We receive a lot of questions about whether students should take the Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus AB exam, or the AP Calculus BC exam. Wayne Man, Math & Social Science Teacher, breaks down the differences in both tests in his "AP Calculus AB vs. AP Calculus BC" article...
Read MoreAdvanced Placement (AP) Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC are introductory, yet separate, college-level math courses that introduce the fundamentals of differential and integral calculus. There are three (3) conceptual ideas that form the foundation of the AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC...
Read MoreCollege Board recently announced that the entire SAT exam will be overhauled starting in Spring 2023. The traditional paper exam will be discontinued for a new digital exam. The new SAT digital exam will also be reduced from a 3-hour exam to a 2-hour exam...
Read MoreOn Tuesday, January 25, 2022, College Board announced that the SAT exam will transition to a new digital format starting in early 2023. While international students will be administered the new SAT digital exam in spring 2023, students in the United States will...
Read MoreHappy New Year! All of us at Presidio Education® would like to wish our students the very best for 2022! We hope everyone continues to work hard on school classes, Advanced Placement (AP) exams and college admissions exams, whether they be the ACT or SAT. Best of luck students!
Read MoreThe SAT Writing and Language Test is quite easy. Questions are relatively simple. With only 44 multiple-choice questions (MCQs), this test runs by quickly. We train our students with a variety of grammar exercises and reading passages. Then, we solidify muscle memory...
Read MoreWayne Man, Math & Social Science Teacher, trained Lawrence Kan on AP Macroeconomics. Lawrence ended up earning both an A grade in his high school class, as well as a perfect AP 5 score on the May 2021 AP Macroeconomics exam. Check out Lawrence's advice...
Read MoreThe most interesting aspect of AP Macroeconomics is really applying the concepts to the real world. One concept that intrigues me the most is how governments use economic policies to influence the economy. For example, students will learn how the combination of monetary policy...
Read MoreWayne Man, Math & Social Science Teacher, trained Daniel Shi for AP Statistics. High schools offer this AP course to 11th and 12th graders, but our faculty trained Daniel as a 10th grader. Daniel earned a perfect AP 5 on the May 2021 AP Statistics exam. Please read Daniel's AP advice...
Read MoreAs a 10th grader, I started training for Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics as a self-study student in the beginning of September 2020. I was doing well in all my classes and wanted a bonus subject to help me stand out. Both Wayne Man, Math & Social Science Teacher, and Ryan Young, English Teacher...
Read MoreRyan Young, Founder & CEO (English Teacher), trained Katherine Wang for AP Environmental Science. High schools offer this AP course to 11th and 12th graders, but our faculty trained Katherine as a 10th grader. Katherine earned a perfect AP 5 on the June 2021 AP Environmental Science exam...
Read MoreOut of the many units in Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science (commonly referred to as “APES”), I enjoyed most of them. That said, my favorite units were atmospheric pollution, and aquatic and terrestrial pollution. These two units came easily to me because...
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