For Houston students applying to highly competitive private schools—such as Awty, Kinkaid, and St. John's—the ISEE admissions test is a high-stakes gatekeeper. We surveyed 134 rising 5th and 8th graders before and after they completed General Academic’s ISEE prep courses in summer of 2026. Approximately 81% of students understood the [...]
The Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) is the most popular standardized test required for admission to most Houston-area private schools. This page details test dates and locations for the 2026-2027 application season. Parents must register directly with the test administrator at ERBLearn.org. General Academic is Houston’s leading ISEE tutor; [...]
Houston families are starting ISEE prep earlier than ever. For most of the past five years, students typically began tutoring in August of the year they applied to private school, with applications due in December and January. That standard has shifted. By May 1 of this year, more than 50 [...]
For more than 23 years, General Academic has guided tens of thousands of Houston families through high-stakes exams like the ISEE, SAT, and ACT. We have consistently observed that test anxiety is rarely a permanent personality trait. More often, it is a temporary, physiological response triggered by highly specific, yet [...]
During the 2025-2026 fall testing cycle, around 400 Houston-area students prepared for their ISEE and SSAT private school admissions tests with General Academic. On average, our students improved ISEE scores by 2.11 stanines or 31.5 percentile rankings. While every child’s situation is unique and results cannot be guaranteed, we are delighted [...]
General Academic has partnered with Piqosity.com to offer digital flash cards for 1200 vocabulary words. We've spent more than a decade curating this list to help students prepare for the ISEE Upper, Middle, and Lower Levels: For the ISEE Upper Level, the 1200 ISEE vocabulary words are divided into [...]
The Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) is the most popular standardized test required for admission to most Houston-area private schools. This page details test dates and locations for the 2025-2026 application season. Parents must register directly with the test administrator at ERBLearn.org. General Academic is Houston’s leading ISEE tutor; [...]
The Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) is the most popular standardized test required for admission to most Houston-area private schools. This page details test dates and locations for the 2024-2025 application season. Parents must register directly with the test administrator at ERBLearn.org. General Academic is Houston’s leading ISEE tutor; [...]
The Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) is the most popular standardized test required for admission to most Houston-area private schools. This page details test dates and locations for the 2023-2024 application season. Parents must register directly with the test administrator at ERBLearn.org. General Academic is Houston’s leading ISEE tutor; click [...]
Students may take the ISEE up to three times (once in each defined period) in order to secure their best possible score (scroll down for dates): August - November December - March April - July (usually for transfers only) We recommend registering for both a November and January test [...]