Cambridge SAT Colloquium: Overview

Purpose:
The general purpose of the Cambridge SAT Colloquium is to prepare academically promising 7th through 11th grade students to:
   

1. Achieve the best possible performance on the PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test), which is officially administered for National Merit Scholar results during the fall of a student's junior year. (Students are granted this prestigious scholarship regardless of a family's income).
2. Receive high-range SAT I scores. Combined with a high grade point and desirable extra-curricular activities, competitive SAT I scores are necessary to qualify a student for admission to the nation's top-ranked universities.

Objectives:
The specific objectives of the Cambridge SAT Colloquium are as follows:
   

1. Mathematics enrichment (arithmetic, algebra, geometry, quantitative comparison strategies and other mathematical skills and concepts).
2. Verbal skills enrichment (critical thinking, reading comprehension, analogies skills, sentence completion tactics and vocabulary development).
3. Application of the above-developed skills to the PSAT & SAT I, which these students will be taking officially as high school juniors and seniors.
4. Encouragement of teamwork, cooperation, friendship and social maturation within an intellectually stimulating climate and close-knit peer group.

Instructors:
Colloquium instruction is supervised by Cambridge Directors Lisa Muehle and/or Lauren Meggison, Ph.D. The Directors and Cambridge Staff Test Preparation Specialists provide actual course instruction.

Students:
Cambridge SAT Colloquium students are enrolled at public and private schools throughout the area.

Group Size:
Maximum enrollment will be twelve students per session.

When:
Colloquium Year I (7th grade students) is attended once-a-week during the academic year (September-June). Colloquium Years II, III, IV & V (8th-11th grade students) are attended biweekly during the academic year. A calendar of actual meeting dates is forthcoming.

Where:
Cambridge Tutoring & Test Prep's classroom in Laguna Beach (see side menu bar for address).

Saturday Make-Up Session:
For students who miss their regularly scheduled sessions, make-up sessions will be available on specified Saturdays throughout the academic year. (Schedule is forthcoming).

Fee Schedule:
Tuition for all Colloquium sessions is $25-$30 per student per session plus educational supplies. Tuition is billed in August, payable in one reduced sum or in four monthly payments.