Current Students

MAJOR REMINDERS

Test Review Sessions
As of January 1st, 2008, there are five sessions, or ten hours, of Test Review each week during the school year and seven sessions, or fourteen hours, of Test Review each week during MAC's seven-week summer session.
These sessions are for NEWCOMERS and VETS. We will go over all your tests/practive tests with you and make an ongoing Personal Plan of Action for you so that you can achieve your goal on the P/SAT, as well as do better in school.

RE: Verbal P/SAT Prep
All P/SAT verbal classes designated LEVEL I - Newcomers are strictly for new students. If you choose to attend a Newcomers class, and you are a Vet, this session will be a review for you. Therefore, you will have to accommodate the activities of the given class--not vice versa.

Regular attendance, active participation and proper materials, e.g., your own markers, index cards, verbal packet, and so forth, are requisites for success. You must provide these yourself and have them on hand for every verbal class.

Vets
You have approximately 12 different verbal classes to choose from at your level, viz., LEVEL 2. You are exhorted to attend as many of these as possible during the week.

Newcomers - Freshman through Seniors
You should attend one or more Vets' classes during any given week. These will help to bring you up to speed as quickly as possible.

Vocab-U-Lab
Attend as many MAC Vocab-U-Lab sessions as you can in addition to building your vocabulary in the numerous verbal classes, as well as on your own. (A poor vocabulary is a great predictor of a poor verbal score on the P/SAT.) You are sure to enjoy the ever-colorful Word of the Day entries that are posted in the Student Lounge.

Specialty Nights
In addition to MAC's extensive verbal schedule of classes, Verbal Specialty Nights are also available for Sentence Completion, Critical Reading, Grammar Games, and Essay Prep. However, during the school year, these sessions are only available to those who already are very familiar with the MAC Method of answering these specific types of verbal questions. During the summer, Specialty Nights for Newcomers are also available.

Math Specialty Nights feature Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Word Problems, and Fast Math.

Throughout the year even if you are on holiday--remember to continue working on your academic skills, especially vocabulary building. You can never make too many brain cards. A reasonable goal would be to master at least 50 new words a week. Ten words a day--any five days a week is an easy and doable plan. Get out of your own way and get going! You can do it!