Now that school is in full swing, I hope you’ve settled into a routine that’s working for you.  Are you getting the study time you need? Enough sleep? Time for fun? If not, spend some mental energy thinking about how to improve on it, or check out this online class on October 16 to learn how to get Better Grades in Less Time.

Many 10th graders will be taking the PSAT this week. There’s no reason to be nervous about this; it’s literally a practice test for a practice test. Even the PSAT in 11th grade never gets sent to colleges, and is mainly used to give students an idea of how they might do on the SAT. For 10th graders, it’s just a head start.