely be a major part of your preparation process. As a matter fact, altogether it is a three-year plan starting in grade 10. Grade 10: It [...]

Understanding Your SAT Scores

The moment of truth has arrived: if you took the SAT on May 24, you can access your scores online. But what do all those numbers mean? Summary of Results: Each of the three sections – Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing – receives a score between 200 – 800. These numbers tell university admissions staff how [...]

How To Prepare For SAT Test Day

In order to perform your very best on the SAT, it is crucial to know how to prepare for the exam day and to know how to spend the overall day before the exam. The day before: On the day before the SAT, you will need to draw up a checklist of all items required for [...]

SAT Tips: Critical Reading Questions

When tackling the Critical Reading section of the SAT, it is helpful to know the types of questions you will encounter and be able to quickly evaluate as to the intent or purpose of the questions. Knowing what the question is really asking will certainly direct you to use the right tactic to answer the [...]

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 [...]