The Prepped and Polished Podcast is an educational and inspirational show that offers tutoring and test prep tips as well as interviews with celebrities and leaders in education. It is hosted by Alexis Avila, founder of Prepped and Polished LLC, a tutoring and test prep firm for K-college.

On today's show, Alexis is joined by SAT tutor and educator Stacey Howe-Lott, who took the SAT about 45 times. She has answered approximately 10,000 questions, provided 20,000 explanations, and, has helped more than 500 students improve their scores. She talks about her experiences working as an online SAT tutor and gives us a peek into the world of test prep, revealing the good and bad!

Advantages to online tutoring: most kids are comfortable online and you spend less time commuting to appointments

Best way for a student to increase his score? Know yourself and your weaknesses, then work on addressing them.

A good tutor is: empathetic and an expert

How to avoid getting a bad tutor? Ask for references and talk to both parents and students

Take home tip for parents: Breathe, and choose one test to take (ACT or SAT)

Words of wisdom for teens: You can do anything you put your mind to, find your areas of improvement and work on them.

More of Stacey’s work can be found on the web:

Website: www.stellarscores.com or staceyhowe-lott.com

Twitter: @staceyhowelott

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceyhowelott?authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=g_4j&locale=en_US&srchid=13281331455128042439&srchindex=1&srchtotal=3&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A13281331455128042439%2CVSRPtargetId%3A34487303%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary%2CVSRPnm%3Atrue%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH

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