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SAT POSTPONED- extension classes at Kweller Prep

All NYC Public School SAT testing has been cancelled
Makeup to be administered on 11/17/2012
Sunday Testing Makeup to be administered on 11/18/2012
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Due to the inclement weather, the November 2012 SAT test has been postponed until further notice in most schools (See details below).

The test has been tentatively rescheduled for Saturday November 17, 2012 (Sunday November 18, 2012 for Sunday Testers.)

Kweller Prep will be offering an extension course for the upcoming SAT test. It will include new books and materials and of course, our excellent strategies.

The course will run from Monday November 12, 2012 until Friday November 16

Class meets from 7:00 to 9:00 pm

The course cost is $299 including new books and materials.


register by emailing info@KwellerPrep.com or calling 1 (800) 631-1757

New Students Welcome.

SAT extension Location at Queens Office Only

Kweller Prep Tutoring & Educational Services
Parker Towers Building 104-40 Queens Blvd Suite 1F
Forest Hills, NY 11375

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SAT TEST HAS BEEN POSTPONED !!! EXTENSION CLASSES AT KWELLER PREP

Due to the inclement weather, the November 2012 SAT test has been postponed until further notice in most schools (See details below).

The test has been tentatively rescheduled for Saturday November 17, 2012 (Sunday November 18, 2012 for Sunday Testers.)

Kweller Prep will be offering an extension course for the upcoming SAT test. It will include new books and materials and of course, our excellent strategies.

The course will run from Monday November 12, 2012 until Friday November 16

Class meets from 7:00 to 9:00 pm

The course tuition is $299 including new books and materials.


register by emailing info@KwellerPrep.com or calling 1 (800) 631-1757

New Students Welcome.

Location at Queens Office Only

Kweller Prep Tutoring & Educational Services
Parker Towers Building 104-40 Queens Blvd Suite 1F
Forest Hills, NY 11375

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Taken directly from the college board website:

The College Board is deeply concerned about all those affected by Hurricane Sandy. At this time, our main concern is for the safety of our student test-takers, their families and the educators and staff who help administer the SAT. We are in the process of trying to reach test centers affected by the storms that hit the east coast of the United States. We will be posting information about SAT test center closings for November 2012 as it becomes available.

In the event that we are unable to contact a test center, students and parents should assume that if the school is closed on Friday, November 2, it will not be administering the SAT this weekend. Students can also contact SAT customer service at 866-756-7346 to check on the status of their test center.

Students for whom the SAT is cancelled on this weekend will receive notification of a makeup date via emailas soon as we are able to schedule it. Alternatively, they may choose to transfer their registration to another national administration at no charge.

To the best of their ability in current conditions, SAT Test Center Supervisors are asked to notify local media outlets if their centers are unable to open due to effects of Hurricane Sandy. In addition to the list of closings below, the College Board will distribute a list of test center closings to local media outlets on Friday afternoon.

Students whose test centers are closed should not try to test elsewhere on test day — supervisors cannot admit standbys or walk-ins

HOW TO GET A PERFECT 12 on the SAT ESSAY SAMPLE ESSAY

June 2009 SAT topic:

Assignment: Do we benefit from learning about the flaws of people we admire and respect?

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Answer:

Paragraph 1

            Sometimes, the same people who we admire may have flaws that make them less than admirable. Nonetheless, sometimes we learn more by being conscious of people’s flaws than from what makes them venerable. It has been noted by a prominent writer that, “The discovery that someone we admire has done something wrong is always disappointing and disillusioning… Yet, even when people we consider heroes have been tarnished by their faults, they are no less valuable than people who appear perfect….great ideas and great deeds come from imperfect people like ourselves.” Examples to support this are found throughout famous literary works. One illustration is in the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by protuberant author Mark Twain. In this narrative, the protagonist learned from the flaws of his father, thus leading him to become less like him in the future. Another classic illustration is in the tale, The Scarlett Letter, by legendary author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here again, a child acknowledges the flaws of her mother and is determined to never repeat them herself. Both paradigms elucidate examples where children benefit from learning about the flaws of the same people they were meant to look up to.

           

Paragraph 2

            In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by famous author Mark Twain, the protagonist, Huckleberry Finn is an adolescent boy who is raised in a conservative Southern Society. The town where he was raised was St. Petersburg Missouri, a modest community, filled with G-d fearing church-goers, children with nearly perfect school attendance, and clean tree-lined suburban homes and streets. However, the family of Huckleberry Finn is nothing like the norm in his community.  Huckleberry Finn’s father, “Pap” Finn, was the town drunk, and beat him regularly while his mother was nowhere to be found.  While a child intuitively admires and respects his dad, and a parent is generally a role model, Huckleberry Finn benefitted greatly from observing the flaws of his abusive father. In fact, in one scene, Huck had to fake his own death to escapes from Pap’s incessant physical abuse, killing a pig and spreading its blood all over the cabin. Consequently, Huck learned to be nothing like his father when he grows up, and as such, by observing Pap’s flaws at a young age, he was able to benefit from them.

PARAGRAPH 3

         Another instance in a novel where a character benefits from observing the flaws of someone who she admires and respects is in The Scarlett Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the protagonist, Hester Prynne, decided to pursue a forbidden courtship, committing adultery and ultimately having a child out of wedlock with the once esteemed Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester was to wear the Scarlett Letter “A” to remind her of the sin she had committed. Pearl, Hester Prynne’s daughter, realized the turpitude that her mother committed. Again, while a parent is generally someone who a child admires and respects, Pearl learns immensely her mother’s flaws. In fact, it is Pearl who provides the harshest, and most penetrating, judgment of her mother.

PARAGRAPH 4

              In conclusion, literary works support the notion that sometimes, benefits are derived from learning about the weaknesses of individuals who are praised, commended, and much-admired. As expressed in the first example, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by prominent author Mark Twain, a child can learn greatly from the flaws of his father.  Additionally, in the literary work, The Scarlett Letter, by legendary author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a daughter acknowledges the flaws of her mother. In both instances, the children made the decision not to follow in their parents’ footsteps.  Both children benefited by learning about the flaws of their parents and resorted to not repeat them.

Paragraph 1:

THESIS STATEMENT (Taken from assignment)

QUOTE the BOX (do a “…” to connect the BUT statement

Introduce Example 1

Introduce Example 2

Restate Thesis

Use plenty of transitions, variety in sentence structure, and be CLEAR

Paragraph 2

Restate Thesis

Only focus on Example 1

CONNECT ex 1 CLEARLY to thesis

Restate Thesis

Use plenty of transitions, variety in sentence structure, and be CLEAR

Paragraph 3

Restate Thesis

Only focus on Example 1

CONNECT ex 1 CLEARLY to thesis

Restate Thesis

Use plenty of transitions, variety in sentence structure, and be CLEAR

Paragraph 4

THESIS STATEMENT (Taken from assignment) statement

Re-Introduce Example 1

Re- Introduce Example 2

Restate Thesis

Use plenty of transitions, variety in sentence structure, and be CLEAR

Kweller Prep in the New York Times!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/nyregion/delayed-admissions-test-for-some-means-weeks-more-to-study.html?ref=arielkaminer

Every year, eighth graders hoping for a spot at one of New York City’s top public high schools sit down for two and a half hours of reading comprehension, logical reasoning, algebra, geometry and scrambled paragraphs in what is formally called the Specialized High School Admissions Test but informally known simply as “the test.”

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Daniel Kennedy of Kennedy Test Prep says he expects to be busy.

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The exam this year was, as usual, to be given to most students in a single weekend, with about 19,000 children scheduled to show up to their testing site this past Saturday and 14,000 more on Sunday. But that simple plan fell victim, like so many others, toHurricane Sandy’s approach. The Education Departmentadministered Saturday’s part as planned but rescheduled Sunday’s for Nov. 18, three weeks later.

Three weeks is a long time in the life of an eighth grader — even more so for eighth graders who had been studying hard all summer. It is also a long time for the private tutors and test preparation centers that help these students.

Cory Zacker put it succinctly Monday morning via Twitter: “SHSAT rescheduled to Nov 18th for thousands of students. Hang in there, you have a few more weeks to prepare.”

Ms. Zacker runs Mosaic Tutoring, which operates out of the Upper West Side but sends $100-an-hour tutors to students’ homes across the city. Among its pupils were four who were scheduled to take the exam on Sunday. “They all got in touch with me,” she said, “and said: You know how we thought we were done? We’d like to continue.”

“Most of them were disappointed. They really felt they were ready to go; then the rug gets pulled out from under you,” she said. “They weren’t thrilled about it. But they’re using the time wisely.”

Kennedy Test Prep, in Flushing, Queens, had about 40 children studying for the test, mostly through a $599 course of 10 three-hour classes. “I’m probably going to get e-mails from parents who missed the Sunday S.H.S.A.T. asking me to do a little extra work,” Daniel Kennedy, the owner, said. “If we’re talking about the S.H.S.A.T., I’ve seen students learn a lot in three weeks.”

Another tutoring service, Kweller Prep, blogged that it was offering a $499 course from Nov. 5 to 16 with “new books, materials and test questions.”

For those students who took the test on Saturday and fear that its contents will leak out, giving their cohort a greater advantage, there is no cause for alarm, the Education Department assures.

“The process for administering the S.H.S.A.T. each year always spans multiple weeks,” said Erin Hughes, a spokeswoman for the Education Department, “whether it be for Sabbath observers, those requiring special accommodations during testing, or the makeup testing period. To account for the multiple days of testing, students who test at different times are provided different versions of the exam. The same will occur this year.”

Elisa Schmidt, 13, is hoping her scores will help her make the jump from Holy Child Jesus School in Richmond Hill, Queens, to Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan or the Bronx High School of Science, two of the eight schools that use the test for admission, when she starts ninth grade next year. She took the exam on Saturday and was not pleased to hear that others got a reprieve until mid-November.

“I thought it’s not very fair because they have three more weeks to study, and that can amount to a lot for some of them,” Elisa said. “It makes it a little bit harder for some people because the test is based not really on how good you are but how good everyone else is in comparison. I think it makes a difference in what school some people are going to get into.”

But if she had been offered the chance to postpone her own exam, she is not sure she would have accepted it. “It would have been more time to study,” she said, “but it would have also been more time to worry.”

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