August 25, 2025

Balancing SAT Prep with School, Extracurriculars, and Life + Plus, Critical PSAT and Full-Ride National Merit Scholarship Info + 6 Scholarship Opportunities

29 minutes

I recently spoke with Jackie Pollina of J&J Test Prep and No B.S. SAT® Prep.

In our conversation, Jackie and I discussed:

What the PSAT is, when to take it, and its predictive power for SAT scores

The National Merit Scholarship, and how to qualify for it

Balancing test prep with school, extracurriculars, and life

Recent changes to the SAT and how that affects test prep

How reading improves test scores

And much more…

Jackie has kindly offered my listeners $50 off the Digital SAT® Intensive Course. Use code SCHOLARSHIPGPS50 at checkout at this link: https://www.jjtestprep.com/satintensive-scholarshipgps

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August 25, 2025

Balancing SAT Prep with School, Extracurriculars, and Life + Plus, Critical PSAT and Full-Ride National Merit Scholarship Info + 6 Scholarship Opportunities

29 minutes

I recently spoke with Jackie Pollina of J&J Test Prep and No B.S. SAT® Prep.

In our conversation, Jackie and I discussed:

What the PSAT is, when to take it, and its predictive power for SAT scores

The National Merit Scholarship, and how to qualify for it

Balancing test prep with school, extracurriculars, and life

Recent changes to the SAT and how that affects test prep

How reading improves test scores

And much more…

Jackie has kindly offered my listeners $50 off the Digital SAT® Intensive Course. Use code SCHOLARSHIPGPS50 at checkout at this link: https://www.jjtestprep.com/satintensive-scholarshipgps

She is also offer $25 off the PSAT® Intensive Course. Use code PSATSCHOLARSHIPGPS at checkout at this link: https://www.jjtestprep.com/psatintensive-scholarshipgps

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Scholarship GPS is on Facebook! Join the group that matches your student’s year in school:

Class of 2025

Class of 2026

Class of 2027

Class of 2028

Class of 2029

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This Week's Featured Scholarships:

$2500 Beauty & Wellness Professionals Scholarship

$2500 Leaders Save Lives Scholarship

$2500 Bright Futures Scholarship