Many of you are enjoying spring break right about now, taking a well-deserved respite from the daily grind. Since spring has just now sprung, it may be surprising to note that summer break is just around the corner — in fact, in some areas of the country, summer break is just si

The SAT hasn’t been significantly changed since 2005 when the College Board rolled out the writing and essay sections, overhauled the critical reading section (no more analogies!), and changed the maximum score from 1600 to 2400. But when the ACT surpassed the SAT in the number

They say that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. This March certainly seems like it will be particularly lion-like – between the South’s cold rain and the Midwest’s impending snowstorm, it seems difficult to believe that spring is just weeks away. Still more unbeliev

  Although apparently Punxsutawney Phil disagrees, the South’s resident groundhog, General Beauregard Lee, has called for 6 more weeks of winter. For many of us, the thought of six more weeks of cold and wind is a bit depressing, but for college-bound high school students,

The New York Times Magazine recently published an article about the genetic components of stress. The article, titled “Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?”, discusses a series of studies examining how our genes determine the ways in which we react to stressful s