About Shelby Joe

Shelby Joe 周 is the Founder of Piqosity. He has more than 20 years of experience in education as an entrepreneur, professor, and tutor. Shelby earned his BA in Political Science from Rice University. Born and raised in Mississippi, he now resides in Houston but has also lived in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hamburg.

Free ISEE Practice Tests, Full-Length

Piqosity now offers two, absolutely free ISEE practice tests. These tests are full-length and level-specific for the ISEE Upper, Middle, and Lower levels. Just like the actual ISEE test, Piqosity's full-length ISEE practice tests are comprised of 161 questions including the essay. No credit card or phone number required Full-length and full-featured Self-scoring and [...]

By |2024-06-20T17:50:45-05:00June 20th, 2024|ISEE Test Prep, Piqosity News|

Announcing Piqosity Virtual Tutor 2 with Remediation

Next-Level Personalization & Ease of Use With Piqosity Virtual Tutor 2 (PVT), Piqosity is now "next level" easy to use for individual students. To navigate through an ACT, SAT, or ISEE course, students need only click on the big, blue "Start Next Module" button on their dashboards. A new, color-coded progress bar visually tracks [...]

By |2024-08-26T15:45:08-05:00June 18th, 2024|Piqosity News|

Announcing Our ISEE Test Prep Video Course

Our ISEE Upper Level online test prep now includes an available Premium Video Course with over 7 hours of instruction and guided practice split across 37 videos. The video course is meant to replicate a standard, in-person ISEE prep class but from the comfort and convenience of the student's home. Each of the ISEE [...]

By |2024-08-22T11:57:17-05:00June 14th, 2024|Piqosity News, ZPQA ISEE|

Announcing Major Summer App Update

We successfully deployed our most complex update ever to the Piqosity application on Thursday, June 13, 2024. These are the biggest changes existing users should be aware of: A New Student Questionnaire helps to orient students when they first log in. The Student Dashboard has been completely reimagined. Piqosity Virtual Tutor 2 (PVT [...]

By |2024-08-26T15:45:34-05:00June 5th, 2024|Piqosity News|

College Admissions Interview Tips from the Interviewer

College admissions interviews are an opportunity for students to talk to an alumnus of their prospective school and showcase their personality as a factor in their admissions process. I've interviewed prospective candidates for Rice University—below, I’ll tell you about some of my interviews and explain to you some things you or your child should [...]

By |2024-04-30T11:01:57-05:00April 18th, 2024|College Resources|

How Long Should You Study for the Digital SAT Test?

Every student, parent, and school administrator always asks us, “how long does it take to improve an ACT or SAT score?” Asked to anyone else, the generic response that you’ll usually get for this admittedly broad question is “experts say about 10-20 hours.” But who are these experts and what does that mean? Can [...]

By |2024-08-22T11:58:38-05:00February 8th, 2024|SAT Test Prep|

ISEE Sample Essay Prompts and Responses

The ISEE Essay is the fifth and final section of the ISEE lower, middle, and upper level tests. This personal essay is not scored; however, a copy of it is sent to each school to which families send their scores. Students have 30-minutes in which to write up to 2 pages in response to [...]

By |2024-05-30T16:29:51-05:00January 23rd, 2024|ISEE Test Prep|

How Long Should You Study for the ACT Test?

Every student, parent, and school administrator always asks us, “how long does it take to improve an ACT or SAT score?” Asked to anyone else, the generic response that you’ll usually get for this admittedly broad question is “experts say about 10-20 hours.” But who are these experts and what does that mean? Can [...]

By |2024-09-09T16:19:56-05:00January 8th, 2024|ACT Test Prep|
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