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Another elite college has opted to drop its test-optional policy! Stanford is giving students a break for the 2024-25 cycle, but future applicants will need competitive test scores.
In a surprise announcement last week, Harvard reversed its previous commitment to test-optional admissions through the 2025-26 cycle. By setting this precedent, we expect to see additional top colleges do the same...
UPenn follows Cornell and Vanderbilt, but that doesn’t mean students are off the hook for testing if they want to be competitive!
We’ve been warning you for more than a year, and now the time has finally come. Here’s a reminder on what to expect on the new digital SAT.
Brown joins the growing number of elite colleges reinstating test requirements for undergrad admissions. Here’s what you need to know.
Yale University's shift to 'test flexible' admissions for fall 2025, following Dartmouth College's lead, underscores a trend in Ivy League institutions.
On the heels of Dartmouth bringing back their testing requirements, Cornell and Vanderbilt say, “not yet”.
Dartmouth's reinstatement of standardized testing signals a shift in elite college admissions, challenging test-optional policies and underlining the importance of early test preparation for aspiring students.
Every year, students sleep on the opportunity to be considered for the National Merit Scholarship Program. What is it? How do you get in? We answer these questions and more…
We’ve heard over and over again from colleges that test-optional means that students without test scores won’t be at a disadvantage, but is that really true? Here we breakdown the data that colleges have made public so you can see for yourself.
All of the upcoming SAT testing dates and registration deadlines, as well as dates for the upcoming digital SAT.
After modifying AP African American Studies to adhere to state laws, the College Board isn’t eager repeat the move.
While both the SAT and ACT are meant to gauge a student’s reading, writing, and mathematics abilities, the format of the tests and the scores are quite different.
As the debate over the ACT and SAT drags on, so does that of the LSAT. Now, a group of law school deans have proposed a compromise.
If your student’s school offers AP courses, they should take advantage of the boost to their GPA and overall profile. This is especially true for high school seniors, because there are even more benefits to be had.
The college admissions landscape seems to be in constant flux, and the students at Princeton have been debating the future of test requirements while the administration remains silent.
ChatGPT continues to improve with each update, and to stress out education professionals. But there is still one key area in which the impressive AI still falls short.
We’ve been waiting for this shoe to drop! Nearly three years after the COVID pandemic led nearly every college in the country switch to test-optional admissions, Columbia says test-optional is here to stay. What does this mean for your student?
The COVID-19 pandemic brought many changes to college admissions, including the move to test-optional for many universities. It looks like many of those same schools will not be changing back any time soon. What does that mean for students applying?
As soon as the new course was announced, it received pushback. After several months of debates, the revised curriculum has been released. Here we break down the story so far, and what your child will be learning if they take AP African American Studies next term.
The ACT and SAT have always posed different challenges, and many students perform better on one test over the other. However, given the uncertainty posed by the upcoming digital SAT, your student should strongly consider the ACT instead.
With AP Exams right around the corner, it is important to remember the advantages of taking AP courses.
More details have been released regarding the upcoming fully-digital SAT. International students will be taking it this spring, and U.S. students will have the option to take it shortly thereafter. Here’s what you need to know, and why your student should consider the ACT instead.
Two years into widespread test-optional policies, and education reporters are getting a better sense of how it’s impacting college admissions.
Academia sleuths have uncovered yet another litmus test used by admissions officers at top colleges.
