A Passion for Education

Catherine Hebert is a special education teacher with TWO graduate degrees who shares her journey to finding work she is passionate about.

How to Chart Your Own Course

1. What is one sentence you would use to describe who you are and what you do? Professionally, I am an educator and an artist. 2. Did you take the GRE? If so, what was your experience studying for the GRE like? I actually did not take the GRE because I was part of an …

Going Back to School After a Long Break

Rho Muller, a teacher, talks about the transition back to school life after working in her field for over four years.

What are Quantitative Comparison GRE Questions?

Unlike traditional multiple choice problems, these questions are not asking you to "solve" for an answer. Instead, you are given two quantities and tasked with determining how these two quantities relate to one another. The fours answer choices will always look the same:                  A. Quantity A is greater.             B. Quantity B is greater.             C. The …

How to Fund Your Non-Profit

Estee Katcoff gives us insight into how her MBA allowed her to start a non-profit organization in Paraguay and a tutoring company in the US simultaneously. 1. What is one sentence you would use to describe who you are and what you do? I am a problem-solver talented in building cross-sectoral relationships; I combined my …

What to Expect on GRE Quantitative Reasoning

The GRE General Test is made up of Writing test, a Verbal Reasoning measure, and a Quantitative Reasoning measure. The test will begin with one hour for Writing and then will alternate between Verbal and Quantitative sections. Two sections each of Verbal and Quant will count towards your score, but you should expect to see …

4 Tips for Test Prep During These Uncertain Times

There are currently so many delays and canceled tests and a ton of uncertainty over when students will actually be able to sit in a room and take the test. This makes it so easy to stop studying and to focus, instead, on other things. Don’t let yourself fall behind! Follow these simple tips to …

Tutoring is Cool

There’s no shame in needing a tutor. Period. And when it comes to standardized tests, this is especially true. Is the ACT/SAT/GRE (etc) testing how “smart” you are? No way! They’re testing how well you can learn the tricks of that particular test. So do everything you can to uncover the tricks, whether it’s doing …