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ACT / SAT / FAFSA Programs

Get ready for college entrance exams & financial aid with:  

 

Test Tips |   Practice ACT   |   Practice SAT   

 

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Leaving Home and Going to College: Are You Ready?

Great program for parents and college bound students. How does a family become ready when a child leaves for college?  Use links below to register (required)...

Independence Branch 

Monday, January 11,   7:00 PM

Middleburg Hts. Branch 

Tuesday, Febrary 23,  7:00 PM

 


Test-Taking Strategies

Great tips to help you get a great score on the SAT and/or ACT exams, some including writing strategies. Use links below to register (required)...

ACT Test Strategies Workshop
Saturday Nov. 21, 2:30-4:00 PM
Parma Hts. Branch

ACT Test Review Session
Monday, December 7,  6:00 PM 
with ACT tips+tools

 

SAT Workshop 
Orange Branch

Saturday mornings, Jan. 23-Feb.13
4 session course, $$ Fee
 

 

 

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ACT Practice Tests

Take a FREE, full-length ACT Practice Test with Princeton Review. Tests will be scored and reviewed. Use links below to register online...

Brecksville Branch
Saturday, November 28
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Grades 9-12

Orange Branch
Saturday, January 9
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Grades 9+up
(follow-up Jan.20@7 PM)

 

Mayfield Branch
Saturday, February 13
9:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Grades 10-12  

Solon Branch
Saturday, February 13
9:30 AM - 1:30 PM
(also follow-up session) 

 

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SAT Practice Tests

Take a full-length practice test, sponsored by either The College Review (view your results immediately), The Huntington Learning Center (test scored and results mailed to you), or The Princeton Review (scores returned by a PR rep at a follow-up workshop)  links below for details & registration (required)...

Brecksville Branch
Saturday, January 9
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Grades 9+up

Mayfield Branch
Saturday, January 16
9:15 AM - 1:00 PM
Grades 10-12  

Bay Village Branch
Saturday, January 30
9:30 AM-1:30 PM
Grades 9-12
follow-up Feb. 16 
Solon Branch
Saturday, February 20
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Grades 10-12 

 

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FAFSA / FINANCIAL AID

 Financing College

FAFSA How-To Workshop
Parma-Ridge Branch
  Sunday, February 14
  2:00 PM
  Also held at Tri-C West & JCU 

FAFSA and Financial Aid
Orange Branch
Tuesday, January 26, 7:00 PM
Grades 9-12, Parents welcome

College Goal Sunday 2010

Fairview Park Branch
  Sunday, February 14
  2:00 PM
  Also held at Tri-C West & JCU 

 
 


 

 

Essay-Writing Strategies

Preparing for the SAT or ACT? Deadlines for college apps looming? Effective techniques on writing an essay that will have you on the path to success. Use links below to register online...

Writing Strategies for SAT, ACT, Essays 
Orange Branch

Saturday, February 27
10:30 AM- noon
Free; parents/friends welcome

 

 

 

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READING

TIME OUT!
When you just can’t solve another problem, work another equation, or tell the letter A from E, take a study break and check out one of these:

Book cover and link to catalogThe Tutor 

by Peter Abrahams

The Gardner’s hire Julian to raise their son’s less-than-stellar SAT scores, but the tutor has a dark side that only young Ruby suspects.

 

 

Book cover and link to catalogCrunch Time 

by Mariah Fredericks

Four teens share the highs and lows of SAT test preparation and college applications.

 

 

Book cover and link to catalogCrunch Time 

by N.B. Grace

The students of East High are preparing for the SATs
(based on the Disney Channel original movie 'High School Musical')

 

 

Book cover and link to catalogGlamorous Disasters 

by Eliot Schrefer

Fresh out of Princeton with an $80,000 bill, Noah tutors the well-to-do, learning that keeping to your morals doesn’t come cheap.

 

 

Book cover and link to catalogThe Taker 

by J. M. Steele

Destined for Princeton, Carly can’t believe she just bombed the SAT. Does she dare consider “The Taker’s” offer?

 

 

 

Or veg out in front of the TV with a bowl of popcorn & snacks and watch

The Perfect Score   (also in VHS format)

 

 

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