Mathchops’s Substack

The SAT Is Not Dumb (or dumber)

If you're not convinced, try these questions...

Dec 11 • Mike McGibbon

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The Art Of Quitting Is Hard To Master

To students, it feels like disaster

Dec 3 • Mike McGibbon

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November 2025

The Limits of Mathchops

What can an adaptive tool like Mathchops do, and what can’t it do?

Nov 25 • Mike McGibbon

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Tutor Traps

Decision Hygiene isn't just for students...

Nov 18 • Mike McGibbon

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Plan Or React?

Staying in the zone of student interest

Nov 8 • Mike McGibbon

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October 2025

The Original Idea Behind Mathchops

Questions are king

Oct 31 • Mike McGibbon

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Find Great Questions (And Fewer Of Them)

Sometimes, after months of sessions and mock tests and drills and parent chats, you realize a student may be doomed.

Oct 22 • Mike McGibbon

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Two Long Term Learning Strategies

How can you help someone if you don’t know exactly where he is or where he’s going?

Oct 15 • Mike McGibbon

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The Top 50 SAT Grammar Skills

Based on Bluebook tests 4 - 10

Oct 8 • Mike McGibbon

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Know Your Opponent

What is the test trying to do?

Oct 1 • Mike McGibbon

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September 2025

Difficulty vs Category

Which is more important for question selection?

Sep 25 • Mike McGibbon

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Students Learn More When They Choose

Another learning theory I like

Sep 17 • Mike McGibbon

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