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Whether or not you’ve ever discussed ‘Why is math important, anyway?’ at the dinner table, here are some facts to consider.  Let’s look at algebra!

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Buncombe County Commissioners voted Wednesday, August 18, during a special-called meeting to reinstate a mask mandate in the county. Masks will be required indoors at all publicly accessible facilities, including businesses and restaurants, effective immediately.

At Biltmore Tutoring, all of our tutors and staff have been vaccinated, and we will be following the county’s guidelines during this surge in coronavirus cases. To that end, all of our tutors will be wearing masks and we ask that our students do the same when they meet with their tutors. Face coverings will be provided for students who forget theirs. Wearing a face covering is a very simple step that we can take to protect one another during this public health crisis, and at Biltmore Tutoring we are more than happy to do our part.

Seemingly each day, we read about another college going temporarily test-optional or an article about the “over 1200 schools that have gone test-optional.” Invariably, the article will then list the University of Chicago, Wake Forest, Bowdoin, Middlebury, and some other well-known colleges to bolster its point. But have you ever thought about those other 1196 colleges and universities on the list?

Many test-preparation professionals would agree that certain test-optional policies are immensely beneficial and are needed. However, when talking with many parents and students, there is a lot of confusion about what “test-optional” actually means. Sadly, I think that, in the current pandemic landscape, it is causing students and parents to make questionable decisions about test preparation.

First off, though, to explain why test-optional is not a silver bullet, we need to get some basic facts out of the way.

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As students prepare for their summer SAT, ACT, and end-of-year AP exams – as well as work through online classwork – we are finding that they need more support and not less. So how does a student get the help they need in the time of coronavirus and social distancing?

What we’ve been doing at Biltmore Tutoring is something that we’ve done with students all over the US and in fact, the world, for many years. Tutoring online, face to face with your own private tutor, is incredibly effective.

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