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Monday, December 31, 2018
Great program, great price!
Happy New Year! Find Britt's course on Udemy at a special price right now...great if you need a completely on-demand, virtual course.
Monday, September 17, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
Wow! 100,000 visits...
We just passed 100,000 visits to our web site!
www.dfbritt.com
(& soon we'll celebrate our 25th Anniversary, too!)
Friday, November 10, 2017
Follow us on FB...
We don't post to this blog quite as often as we used to because it's easier to update info. on our FB page...so please follow us there too!
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Monday, June 8, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
New TOEIC course starts this Saturday...
New TOEIC / ITP program starts this Saturday, Jam 24th!
This is the first time we've added a TOEIC component to our basic ITP (Institutional) TOEFL program. The tests are very similar, but we will look at some of the parts that are different on the TOEIC test.
We only have a few more places (like 3), so contact us quickly if you want a place!
Send us an email: britt.mx@gmail.com
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Education fairs in several cities coming up soon...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Summer iBT TOEFL prep start July 24th...
New! Summer iBT TOEFL prep programStarts July 24th, Limited to 6 students, 8-week course, taught by Greg Britt, author of "TOEFL Prep for Spanish Speakers". Thursday nights, 6:30-9:30.If you take this course and our basic, grammar-based ITP program (recommended for most), take a special 50% discount on the basic course. Not sure? Contact us please.Click to TOEFL Prep Options at www.dfbritt.com for complete details.Kindly forward this message to your friends who might be interested.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
The world's top universities in 2013...
Happy New Year! We thought we'd kick off 2014 with one of those "best of the year" lists...the best universities in the world in 2013. And of course, you'll need to take the TOEFL iBT (which Britt can help you prepare for) to acquire admission into these great schools.
The California Institute of Technology, a private institution with just 2,200 students, takes the No. 1 slot again this year in the 10th annual World University Rankings, put out by Times Higher Education, a London magazine that tracks the higher ed market. Two years ago Cal Tech bumped Harvard out of first place. Last year Harvard slipped down three slots, to No. 4, behind the University of Oxford in the U.K. and Stanford, which tied for second place. But this year Harvard is back in the No. 2 slot, tied with Oxford. Stanford slipped to fourth place in the magazine's list of 400 schools.
Unlike Forbes' ranking, which measures only U.S. schools, or the much-read U.S. News & World Report lists of U.S. and international institutions, the magazine does not consider measures like entry requirements, graduation rates, professor ratings by students or alumni salaries post-graduation. Instead its methodology emphasizes global scholarship and reputation.
"We put the heaviest weight on research and innovation, research productivity and research excellence," explains Times Higher Education rankings editor Phil Baty. "Our list is really about producing new ideas, about innovating, about attracting skills and talented people into a country. It's also about bringing business money into the higher education center."
To compile its ranking, the magazine looked at 13 "performance indicators" to evaluate whether schools are achieving their core missions of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and "international outlook."
See the complete explanation and list: here
Monday, December 2, 2013
Happy Holidays from Britt (with a special promotion)...
Britt wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
To celebrate, we're offering a 20% discount on all TOEFL prep programs
(group or private, ITP or iBT), or
15% discount on a month of Spanish classes (12 hrs. min.)
Just mention this discount and make your registration before Dec. 20 for classes that will start in Jan., '14.
Registration must be made before December 20, 2013.
Discount may be applied to any TOEFL prep class--not to test application.
No other discounts or promotions apply.
Applicable to a full month of Spanish classes.
Complete advance payment must be made for discount to apply.
Credit cards not accepted.
Registrations are accepted only for classes starting in January, 2014. Subject to availability.
Discount may be applied to any TOEFL prep class--not to test application.
No other discounts or promotions apply.
Applicable to a full month of Spanish classes.
Complete advance payment must be made for discount to apply.
Credit cards not accepted.
Registrations are accepted only for classes starting in January, 2014. Subject to availability.
Friday, October 12, 2012
College admissions essays: advice, tips, tricks...
Applying to college involves more than filling out some paperwork and submitting your high school transcripts with a list of your achievements. You will also have to write an essay. Even if you’re a straight-A student who also happens to be a published author, writing your college application essay can be incredibly nerve-wracking.
Writing a good college application essay is important. After all, it could technically make or break your chances of getting into your dream school. How? If two students applying to the same college have similar grades, test scores, and extracurricular activities yet one wrote a fantastic essay while the other’s was mediocre … well, you get the drift.
College Application Essay Prompts and Questions
Nearly 500 colleges and universities now accept the Common Application, which requires students to answer one of the required essay prompts in 250 to 500 words. If you’re applying to more than one college—which is “common” when filling out the Common App—you will still submit the same admission essay to all of the schools. (Some colleges do request a customized essay, but they request it on a supplement form.)
You’ll quickly realize that even the maximum 500 word requirement isn’t very long. If you keep your sentences short and sweet, it’s possible to get your message across and hopefully knock the socks off of the admissions officers who read your essay. Here are 10 other college application essay tips and tricks to consider:
1. Write about the given topic. College applications—including the Common App—often present students with multiple essay prompts. It’s up to the student to decide which prompt to choose. These prompts can be questions to answer, fill-in-the-blanks, or something else entirely. Read them carefully and make sure you understand what you are supposed to write about.
2. Don’t just re-word your application. Your college application itself is already highlighting your academic achievements and extracurricular activities. If you volunteer at a pet shelter on the weekends, take music lessons, or have a part-time job—and you’ve mentioned these things on your application—try to cover another aspect of your life in your essay.
3. Tell your story—not someone else’s. If you write about a relationship, an experience that you had with someone, or a person who made a big influence on your life, tell your side of the story and how the experience affected you. Admissions counselors want to know why you would be a good fit at their college or university.
4. Use your own voice. Don't try to be impressive or overly wordy, and don’t rely on a thesaurus! You don’t need to pretend you’re filling a page in your daily diary, but write in your own voice as if you’re speaking to the person reading your essay. Avoid the use of clichés like “chip off the old block” or “busy as a bee.”
5. Don’t cheat. Speaking of using your own voice, write your own essay. Don’t let your mom or dad write it for you. Don’t buy an essay online. College admissions counselors read hundreds if not thousands of essays each year. Even if you are the best writer in your entire school, they can tell the difference between an essay written by a high school student and an essay written by an adult.
6. Don’t wait until the night before the application is due. When you procrastinate, or put something off as long as humanly possible, you can cause yourself a lot of unnecessary stress. You might even make yourself feel guilty. If you wait until the last minute to write your college application essay, you will rush and possibly make mistakes that could have been avoided. You won’t have time to share your essay with a teacher for proofreading, either.
7. Proofread and revise. You’ll feel a sense of accomplishment when you finish writing your essay, but resist the urge to click “submit” as soon as you’re done. You will want to proofread for spelling and grammatical errors and possibly even revise your essay.
8. Read it out loud. When you think you’re finished, read your essay out loud. If it sounds a little bit “off,” then chances are something isn’t written the way you intended for it to be.
9. Seek feedback, but don’t go overboard. It’s a good idea to share your essay with your English teacher or guidance counselor, but you don’t have to seek feedback from every adult you know. Getting opinion after opinion on your work might drive you crazy or cause you to trash your essay and start from scratch—which is probably unnecessary.
10. Try not to stress out. Even though applying to college stresses out a lot of people, try your best to stay grounded. You shouldn’t take your application essay lightly, but you should also remind yourself that it’s an essay. It’s not the end of the world! You’ll have to write plenty of other essays in your lifetime.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
CONACYT-FUNED 2012 scholarship program announced...
Programa Conjunto CONACYT – FUNED 2012
CONACYT and FUNED have just launched their application for joint funding for 2012! Successful applicants will receive a scholarship of $20,000 for their M.A. program in the social sciences, business, and science fields that FUNED finances. In addition, students would receive a loan from FUNED to complement the scholarship. This scholarship/loan is available for students who have already applied and been accepted to the university program. Please click here for more information.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Visit 130 colleges without leaving home!
Virtual College Fair
Join EducationUSA’s Inaugural Virtual College Fair this November!
The inaugural EducationUSA Virtual College Fair will take place during International Education Week this November, featuring over 130 U.S. colleges & universities from more than 11 states across the U.S.! Each institution will be presenting for approximately 30 minutes during the event in virtual meeting rooms. So, during this 5-hour event there will be 13 different institutions presenting every half hour. If you cannot make it to see all your favorite colleges live, don’t worry. We will be recording each presentation and making these sessions available on our website by early 2012, as well as podcasting each session on iTunes!
Join us live on Tuesday, November 15, from 9am-2pm (EST) and Thursday, November 17, from 9pm-2am (EST) (click on either link to see when these events will take place in your time zone)
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