I developed a Critical Reading Intensive for students who need help with the reading section. Students who have taken the intensive have seen dramatic increases in their reading scores. See below for some of the feedback.

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Thank you for your support! Through your Critical Reading Intensive, I earned an 800 on Critical Reading (770 on Math and 770 on Writing). The Intensive gave me valuable practice material to practice analyzing the article the right way. It also gave me confidence when solving the real test.

Also, I was accepted to Harvard. The 800 CR you helped me earn was a major factor in my acceptance. Thank you for your help.

–K.L., High School Senior

“Just got my December scores back: CR 700 and Writing 800!!! That gives me a 700-800-800 superstore of 2300! Thank you so much for all of your help. I really don’t think I could have gotten my score up 130 points on my own.” 

— Gary R., High School Junior

“740 CR !!!! My score would not have been remotely possible without all of your time and effort. Thank you so so so much.”

— Ness F., High School Senior

“You are a miracle worker! I don’t know how it’s possible to raise somebody’s score by 160 points in less than three months. Don’t they say the typical increase is 20 points? We are so grateful to you.”

— Olga, Mother of a High School Junior

I am sending you a screenshot of J’s old and new SAT scores so you can see the improvement in his final SAT, thanks to you! This is a 220-point improvement over his single best SAT score of 2030 (on June 6th)!

— J.R., Father of High School Senior

I am writing to you to advise of the positive impact the course made on her ACT. On her first ACT, her reading score was 26 and her composite score was 28.

On her most recent ACT, after completing your course, her reading score was 33 and her composite score was 29. Due to the significant increase in her reading score, she is able to “superscore” her score for two of the universities she is interested in, giving her a composite score of 30.

— Jayme Harrington

“Just want to say thanks for your amazing course. My CR score increased 90 points from 530 to 620 and my writing went up from 650 to 690 . . . your course really does work.”

— W.M.,  Rising High School Senior

“One big thing about the Critical Reading Intensive is the CONDITIONING. Reading an article each consecutive day helped me on its own by familiarizing myself with the syntax and diction of SAT-like authors, but adding that spice of questions and content perusing guidelines made the reading more engaging and kept me focused on the passage at hand- a skill that is extremely helpful on the SAT. The act of practicing everyday develops a sense of consistency that soon turns a studying task into an activity that I would look forward to!”

“I want to say thank you for everything. You really helped me grasp the nature of the test. Thanks to you, now, even at school I’m able to understand articles a lot better and faster than before. So, even if my score doesn’t rise that much, I still have a lot that I’ve learned and to be thankful for.”

— Karin S.

“My son’s reading score increased by 120 points. I am a bit surprised that one month of New York Times reading has made so much of a difference. He can pick out topic sentences and main idea. Wow!!  I think folks should do the intensive early — as early as a 9th grade — to get into the groove of reading critically.”

— Valsa M., Mother of High School Sophomore & College Freshman

“The content of this course and New York Times articles are outstanding.”

— LaBaron Washington, Father of three (12, 15 and 18-years-old)

“We enjoy the lessons. Your recommendations are phenomenal. Thanks for a unique method of learning vocab & improving comprehension!”

— Marcy Clark, Mother of High School Junior

“I became much more comfortable with the SAT passages once I started reading the New York Times, but reading the articles wasn’t enough.Practicing looking for the main idea instead of at the details is really what helped me because I realized I could automatically eliminate a few answer choices on the SAT just because they don’t follow the main idea.”

— Remi L., High School Sophomore

10th-grade PSAT (Fall 2014): 193

Math: 73 Writing: 63

Critical Reading: 57

Practice SAT (Feb 2015): 2130

Math: 750 Writing: 710 (10 essay)

Critical Reading: 690

“Ever since my summer at Morningside Academy, I’ve suspected that, where reading comprehension is concerned, we’ve been on the wrong track . . . I don’t really buy the argument that good reading comprehension, or good scores on reading comprehension tests, always take years to develop because good reading scores are a matter of background knowledge that takes years to develop. . . Having now taught freshman composition for a few years . . . my sense is that struggling readers can improve pretty quickly. . .So guess what? A month ago Debbie finally took the plunge and created a 28-day “intensive” course in SAT-type reading — and it works! . . . If I had a teenager at home, I would definitely sign him up.“– Catherine Johnson, Kitchen Table Math

“I got a LOT more out of that lesson than I ever would have on my own!! Your lessons have been very helpful and the tips and strategies I learned for them will help me not just for the SAT but beyond in terms of any reading comprehension or reading material. It’s easier for me to understand the passages and to point out the author’s main argument.”

    — A.M. High School Junior, California

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