Everything You Need to Know About the SSAT: What It Covers, How to Prepare, Practice Resources, and More!
If your student is taking the SSAT, you may have some questions. This introduction to the SSAT and to SSAT prep will cover everything you need to know, from the types of questions on the SSAT, how to best prepare for the SSAT, and which SSAT practice materials to use.
Your Exceptional Taste in Music Can Help You Learn How to Identify Author’s Tone. Here’s How.
Are you a master at making playlists or queuing up the perfect song list on Spotify? An expert at finding the exact right song for the exact right vibe? Then you’re already amazing at author’s tone. You just don’t know it yet.
In this post, we’ll cover how to transfer your amazing insights on today’s hits to author’s tone questions on tests like the SSAT. Brace yourself - the breakup songs are coming.
What Marvel's Eternals and Spider-Man Trailers Taught Me about Main Idea
In addition to giving us sneak previews of the multiversal chaos to come, Marvel’s Eternals and Spider-Man trailers can also teach us something surprising about…main idea. Many Marvel movie trailers use our go-to topic + so what formula. See for yourself!
The Magic of Main Idea: How to Find Main Idea and Why It Matters
For every single passage you read on the SSAT, you MUST find the main idea. It’s magic and just might change your life (and raise your score).
Congratulations, Class of 2025!
It’s hard to believe another year has passed — and what a year! Kudos to our students for their acceptances at the following (and many more):
Congrats, Class of 2024!
Hello all! It’s been another exciting and successful college season at Principia. Now that the May 1st deadline is fast-approaching, here’s a quick overview of our results thus far:
Results are in!
The results are in for the class of 2023! This year, Principia’s college essay and comprehensive consulting students were admitted to the following and more: