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5 Fun Summer Reads Recommended For AP Test Prep

Fun Summer Reading

Sigh. We know that summer reading lists are not really a favorite subjects for students trying to enjoy their summer break. However, if you are trying to prepare for the AP English Literature Exam, the summer is a perfect opportunity to “know a few works well” which is what the AP English Literature exam advises.

Here are 5 great summer reads that are enjoyable, in addition to helping you prepare for the AP Exam.  Rather than having to read amidst 4-6 other classes’ worth of homework, you can take your time and make yourself an expert on these novels. Then, you can save the more, shall we say “challenging” (meaning often dry and difficult to figure out without the help of a teacher) texts for when you’re back in school.

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3 Ideas For Summer Math Review by the Pool



Summertime, and the livin’s easy, right?  But as long as you’re lying around by the pool with all your friends, you can use some of that time to for summer math review.

What?!?  Summer math practice by the pool?!?  Who ever heard of such a thing?  Well, math is like a language of sorts, and if you don’t use it, you lose it.  We aren’t suggesting you bring the math book you forgot to turn back in, and practice math equations in between back flips.  But we are saying that you should do a few things to keep the brain nimble (especially that left brain hemisphere where a good deal of your math knowledge is stored).

So here are just a few light suggestions for ways to keep your math brain in gear, so next year’s math classes will start out easy-breezy.

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4 Ways to Keep Your Brain In Shape This Summer



Summertime is here! Isn’t that the best feeling EVER?  The feeling of the last finals being over, the last papers turned in, and the glorious sound of the last bell ringing. It’s time to for beaches, fun family vacations (is that an oxymoron?), swimming pools, later curfews and a ton of lying around and sleeping in.

Studying in the summertime is no fun at all, at least not for most of us. But you can spend some time this summer doing things that are enjoyable and help to keep your brain functioning.  As we’ve mentioned before, the brain is like a muscle; the more you use it, the stronger it gets, so don’t leave it in storage.

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Study Hard Or Study Smart?

study hard or study smart?

Academically speaking, life in college is much more demanding than in high school and many students are scared of the idea that it requires a huge amount of studying. College definitely demands more effort, but, it does mainly depend on how you tend to study.

One of the most common perceptions of college students is that the amount of course work is so massive, they have to lock themselves up in their rooms and cram all night before the exams. This kind of studying is by no means the ideal method. Continue reading →

Tips -> Math -> Trigonometry

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You might remember SOHCAHTOA from your early trig days at school. SOHCAHTOA is a mnemonic device for remembering the definitions of the basic trig functions in terms of the sides of a right triangle.

We found it was really confusing for a lot of our students to remember the opposite and adjacent, and more often than not, it would just lead to more confusion.

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