Elizabeth Blogging at Stay Out Of School.com

May 13, 2010

Elizabeth has launched a blog devoted to creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, and intelligence over at Stay Out of School. Provocative title, no? Please drop by and check it out. It may not be what you think.

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The First Monthly Newsletter is Here!

March 4, 2010

We’ve been waiting a long time for this and we’re thrilled that moment has finally come: SMART, the monthly newsletter from Elizabeth King Coaching, exists! The first edition is out and available here; however, for simplicity’s sake, please use the subscription button to the right to have it delivered straight to your inbox. This month [...]

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Educated Guessing, Statistics, and Strategy for the SAT

January 9, 2010

Let’s start at the beginning. One of the things you need to know about probability is that it is calculated as independent event. For example, I’m about to flip a coin and I’d like to know the odds of it landing on heads because I’ll win a prize if it does so. Given the absence [...]

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Either Start Reading or Expect a Struggle on the SAT

December 28, 2009

I’m warning you now: this is going to be a rant.
I’ve been in the test prep field for long enough now to be able to have seen about two complete high school student body turnovers. Amusingly enough, when I started prepping students for the SAT I was only a year or two out of college [...]

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Vampire Vocab

October 12, 2009

The advent of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series has resulted in a borderline cult-like following. Kudos to Ms. Meyers, truly.
Funnily, in the midst of the Twilight hysteria that began what now seems like eons ago, I started hearing about a specific aspect of it from all my students. Incredibly, while all my adult girlfriends were thoroughly [...]

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The Duke Talent Identification Program

September 25, 2009

If your student has been invited to participate in the Duke Talent Identification Program  (TIP) and you’d like her to prepare for the SAT or ACT, here are a few things you might like to know:

–Duke doesn’t actually suggest preparation for either test, so don’t feel enormously pressured to prepare. In fact, Duke TIP clearly states on the program’s [...]

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The Life Skill of Drudge Work

August 3, 2009

Ok kids, these are the facts:
Fact #1 In life you will find that there will be a number of things you don’t want to do. While you will be an adult and will have the freedom to make your own decisions, you’re still going to need to get a job, pay bills, mow the lawn, [...]

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Operation Put Down Your Calculator

August 1, 2009

I’ve been staging a war lately with my students during SAT prep. We’re on opposing sides and we’re fighting over controversial territory: their use of calculators during the SAT.
This is my problem: since you all have been using your calculators since the 8th grade—and sometimes even earlier, you’ve started thinking of your calculators as your [...]

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Studying for the ACT, SAT, PSAT, or Any Standardized Test

July 5, 2009

I recently realized that, whether you’re an accomplished student or not, that you may not really have a handle on the best way to prep for a standardized test. People argue back and forth about how “coachable” these tests may be, but there are two fundamental things you need to keep an eye out for [...]

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On Negativity and Dealing with Struggles on the SAT and ACT

July 3, 2009

Barbara Ann and I are back again with this permanent page about coping with and overcoming negativity in competitive arenas. Please check out part three of my interview with this Gold Medalist Olympian here. 

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