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My sister, who works in GIS for the Kansas government, recently posted the following on Facebook: Time to draw the line in the sand. If the State of Kansas decides to adopt “innovation” and no longer requires Professional Engineers and Architects to be licensed, I’m moving somewhere with guaranteed structural integrity regardless of “oppressive rules […]

Congratulations to ACT student Taylor T. from Frisco, Texas – she increased her ACT composite score by 5 points from her September ACT and a full 6 points from her diagnostic test! All of her section scores went up – 4 points in English, 3 points in Math, 5 points in Reading, and 6 points in […]

Which test do colleges prefer – SAT or ACT? There used to be an idea that some colleges preferred the SAT and that some preferred the ACT. Although a handful of colleges are moving away from college admissions tests entirely, at this point in time every accredited 4-year US college and university accepts both the […]

No matter what stage of life you’re in, time management is hard. We’re all experts at adding things to our lives but not as aware when it comes to subtracting things. To illustrate, let’s look at a sample math problem: In the equation X+Y+Z=168, if X is increased by 4 and Y remains unchanged, what must […]