MONDAY MATH MADNESS; 3/18/19
Practice a variety of math problems to keep your math skills at their best. This week, fine-tune your geometry skills by working on the problems below! Points A and C lie on a circle with center R. The circle has a radius of 18 centimeters. The measure of ∠ARC is 90°. What is the length, in centimeters, of minor arc AC? A) 36π B) 26π C) 14π D) 9π E) Cannot be determined Can you find the total circumference of the circle based on the information given? A) 36π B) 104π C)… Continue Reading
EXCEL AT A GLANCE; 3/15/19 – 3/21/19
See what’s happening this week at Excel! Our courses are guaranteed to increase your scores or help you pass, click here for more details. High school students: Sign up for our upcoming SAT and ACT courses. We are offering a variety of courses this spring and summer that are sure to fit your schedule. Now is the perfect time to start preparing for next fall’s exams! Our SAT and ACT classroom courses are generally 4 weeks long and come with 6 months of access to our Exam Club practice tests for free as well as 6… Continue Reading
LIVE-ONLINE FE COURSE STARTING MARCH 29, 2019
ATTENTION ENGINEERS Beginning on March 29, 2019, Excel is offering a prep course for the FE exam available to anyone with a computer and internet. For those of you interested in an FE prep course, don’t miss this opportunity! This course is offered online to reach engineers across the country with a live, interactive, online course. As much as we would love to give all of our students the opportunity to join in a classroom course, not all of our students are able to attend classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. The next best… Continue Reading
BREAKING DOWN THE SAT
The SAT The SAT is an exam administered by the College Board that evaluates students’ levels of knowledge of material covered in High School that they are expected to know before entering college. Most colleges and universities in the United States use the SAT exam scores as references during the college admissions process. Some universities and colleges outside of the United States also use SAT scores to evaluate a student’s eligibility to their schools. This exam is generally taken by students in high school between their 10th and 12th grade years. Seniors should have… Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY WISDOM; 3/13/19
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” -Dalai Lama Many of us have been in this situation. Laying in bed on a warm summer night trying to drift off to sleep, or maybe on a camping trip in a tent with the sleeping bag zipped all the way up to your nose trying to relax, but you can’t because you are not alone – a predator is lurking in the room with you and if you fall asleep it might get you! Well, maybe… Continue Reading