5 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Successful PSAT/NMSQT® Test Scores
If you’re like a lot of parents of high school students, you’re already looking toward the fall testing season and wondering what you can do to make your child’s life easier. You’re also thinking about college, starting to dream and plan, and wondering how this next season is going to affect your family’s decision-making (not
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What Do My Child’s PSAT/NMSQT® Test Scores Mean for His/Her Future?
When you received your child’s PSAT/NMSQT® test scores, you may not have had much of an idea what you were looking at. Beyond knowing what all those numbers indicate, you also want to know how they correspond to your family’s next steps. You may not be sure whether you should be rejoicing or consoling, visiting
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KD College Prep has 4 locations in DFW
A college education can be a springboard for lifelong success. To make the most of the college experience, however, it helps to be properly prepared. College-readiness will put your young scholar in the best position to seize ― and to make the most of — the many opportunities he or she will encounter from the
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College Prep Tips for 10th Graders
10th grade is a great time to explore possibilities for college and for your future. Build a strong foundation this year in high school by following these college prep tips: 1. Take the PSAT/NMSQT ® test in October if it is offered at your high school The primary PSAT/NMSQT ® test date this year is
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Student Highlight: Jared
“I will prepare, and someday my chance will come,” is a quote often attributed to the great Abraham Lincoln. For Jared, it is a way of life. A Class of 2017 graduate of Birdville High School, Jared is a diligent and serious young man whose well-spoken manner belies his age. Always a firm believer in
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Excitement, Tears, and the Daunting Task of Choosing Your CollegePart 2: The Facts
If you have not read the last blog, Excitement, Tears, and the Daunting Task of Choosing your College, Part 1: Your Mindset, do not read any further until you do. If you approach this decision in the wrong order, you are more likely to make a mistake. Did you read it? Ok then, now it
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Excitement, Tears, and the Daunting Task of Choosing Your CollegePart 1: Your Mindset
Your acceptance letters have arrived, you have celebrated your successes, cried over the disappointments, and now the time has come to make your choice. Where will you go to college? It is easy to get nervous about making the wrong choice and ending up at a college that is not quite right for you. Before
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Student Highlight: Alex
Most people look at an iceberg and just notice the peak, not the massive foundation underneath the surface. And so it goes with successful students: people see the success story and don’t realize all of the hard work and diligence underneath that success. Alex is an example of such a story. A student at Westlake
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We Are Thankful
As we reflect during this holiday season on the many blessings in our lives, we wanted to share some of ours with our KD family. As Directors, we have the good fortune to work with amazing families, talented teachers and staff, and a vibrant group of coworkers. Our days are never boring, to say the
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Are you panicking about college applications?
You are not alone. I see it in my office each and every year as deadlines approach like roaring freight trains. The stress is palpable and seems to emanate from every pore of your high-school being. The faces may be different but the stories are always the same. You are terrified of failing and afraid
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