VCU news

By Brian McNeill

The Virginia Commonwealth University Office of Continuing and Professional Education has launched a program to provide area high school students, regardless of where they plan to attend college, with an opportunity to strengthen their test-taking skills.   

SAT® Summer Institutes are offered both on and off campus, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., with sessions taking place on July 13 in the VCU Professional Learning Classroom at the Career and Technical Center at Hull Street, 13900 Hull Street, Midlothian; and on July 27 on the VCU Monroe Park Campus in Richmond. The cost for the week-long course is $449.00. An incremental payment plan is available. 

“The condensed, one-week SAT® Summer Institutes are a convenient way for students to develop essential test-taking tools during the summer when they have more time to practice,” said Michael Huffman, director of the Office of Continuing and Professional Education. “Many students are fearful of the exam because they don’t understand its unique structure. The SAT® Summer Institute takes the mystery out of the exam and provides the students with an in-depth review of the exam content, strategies for improving their scores, and a comprehensive study plan.” 

For more information, contact Liz Fillman at ewfillman@vcu.edu or 804-827-9341 or visit ocpe.vcu.edu/vcutestprep/ to register. VCU Test Prep also offers preparation courses for the GRE®, GMAT®, and LSAT®, with live-online options and free strategy workshops and information sessions for the graduate school admissions test prep courses.  

About VCU and the VCU Medical Center 

Virginia Commonwealth University is a major, urban public research university with national and international rankings in sponsored research. Located in downtown Richmond, VCU enrolls more than 31,000 students in 222 degree and certificate programs in the arts, sciences and humanities. Sixty-seven of the programs are unique in Virginia, many of them crossing the disciplines of VCU’s 13 schools and one college. MCV Hospitals and the health sciences schools of Virginia Commonwealth University comprise the VCU Medical Center, one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. For more, see www.vcu.edu.