As promised, this week Kyle T. presents the first of several foundational mathematical tests, used in statistics to compare populations and samples. This week’s test is the z-test and is the most basic analysis conductible in descriptive statistics. For those standardized-test takers of you out there, this test parallels the analyses that the testing companies [...]
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The Timbre of College Visits
For those of you in high school, the next phase of your life likely means more than just a little concern; imminent major life-change – going to college – causes stress in even the best of students. For your parents, helping you confront this stress – this transition from high-school student into a college freshman [...]
Admissions: In Summary
Wrapping up the Veritas College-Admissions series, co-founders Andrew M. and Jay B. underscore the key take-aways from their presentation, “How to Get into (Your) Harvard.” Relating the story of a past applicant, they remind us how getting into (your) Harvard is not about being involved in a million activities in high school, but rather finding [...]
Admissions: 12th Grade
High-school Seniors, the road to college-admissions is now much shorter than it used to be when you were in 9th, 10th, and 11th grades; having already accomplished yourselves verily through academics, extracurriculars, and other narrative-building experiences, it’s time now for you to put everything together, down on paper, and then send it off to all [...]
Admissions: 11th Grade
In our fifth installment into our College-Admissions series, Veritas co-founders Andrew M.and Jay B. discuss the important Junior Year, when most high-school students take their SATs, prepare for their college-applications, and make their college-visits. For these students, it’s the “make or break” year, as Andrew says; and together with Jay, he explains how students can make the opportunity [...]
On Asking the Students
A recent article by The New York Times calls into consideration the insights of public-schoolchildren into the effectiveness of their teachers. Citing an initiative sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the article discusses the recent practice of surveying these schoolchildren on matters like teacher productivity, attention to mistake-correction, and focus on student-preparation for [...]
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