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The Future of Online Learning
Written By: Cathy Huang Online learning came to us during “unprecedented times.” Two years later,...
MIT Makes Groundbreaking Announcement Regarding the SAT/ACT
Written by: Christopher Hamilton In a recent announcement, MIT shared with the world its decision...
10 Helpful Habits for Effective Online Learning
Written by: Tony Choi 1. Get dressed and ready as if you are attending an in-person class Even...
Finding the Fun in Reading
Written by: Cathy Huang “Curling up with a good book” is a lot like its siblings, “taking long...
Making College More Than Just School
Written by: April Griffith “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that...
Expanding the Literary Canon: Books for Changing Times
Written by: Marisa Vito In high school, I read the following books: To Kill a Mockingbird by...
Gaining Empathy Through Narrative
Written by: Mary Broding How far did you travel during the pandemic? Me, I travelled to Irvine...
How to Prepare for College Interviews
Written By: Tony Choi The college application process is undoubtedly an extremely strenuous...
“I have to start prepping for the SAT/ACT…oh wait…my test got canceled.” How to Stay on Course and not Deviate when the Test Prep Road Ahead Seems Bleak…
Written by: Anitika Beesla As I opened my email the last week of September, I saw an email from my...
What an Impressive Essay Actually Sounds like
Written by: Juliette Holder In my years of coaching students through essay writing, I’ve noticed...
What does “test-optional” really mean?
Written By: Christopher Hamilton Although college admissions tend to get tougher every...
Major Problems.
Written By: Ryan Zroka It used to be that you could postpone that uncomfortable question until the...
Books to Beat the Heat – Fun summer reads that technically count as preparing you for the school year
Written By: Sam Gross This summer is shaping up to be a hot one, but the good news is that we...
How to Actually Read Like a Writer
Written By: Juliette Holder In my years of both seeking out and handing out advice on how to be a...
The Dreaded Word Problem and How to Milk it for the Correct Solution
Written By: Brian Devine If no cuts on a pizza yields one slice, and one cut on a pizza yields two...
Colleges See Surge In Early Apps
Written By: Jon Piliser As the dust settles on early admissions, one trend is becoming clear: top...
Goodbye 2020. Welcome 2021.
Written By: Dr. Rosemary Staley The new year is here (finally) waiting for its story to be written...
The Lasting Benefits of Skills-Based Prep
Written By: Amir Rezvani When I walked into the first day of my SAT prep class the summer before...
Good News During Covid-19
Written By: Anitika Beesla, Math Instructor To our Dear Hamilton Families, We know you’ve been...
Why Reading Fiction Makes You a Better Essay Writer
Written By: Sam Gross, Programs Coordinator Writing is one of my favorite things to do, but I know...
Parents’ Corner: Adjusting to my Kids Learning from Home
Written By: Mary Broding As much as I would like to feel that I have a decent handle on pandemic...
STEM in the Kitchen and Garden
STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) is everywhere, not only in the sense of...
The SAT May Be Gone Soon: And That Might Not Be A Good Thing
How about a thought experiment? Let’s imagine you are a college admissions officer at UCLA. You...
College Admissions and Covid-19
No one has a crystal ball, and economists and epidemiologists are offering wildly different...
Staying Motivated During Quarantine
With “shelter in place” orders, school closures, and mass event cancelations, everything looks a...
Tips to Continue Strengthening Your College Apps While at Home
College admissions can be a stressful process even in the best of times. So how might admissions...
The UC’s New SAT/ACT Requirement
COVID-19 has touched every part of our world – including education and college admissions. We...
The New AP Exams and College Admissions
With the modified and shortened format of the AP exams this year (45 minutes versus 90 or 180...
Major Changes to the 2020 AP Exams
Important Changes to the 2020 AP Exams Since many students are home for the foreseeable future or...
The Books on My Desk: Why Data is Better than Intuition, and Why Hamilton Education Has So Many Perfect Scores
A friend of mine in the Bay Area is a partner in a competing test prep company. He’s a...
Justin DeBlois
Justin is the Curriculum Designer at Hamilton Education. He is from Newport, Oregon and is a...
The Experimental Section on the SAT and ACT
If you took the August SAT or September ACT, you might have noticed that the test did not look...
Joseph Villa
Out of high school I joined the US Navy where I was stationed as an Aviation Electronics...
Roger Hsu
Roger is a STEM tutor focusing on Biology and Chemistry. Raised in Los Angeles, Roger moved to San...
David Ryan
David Ryan is a math and physics tutor at Hamilton Education. Having graduated with his Masters in...
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Raj’s Back To School Study Tips
As summer is quickly coming to a close and the school year just around the corner, it’s time to...
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah is an Iowa native who has an MEd in Math Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia...
Jack Sanchez
Jack received his BA in philosophy at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State...
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Samuel Pak
Currently a 3rd-year math major, Sam is working towards obtaining his bachelor's degree at Cal...
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College Visits: Three Mistakes to Avoid and One Insider’s (Counter Intuitive) Tip to Make the Most of Campus Visits
Three Common Campus-Visit Mistakes “We’re not visiting any colleges until after he or she has been...
Pablo Garcia
I am Pablo Garcia. My journey in life has been very diverse and unique. A little bit about my...
Alyssa Cesca
Alyssa graduated from SDSU as a Mathematics major with a Single Subject Teaching emphasis. In high...
Mary Broding
Mary has been teaching Art History, English, Humanities, and Creative/Professional/Tech Writing in...
Katie Turner
Dr. Katie Turner is an artist-scholar who specializes in theatre. This year marks her 20th...
Clinton Barnes
Clinton is a Critical Reading and Writing tutor. After growing up in Chula Vista (go Olympian...
Kevin Regardie
Kevin Regardie earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University...
Michael Needle
Michael hails from Western Massachusetts and received his B.A. in Political Science and...
Delanie Harrington
Originally from San Diego, I love working with students––the process of working through concepts,...
KUSI News Feature – Strategies for College Admission
Mr. Hamilton, CEO & Founder of Hamilton Education, recently gave an interview on KUSI News....
Hamilton’s Results & Success
Hamilton Education's College Applications Class of 2018-2019 Early Acceptances! Class of 2018-2019...
A Message from Mr. Hamilton on the Recent College Admissions Scandal
In the past month the nation has been angered and horrified to learn that dozens—perhaps...
Yuriko Lord
Yuriko has a BS in Biological Sciences from UC Irvine and over 10 years of experience in the...
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Jennie Nguyen
Jennie is currently a fourth year pursuing a degree in Environmental Engineering at UC San Diego....
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Ryan Fishel
Ryan Fishel is a California native with a love of baseball, music, and Cajun food. He has a...
Sybil Martin
Sybil Martin has been teaching English language and literature at the university level for the...
What You Need To Know: AP Exams and SAT Subject Tests
Are you currently taking AP courses? If you’re reading this, it’s very likely you are! In addition...
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Why the Most Important Step in the Writing Process May Also Be the Most Overlooked
People, especially students, are consistently writing more today than ever before. However, this...
Being Quirky can be just as Important as Acing Calc…
Applying to a Tech? Why being quirky can be just as important as acing AP Calc. Many students are...
ACT Science – Not Really Science!
One of the main ways the ACT differs from the SAT is the inclusion of ‘Science’ section. Many...
MASSive News – The Kilogram has been Redefined!
Have you heard the MASSive news out of France? The kilogram was just redefined. (If you got that...
What Happened on the October SAT?
Third times the charm? Students report issues with SAT for the third time in a row. As scores from...
ACT Perfect Scores Rising Dramatically
This year, the number of students taking the ACT has continued to decline. After reaching a high...
David Lord
David is a UCI graduate with a B.S. in Biology. His passion for teaching started in high school...
Sumana Mahata
Born and raised in San Diego, Sumana graduated from Torrey Pines High School and subsequently...
Ryan Johnson
Ryan has recently moved to San Diego from his hometown, Santa Rosa, in Sonoma County. He obtained...
Samantha Gross
Sam is a San Diego native who adores sunshine. A writer at heart, she recently graduated from...
Eden Romm
Eden is a San Diego native whose parents immigrated to the United States from Moscow, Russia...
Amanda Schumaker
Amanda is a reading, writing, and history tutor and editing partner at Hamilton College...
Britney Hernandez
Britney grew up in Sonoma County. She is very family oriented and calls her mother every day. She...
Nick Wu
Nick grew up in San Diego and is a rising fourth year at Santa Clara University. Majoring in...
How to Plan for Your Junior Year
Each year in high school, colleges increase their standards for students. While freshman and...
Spencer Willett
Spencer graduated from BYU with a B.S. in Physics and a minor in chemistry. He tutored college...
Eunji Yoon
Eunji Yoon is a long time resident in San Diego and is a graduate from UC Irvine. In her...
Austin Blakely
Austin is a graduate of the University of California - Santa Cruz. He has a B.S. in Applied...
Anne Chen
Quick Tips to Get a Head Start On Your College Applications
As college application season quickly approaches, here is some advice that will help you or your...
Summer Prep Classes Are Well Underway!
Take a look at US News' supplemental tips on how to spend your summer wisely, maximizing SAT prep....
Skills Based Approach To Test Prep and College Applications
Student Spotlight: Leily Rezvani, Stanford class of 2022. The first time I took the ACT at HCC, I...
Rithvik Rao
Janessa Lin
Nate Goodman
Melissa Rabaya
My name is Melissa Rabaya, and I am so excited to be teaching at Hamilton College Consulting this...
Kedar Sudhalkar
My name is Kedar Sudhalkar, and I am a senior at SDSU studying Mechanical Engineering. I graduated...
Roman Savedra
Roman Savedra, Physics Tutor I am excited to tutor physics and mathematics here at Hamilton! I’ve...
Lauren Hammond
Lauren Hammond, Humanities Tutor Lauren received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and...
William Lin, Canyon Crest Academy
Vansh Vermani, UC Irvine
Trevor Peterson, University of Colorado, Boulder
Sonia Gu, Princeton University
Shayna Weinstein, UC Berkeley
Samantha Skinner, University of Southern California
Ray He, UC Berkeley
Niko De Boucaud, University of Colorado, Boulder
Leily Rezvani, Stanford University
Karis Cho, Westmont College
Jessica Xiang, Canyon Crest Academy
Eric Zhang, Yale University
Emma Kim, Del Norte High School
Brian Wang, Johns Hopkins University
Avi Gupta, UC San Diego
Andrew Li, George Washington University
Stephanie Colin
Stephanie is native of Lafayette, Louisiana. She has devoted most of her adult life to working...
Chris Su
Christopher Su grew up in San Diego, graduating from Westview High School in 2014 and from the...
Rodrigo Pacheco-McEvoy
Rodrigo received his Bachelor's degree in sociology from Whittier College and his Master's degree,...
2018 Summer Classes at HCC
We'd like to share a few pieces of news regarding 2018 summer classes and 2018 college...
Adam Knowles
Adam is deeply invested in teaching and learning and has spent almost all his adult life in higher...
Marie-Reine Pugh
Marie-Reine Pugh has a BA and an MA in English, and she is currently a PhD student in Literature...
Bill Howe
Bill earned degrees in English at Northwestern University (B.A.) and the University of...
Ian Jones
Originally from the Los Angeles suburbs, Ian received BAs in Anthropology and English from the...
Jonathan Veal
Jonathan Veal, Critical Reading Instructor Jacob is a graduate from San Diego State...
Anitika Beesla
Anitika comes to us with more than 10 years of experience tutoring a variety of subjects....
Arnav Choudhury
Arnav has been trained as a Biomedical Engineer from UC San Diego. During his time at UCSD, Arnav...
Chandra Beal
Chandra received her Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from Concordia University in Austin, Texas...
Lexi Edge
Lexi Edge, Tutoring Coordinator Lexi Edge is an administrative coordinator at Hamilton College...
How to Use Commas on the SAT and ACT
How to Use Commas on the SAT and ACT Ask two different English teachers how to use commas, and...
Student Spotlight: Rithvik Rao and Early Admission into Harvard!
Over the past 10 years, Mr. Hamilton and our team have helped more than 100 students gain...
PDF Fusion 2018
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Successful Students Celebrating Graduation Degree
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PDF H3 Summer 2018
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Why take the ACT, anyway? All About America’s Most Popular Test
For many prospective college students, the vast list of application requirements and...
PDF January Brainiacs
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Leon Quach
Leon is a native of the San Diego area. He recently graduated from the University of California,...
3 Strategies for Writing Effective ACT and SAT Essays: Advice from an H3 Writing Teacher
For many, perhaps the most stressful part of the ACT or SAT is the dreaded essay...