Jean Burk is the author of the award-winning College Prep Genius program and has written extensively on the SAT and PSAT, high school preparation, college readiness, and strategies for earning tuition-free college. She is a Fox News contributor and has been featured as an SAT expert on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, TXA21, CW33, WE, Forbes, Smart Woman, Choice Media TV, UShop TV, The Jeff Crilley Show, and The Homeschool Channel.
Jean homeschooled both of her children, who each earned free college—and significant scholarships—based on their PSAT and SAT scores. Benefits included full tuition, room and board, study-abroad stipends, and additional campus privileges. Her son also earned free law school, and her daughter earned free graduate school.
Jean travels nationally and internationally, speaking on the importance of college preparation at conventions, book fairs, schools, and libraries. She has taught her revolutionary, award-winning Master the SAT prep class across the United States, mainland China, India, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, and Thailand. Her program is offered in person, through self-paced e-courses, and via virtual boot camps at collegeprepgenius.com.
Students using the College Prep Genius program have raised their SAT scores by as much as 700 points, ACT scores by 11 points, and CLT scores by 26 points. The program is the official test-prep resource for organizations such as HSLDA Academy, Veritas Press, Classical Conversations, and the CLT.
Jean is also the author of the Vocabcafé book series, which helps teens and younger students build SAT-level vocabulary through engaging, wholesome stories. Her book High School Prep Genius received the Blue Ribbon Award as a top college-prep resource.
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There is only ONE secret ingredient for giving a homeschool transcript credibility. If you don’t know, author Jean Burk will share the answer in this incredible lecture. Discover the insider criteria that Harvard uses to judge applicants, and why summer break needs to be more than just a vacation. Learn the differences between AP, CLEP, and dual-enrollment courses, and the pros and cons of adding them to your schedule. Find out about the 3-tier credit plan, so you can correctly build a portfolio that will impress any admissions counselor. If your kids are college bound, you cannot afford to miss this engagement.
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Test-prep guru Jean Burk will share her 20 years of secrets to test prep success, which have helped tens of thousands of students raise their SAT scores by as much as 700 points, ACT scores by 11 points, and CLT scores by 26 points! Learn how to find shortcuts in test patterns and save time on all types of questions. Math, writing, reading, and science are all covered in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Discover that testing is here to stay. Learn why test scores are tied directly to scholarships. If you have college-bound students, you can’t miss this seminar about preparing them for the SAT, CLT and ACT!
