Ms. Linda Scura on Achievement and Individuality
By Moustafa Barakat
Linda Ann Scura was invited on February 27th to prep students from grade ten to grade twelve for the SAT. Her course is tough and intense, but the results are rather impressive. Ms. Scura has gone to countries all over the world; she has even been to the Cairo American College. She has also been to China, Malaysia, Morocco, and even Mexico.
With a perfect score in all the SAT tests, she clearly has seen a light. Ms. Scura says that the SAT is not a test about intelligence; it is just a number ranging form 200 to 800. But since there is nothing else other than the SAT that measures a person’s aptitude, it is important to value the test as it is the only way to have equal chance of evaluation upon applying to college.
Ms. Scura has two sons who got accepted to their dream college, but they did not quite achieve their potential on the SAT. Linda has improved many schools’ SAT average; for example she raised a score for a student from 1390 to a perfect score of 2400. This is the first year for Schutz to implement such a course, and hopefully it will continue for the next years.
Ms. Scura has examined the SAT thoroughly, and she might have a different perspective than you or your teachers. She sees patterns in the SAT. The SAT consists of three sections: Critical Reading, Math, and Writing, and she saw that in every one of these sections the same kind of questions come on each test.
By Moustafa Barakat
Linda Ann Scura was invited on February 27th to prep students from grade ten to grade twelve for the SAT. Her course is tough and intense, but the results are rather impressive. Ms. Scura has gone to countries all over the world; she has even been to the Cairo American College. She has also been to China, Malaysia, Morocco, and even Mexico.
With a perfect score in all the SAT tests, she clearly has seen a light. Ms. Scura says that the SAT is not a test about intelligence; it is just a number ranging form 200 to 800. But since there is nothing else other than the SAT that measures a person’s aptitude, it is important to value the test as it is the only way to have equal chance of evaluation upon applying to college.
Ms. Scura has two sons who got accepted to their dream college, but they did not quite achieve their potential on the SAT. Linda has improved many schools’ SAT average; for example she raised a score for a student from 1390 to a perfect score of 2400. This is the first year for Schutz to implement such a course, and hopefully it will continue for the next years.
Ms. Scura has examined the SAT thoroughly, and she might have a different perspective than you or your teachers. She sees patterns in the SAT. The SAT consists of three sections: Critical Reading, Math, and Writing, and she saw that in every one of these sections the same kind of questions come on each test.
In the writing section, she explained that the Dirty Dozen rule regarding grammar usage is everything you need to know to get a good score in the writing section. In the Math section, she says that the entire Math that comes on the SAT is basically grade nine Math, but the wording of the question is the difficult part. For international students, Ms. Scura said, “the Reading section of the SAT is the most challenging section for all international students.” The Critical Reading section of the SAT consists of long intensive passages with complex words and questions regarding sentence completion.
You might be surprised to hear this, but Linda did not take any SAT courses or even majored in Math or English. She simply recognized the patterns. Linda Scura has some advice that she would like to give to all students all over the world. First of all, she says, “You have to read to succeed,” and she would like to encourage parents to develop a reading style for their kids. Secondly, Linda wants everyone to know that the SAT is a sum of numbers whereas individuality and motivation are truly the important ways to judge students.
You might be surprised to hear this, but Linda did not take any SAT courses or even majored in Math or English. She simply recognized the patterns. Linda Scura has some advice that she would like to give to all students all over the world. First of all, she says, “You have to read to succeed,” and she would like to encourage parents to develop a reading style for their kids. Secondly, Linda wants everyone to know that the SAT is a sum of numbers whereas individuality and motivation are truly the important ways to judge students.
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