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Founder's Feature - June 2026 Edition

By Melinda Giampietro

Throughout the academic year, Melinda Giampietro, Options Founder/President, will share some of her favourite things in her monthly Founder's Feature. Melinda loves reading, data, research, and following academic…

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SAT/ACT Prep: Steps to Success

Elyse Economides

The decision process in applying to the U.S. for post-secondary education almost always involves taking the SAT or ACT as a standardized test for admissions. At Options Solutions,…

Options Solutions Guest Student Blogger

Elyse Economides

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…

To SAT or ACT?

Elyse Economides

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…

2012 SAT/ACT Prep Program

Elyse Economides

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…

The ACT

Elyse Economides

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…

The SAT and SAT Subject Tests

Elyse Economides

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…

Factors in US Admissions: More than GPAs and SATs

Elyse Economides

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…

PSAT Next Steps: Part 3

Elyse Economides

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…

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

Elyse Economides

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…

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