Brian McElroy's Tutoring Blog

Fractions and Percentages

Posted 2021-07-11

Brian McElroy explains some quick and dirty tricks for Fractions and Percentages. Keep Reading

What Makes A Great Tutor?

Posted 2021-07-11

Brian R. McElroy discusses what it takes to become a truly great tutor. Keep Reading

SAT Writing Error: "You and I" vs. "You and me"

Posted 2021-07-11

Brian McElroy explains how to correctly use subject and object pronouns on the SAT Writing section. Keep Reading

SAT Writing Error: Comparison Errors

Posted 2021-07-11

Brian McElroy explains how to spot "comparison errors" on the SAT Writing section. Keep Reading

SAT Writing Error: Pronoun Ambiguity

Posted 2021-07-11

Brian McElroy explains how to spot ambiguous pronouns. Keep Reading

SAT Writing Error: Subject-Verb Agreement, Prepositional Phrases and Appositives

Posted 2021-07-11

Brian McElroy Explains how to use Prepositional Phrases and Appositives to help spot errors in subject-verb agreement. Keep Reading

Brian's Original SAT Critical Reading Tips

Posted 2021-07-11

Brian McElroy lays out his 6-step strategy for cracking the Critical Reading Section of the SAT. Keep Reading

Brian's Comma Rule for the SAT Writing Section

Posted 2021-07-11

Hello to those of you preparing for the upcoming March SAT.
I’ve got a particularly powerful SAT Writing technique for you today. I came up with this rule because my students were struggling to understand how to properly use commas, and were getting SAT Writing questions wrong as a result. This type of error occurs frequently in the Sentence Improvement subsection of the Writing section, which is the first of three subsections (the other two are Error IDs and Improving Paragraphs).<... Keep Reading

SAT Score Choice, and SAT vs. ACT: What Do the Recent Policy Changes Mean to You?

Posted 2021-07-11

Brian breaks down the recent SAT policy changes regarding Score Choice, and the implications for this year's high school sophomores and juniors. Keep Reading