How to Self Prepare for SAT How to self prepare for SAT nowadays is a common question that comes up. When you think about SAT test prep, you go through a list of why you are doing it. It boils down to college application requirements and scholarships. Over the past year, we have seen more…
How to Stop Procrastinating Everyone has at some point of their life asked “how to stop procrastinating?” Sometimes we are on top of it and then out of nowhere we lose motivation. There might even be some signs of avoidance behavior. We will do anything to avoid what we have to get done. Call it…
What Should You Look For in a Tutoring Service Selecting a tutoring service can be a very hard process. It is a balance of finding someone professional, but friendly. This individual will be working with your child on subject tutoring, probably a subject they are not very excited to learn. You want to find that…
How to Stay Motivated to “Blank” How to get motivated to start any project is typically the biggest challenge for a lot of people. We will be talking about staying motivated or increasing motivation in future blogs, but starting is always hard. Why is starting so hard? Do we have an inherent fear when it…
College Counseling Tutorial: How to Write College Essays The age old question of how to write college essays is a tough one. When we think about college essays, we tend to associate it with boring questions like “Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what…
What Makes a Good Tutoring Program? Whether you are a parent preparing a tutoring program for your child, a new tutor learning the trade, or considering one of our programs, we hope this helps. Running a great program doesn’t require a teaching degree or any subject tutoring certifications. Providing a good program especially in this…
Attention Deficit Disorder Hacks: 3 Easy Ways of Making the Act of Prioritization Easier to Start Some of you reading this might be diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, some may not. If you are, feel free to watch the video above. It is shorter 🙂 However, if you are reading this blog, you are probably…
What Should You Look for in a College Counselor? What do you look for in a college counselor? That is a really good question. Even though we offer college counseling services at EFC, the choice of whom to work with is ultimately up to our families. So, here is our honest checklist about selecting a…
Time Management Skill Number 1: Prioritization Time management skills are usually talked about in the context of best business practices. However, they apply to all aspects of life. Almost all aspects of ordinary life will benefit from time management strategies that, when used correctly, can really help prevent a lot of stressful situations. It is…
What the Heck Is My Executive Functions Capacity? If you read our blogs or have worked with us, you might be wondering what the executive functions capacity we are talking about is and why it is so important. Good question. In a not- so-good answer, it is our capacity to perform our executive functioning skills.…