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Great advice for parents who want to help their children succeed in life! ACT/SAT Test Prep Tips from a Family With Three Perfect Scores Published on September 20, 2017 I was still half asleep when Stefan raced into my room, "I just checked my ACT scores online and I got a perfect score! But,” he confessed, “I also opened the cereal box from the wrong end this morning. So I'm not really all that." We've had three happy mornings like that over the last five years and FAR more boxes opened incorrectly than I can count. When you have three kids in a row who receive a perfect score on the SAT/ACT test, people clamor for advice. I'm happy to share, but you should know a perfect score doesn't guarantee acceptance into Harvard or even a mention at your school's senior awards night. And it doesn't make you a better, nicer person, but the path to get there might help with that. A perfect score will boost your odds of acceptance to hundreds of ex...

My operation on my right shoulder yesterday went well, but it slows me down to type with my left hand!  Hurrah for modern medicine!  Due to a pain pump I haven't felt any pain yet!   New post on  Brian Mickelson.... An Open Letter to All of My Former High School Students Now Going to College… by  BJM Well, you've had your first day of freshman year. You've already missed multiple hours of needed sleep, thought about your parents more than you thought you would, forgot to charge you iPod, and made eye contact with a pretty attractive person in one of your classes. Now that you've got those moments under your belt, can I just share a couple odd pieces of advice? I've known a lot of young adults and you know me...I've asked a lot of questions. Here are a few things you should know: 1. Take an institute class. Yesterday was my first day teaching institute adjacent to a large university and I asked these upperclassmen why they keep signing...