Monday, April 28, 2008

Entrance Exam Cram: Basic English

Even if you feel comfortable enough about basic English (you've been studying it since elementary school, how hard can it be right?), you'll need to brush up on it again for entrance exam season.

My instinct for studying for exams was to tackle the subjects I have the most trouble with -- science and math, for example. That's a good plan, but don't forget to refresh yourself on the basics. It's your chance now to find out if you need to be corrected, and that's better than finding out on exam day.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Entrance Exam Cram: Basic Algebra

Comprehensive exams, in my humble opinion, are the worst. There's nothing like having to remember stuff you studied (and already passed) years ago to make you worry and generally feel miserable. What I should have done, looking back, was take better notes and study to understand rather than just pass. Then maybe I wouldn't have tanked my math tests in college entrance exam season so badly.

I got into a good university eventually, but had to take remedial math. That meant I wasted a perfectly good summer going to school for just one math class. Ah, but I learned my lesson.

If any of you fear going through the same thing, check out these links:

Sending you positive thoughts for your entrance exam season... you can do it!

Thursday, April 3, 2008

College entrance exam review

By now, most Philippine high school students would be on summer vacation. Some of them are coming back in a few weeks for summer school, incoming seniors probably for college entrance exam review in their own schools or tutorial centers.

Even before they start cramming stuff in your brains, you can prepare at your own pace by checking out online reviewers. You can test yourself through the ACT Test Practice Questions page (scroll to the bottom of the page for the links to test questions) -- at least in math, English, and some reading comprehension. These were developed for US students, but at least you can figure out from here what topics give you trouble, and attack them once you start your review.