Passing the AFQT is essential for enlisting in the armed forces. However, perhaps you don’t just want to enlist—you may want to enlist and to qualify for a specific job. There are many varieties of specialized job opportunities in the armed forces, which could form the foundation for a lifelong military career or could prepare […]
The week before the SHSAT, focus your time and energy on the following: Focus on strategy and backup plans. Practice the strategies you had the best success rate with. Decide and know exactly how you are going to approach each section and question type. Sit down and do practice problems in the Practice Sets, or […]
There’s a lot of math out there. Someday you may need or may choose to immerse yourself in the intricacies of number theory or multivariable calculus. However, for the purposes of the SHSAT Math section, you need to know a relatively small subset of all of the math out there. You are not permitted to use […]
Reading points on the SHSAT Reading section come from answering the questions, not simply reading the passages. This doesn’t mean that it is not important to approach the passage strategically—it is. However, if you do not answer the questions correctly, the passage hasn’t done you much good. There are four basic question types in the SHSAT […]
The SHSAT English Language Arts section is the first section on the test. It contains 57 questions and accounts for one-half of your total points on the SHSAT. The suggested time for the section is 90 minutes, or 1 hour and 30 minutes. The breakdown of the SHSAT English Language Arts section is as follows: […]
The SHSAT is a standardized test administered by the New York City Department of Education that is required for admission into Brooklyn Latin, Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech, City College, Lehman College, Staten Island Tech, or York College. It is, in fact, the only sole criterion for admission. Having one test be the only factor that […]
Failure is the number one fear among medical students…especially since it can literally be a matter of life and death. This fear really starts to set in when it comes time to taking the USMLE. While it’s true we are no strangers to test-taking and medical assessments, the USMLE is not a commonplace exam and should […]
Universal suffrage: The extension of the right to vote to all adult citizens, with no qualifications based on race, sex, or property ownership. Thirteenth Amendment: An amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery; ratified in 1865. Fourteenth Amendment: An amendment to the U.S. Constitution defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic […]
Political attitudes: The opinions people hold about the role of government and the specific programs and policies that their government should implement. Political culture: The combined set of political attitudes held by individuals within the same culture. Individualism: A social and political philosophy that promotes individual well-being over the well-being of society as a whole. […]
Bill of Rights: The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.Civil liberty: Freedom to do something, usually to exercise a right. Civil right: Freedom from something, such as discrimination. Civil Rights Act of 1964: Law signed by President Johnson that prohibited discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of race or sex. Voting Rights Act […]