Are you ready to be a digital reader?
In school, you may have noticed the increasing popularity of tablets among your classmates. As these gadgets become more affordable and as schools and universities recognize their benefits, it may only be a matter of time until everybody in your class becomes a...
No classes? It’s the best time to review!
Not to rain on your parade, but suspension of classes – whether by force of nature or by virtue of a national holiday – should not stop you from doing schoolwork. In fact, you must take advantage of it by reviewing your lessons from the past week at the very least,...
UPCAT Practice Test
AHEAD would like to share some exercises for you to work on before taking the most important test of your life. Below are sample tests for the subjects Language Proficiency, Science and Math. Language Proficiency Tips: 1. Use your knowledge of suffixes, prefixes, and...
More Essay Tips
As a refresher, here are the other tips that we gave you during your review sessions. These are helpful for writing any type of essay, be it for your college application or current and future class requirements. Be aware of current issues and other significant events...
Heads Up for UPCAT Test Takers! The UPCAT on Aug. 4 and 5, 2012 includes essay writing.
Prepare for an essay writing section this weekend! For the first time ever, the University of the Philippines College Admission Test scheduled on August 4 and 5, 2012 will have an essay writing section. This is certainly a big surprise to many students, some of whom...
Stuck on a Math Problem? Just Get Going!
For the past 10 minutes, you’ve been reading and re-reading the Math problem assigned by your teacher. As you stare at the blank piece of paper, you get a sense of overwhelming dread. If you’re experiencing some kind of Math block, then we’ve got the solution for you:...
Active Reading Strategies
Faced with a formidable reading list, it’s all too tempting to just skim through passages or worse, Google summaries of a specific work of literature or particular topic. While shortcut techniques such as these may save you on studying time, it may not help you...
Practice Makes Excellent!
If you want to get better in math, then you’ve got to keep one thing in mind: practice makes excellent. Aside from absorbing information, one of the best characteristics of the human mind is that it can be trained to retain information. Sometimes, it’s not...
Ready for UPCAT! AHEAD Tutorial & Review Center Conducts Refresher Course at the MOA
AHEAD Tutorial & Review Center recently conducted an UPCAT Refresher Course aimed at refreshing the minds of students who took the UPCAT review last summer. Held last July 15, 2012 at 1 Esplanade, SM Mall of Asia Complex, it was attended by almost a thousand...
Help Your Child Create an SAT Study Plan
If you’re thinking of sending your child to college abroad, then it’s time to help him get started on his SAT review. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a standardized test taken by students who want to be admitted to colleges and universities in the United...