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College Students: How to Score a Perfect Recommendation
As you consider the next stage in your career, you may find yourself applying to a program that requires recommendations from a professor at your college. Whether for grad school or a prestigious fellowship, recommendations can make the difference between a thick envelope and a night of tears. But how do you get a great [...]
Confronting the SAT Cheating Scandal
Don’t miss today’s Huffington Post, where Newcastle founder Matthew Kandel gives his take on the recent SAT cheating scandal in Long Island. Like us on Facebook to receive the latest news and updates on Newcastle in the news.
Tips for College Applicants with Disabilities
See what Newcastle founder Matthew Kandel had to say on the topic in a U.S. News and World Report article from today. If you’re a student or a parent of a student with disabilities and want to learn more about how Newcastle Tutors can help you, contact us today!
When applying to college, debt free is the way to be
Kiplinger has put together a list of the ten private colleges from which students graduate with the least debt. While finances should certainly not be your only consideration when choosing a college or graduate school, they are a factor that you cannot ignore. Our coaches are concerned by reports that many students graduate burdened by [...]
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College Essay Tips
Here are some key ingredients to any college or grad school application essay: No matter what the subject, the essay must reveal your characteristics and qualities. Write about what makes you specifically stand out. For example, describe an event that happened at your school or in your life during which many other people were [...]
Prepare to Be Tutored
Be sure not to go into a tutoring session clueless as to what the subject material is about. If the tutor has to spend the entire session helping you with your homework, there will be no time to review and make sure that you understand all the concepts presented in the course. There are a [...]
College Tutors on the Rise
Even as families cut costs to save money, parents are refusing to skimp on professional tutors, especially college tutors. Parents’ investment in tutoring for their children actually grew five percent last year. In fact, most of these students are above average, but not yet reaching their full potential. Of course, parents want to see those [...]
P vs. NP and the Power of College Online Tutoring
Last week a new proof was posted on one of the world’s grandest mathematical problems. Vinay Deolalikar proposed a solution to the “P vs. NP” situation – where P represents a set of problems that can be easily solved, and Not P is a set of problems that are hard to solve, but easy to [...]
A College Math Tutor Can Help With Diff E.Q.
Differential equations, often termed Diff E.Q., is one of the more difficult upper level math classes. A differential equation is expressed in the sciences when varying quantities and their rates of change in space or time are modeled. A college math tutor can tell you all about this. Using derivates, beginning differential equations are modeled [...]
