Summer prep · Exam: mid-January 2027
Plot your course to MAST
A complete, original MCVSD entrance-exam prep program for a rising 8th grader: a diagnostic, ten tutorial-and-drill sessions, one hundred extra drill questions, and a full-length second mock — about 340 questions, every one with an explained answer.
The voyage, in seven legs
- 01Program GuideThe full summer plan & fall roadmap
- 02Diagnostic · Mock 125 math + 25 LA — take this cold, first
- 03Week 1 · Sessions 1–5Numbers, ratios, reading, equations, grammar
- 04Week 1 · Extra DrillsFive 10-question reinforcement sets
- 05Week 2 · Sessions 6–10Linear, paired passages, geometry, data, editing
- 06Week 2 · Extra DrillsFive more reinforcement sets
- 07Mock Test 2All-new 25 + 25 full-length final exam
How to run a study day
- Set the timer in the sidebar — 50 minutes for a full mock section, 30 for a session’s problem set, 20 for a drill.
- Work on paper. The real exam is paper-based; print any page (answer keys open automatically in print, so print those pages separately or fold them back).
- Keep the keys sealed until the timer stops, then open them and review together — the explanation of why a wrong answer was tempting is where the learning happens.
- Log every miss in an error notebook by topic. That list decides which extra drills to run.
The rules of the road
- The exam is two one-hour multiple-choice sections — Math and Language Arts — aligned to NJ Learning Standards, grades 6–8.
- Each section is scored 1–35 (70 points), and grades supply the other 30 — so 8th-grade Q1 marks count. Aim for 85%+ on practice, not just the 75-point qualifying floor.
- Answer everything. There is no guessing penalty.
- Pace: under 2 minutes per question. Skip, mark, return.