Beginning 2023, University of California will no longer require the ACT or SAT for admission

That includes campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz.

The competition for admissions is still fierce. Here's what you need to do:

Focus on Grade Point Average (GPA). Your grades in school are even more important — not just what you score but the difficulty of the subjects themselves. Enroll in honors classes and AP courses. Our tutors can help you in a variety of subjects, like English tutoring, math tutoring, and more. Get more AP exam prep, too.

Participate in more extracurricular activities. Start freshman year with more athletics, student government, clubs, performing arts, internships, volunteer work, summer classes, and more. Talk to one of our college admissions counselors about which extracurriculars interest you, what activities your dream school might be looking for, and more.

Write a strong essay for your college application. Use more details and better organization. Sharper writing skills improve essays in high school, too, so start now with one of our tutors in college essay writing.

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Our English tutors, math tutors, essay writing coaches, and more are experienced in the curricula of San Diego area schools, with a focus on building a transcript for college prep:

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Get tutoring for essay writing to be a better candidate for college admissions — and a better student, too

Students write essays for college applications. They write essays in college — in science, history, and other subjects in addition to English. How they write determines their academic career and thus their job prospects, building a business, and just about every aspect of the working world.

We specialize in English and language arts. Essays aren't multiple-choice. We teach rules for writing effective college essays, and we also teach creativity and making quicker connections with essay themes and supporting evidence.

Preparing middle school and high school students for college-level writing is only one of the advantages of our essay writing tutors. The strategies students learn can help them improve performance right now in current classes in different subjects. Essay coaching is one of our most popular services — especially with finals coming up!

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• How to skim read, to comprehend the text and retain the most information in the shortest possible time, for long nights studying as well as tests
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Most colleges require either the ACT test or the SAT test as a prerequisite for admission. Testing may resume as early as August 2020. Let us advise you on whether ACT test prep classes or SAT test prep classes are right for you and your dream schools.

The College Board plans to launch a digital SAT exam in the fall if in-person testing doesn't resume before then. Our ACT and SAT test prep classes review subject area materials as well as test-taking strategies for standardized tests. (The ACT and SAT are designed to trick you.) Learn more about ACT test prep classes and SAT test prep classes below.

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Choosing a school, developing a competitive transcript, writing essays — our college admissions counselors can help you with many different aspects of applications. They can even manage the whole application process for you — paperwork, deadlines, and more.

Our counselors have experience with the selection criteria of major colleges and universities. They can advise you on what you need, specifically, to get into your dream school. Some colleges prefer well-rounded students, for example, while others seek candidates with narrower interests in specialist subjects. (Applying to college is closer to a job interview than a request for academic enrollment.)