As we head into the fall and a new school year, the leaves won’t be the only things changing. These next several months mark the last chance students have to take a paper SAT with December 2023 as the last date for the paper SAT and March 2024 as the start date for...
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DIGITAL PSAT PREVIEW: WHAT TO KNOW AND WHAT TO DO
The era of the paper SAT and PSAT is over. The age of the digital SAT and PSAT has begun…almost. Students will get their first opportunity to take the digital PSAT this fall and the digital SAT the following spring. Meaning, by this time next year only digital...
Parents and Test Prep
If you’re the parent of a teen who is getting ready to tackle the college admissions process, preparing for high stakes tests like the SAT and ACT is probably one of the most stressful things on your to-do list. With expectations and emotions running high, your job as...
A+ Webinar: Fact or Fiction: Common SAT and ACT Myths
The first thing I’m going to do is talk about the origin of the testing that we do and talk about some of the changes that have happened. The SAT started almost a hundred years ago. It’s been a long time. The ACT came online quite a bit later, but still quite a while ago. They started in different places. The SAT started on the East Coast with the Ivy League, and the ACT started in Iowa City, Iowa, so that was really focused on people in the middle of the country. Eventually the SAT became really big on both the West Coast and East Coast, and the ACT continued to have most prominence in the Midwest and parts of the South. Over time the tests had changed quite a bit, especially the SAT. Over the time that I’ve been doing this (about thirty years) it’s changed about four times.
Summer 2021: Preparing for College Applications Webinar
We’re going to talk about is what should parents of sophomores (current sophomores who will be juniors next year), what should they be thinking about at this time, and what should the kids be thinking about in terms of how to use their summer.
Requesting Accommodations on the SAT
When thinking about the SAT, it is all too common to see a giant, impersonal system. It is difficult to imagine that within College Board there are many people and mechanisms in place to help students who need to overcome specific challenges. Believe it or not,...
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