NSGT University Prep

AIFS University Prep @ Amherst College - Courses

The curriculum consists of three intensive preparation courses per day, four days per week. Each course runs for 90 minutes.

The Insider’s Guide to College Admissions

Develop strategies to find the type of college or university that “fits” your goals, personality, and style, and create a plan for successful admission. Identify your ideal school by examining your interests, academic goals, the school’s demographics, credentials, course offerings, sports, and more. Gain a greater understanding of the depth of the admissions process by researching and discovering how to tell your unique story, what the role of an admissions officer is, and the social and financial considerations of the admissions process.

Practice and demonstrate interviewing skills specific to the college/university interview. Create an effective résumé geared toward successful admission that is professional, focused, includes positive accomplishments and PAR (Problem, Action, Result) statements. Finally, help the people who will be writing recommendations for you so that those recommendations will say what they need to say to help get you into the school of your choice.

SAT Verbal Mastery

Your application essay tells a school a lot about who you are and is therefore a very important piece of the application process. This course will help you determine what not to say, what to say, and how to best say it. Practice expressing what you want to say clearly and effectively. Write essays that demonstrate an awareness of unity, content, coherence, and linguistic accuracy.

This course will help you breeze through the verbal portion of the SAT by gearing instruction to where you most need it by using the best SAT prep materials available. Increase your reading comprehension by working on actual College Board passages and build your vocabulary by attacking word lists designed specifically to address words most commonly seen on the SAT. Gain familiarity with the common writing errors that show up on the SAT and employ your new vocabulary as you practice essays for the SAT writing component. Upon completion of this course, you will know exactly what you need to focus on to reach your ideal verbal scores.

SAT Math Advantage

This class is designed to help you improve your math scores on the SAT. Using sample tests, you will practice successful strategies and identify your specific problem areas. You and your instructor will design a program individualized for your needs whether they be related to algebra & functions, data analysis, statistics & probability, geometry & measurement, or numbers & operations. Each day you will be given an opportunity to apply your new skills by working on actual College Board exams. You will receive daily reports that will show you where you need to focus your study time prior to test day.

Elective: English as a Second Language (ESL)

Students have the option of taking this course instead of one of the other three courses. If the need for perfecting your English skills is paramount to your college/university entrance success, you may elect to enroll in this three week intensive course.

The ESL course can help you learn English so that you can better communicate with other English speaking people during the application process as well as in your personal life and future career. Better communication skills will help you gain confidence that is much-needed as you promote yourself to schools and anticipate assimilating into an American college or university. Some of the subjects covered in our ESL course include developing conversation skills, making appointments, writing letters, improving your general and specific reading and writing skills in content and professional areas, and individualizing your instruction to meet your particular language needs.