SAT vs. ACT: Differences and Which Test to Take

Previously Published on February 22, 2023: Are you trying to figure out if the SAT or ACT is better suited for you? Long gone is the era when students on America’s coasts took only the SAT and students in the middle of the country took only the ACT — and … 

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The Ultimate List of Test-Optional Colleges

Previously Published on March 23, 2023: The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new era in elite college admissions: test-optional admissions policies. While test-optional admissions policies existed before the pandemic’s onset, before 2020, most of America’s top colleges required the submission of either SAT or ACT scores for admission. With test … 

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AP Scores and Ivy League Admissions – What Should You Report?

Many students and parents wonder if Advanced Placement exam scores should be reported to America’s elite colleges and, if so, which scores should be submitted. Since AP exams, scored on a 1-5 scale, are self-reported to America’s elite colleges, students get to decide which exams, if any, to report and … 

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What Is a Good PSAT Score?

What constitutes a good PSAT score? Many parents and students get nervous leading up to the PSAT (or the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test) because they believe the student’s score will impact their case for admission to elite universities. But, as we’ll discuss in this post, the PSAT, which is now … 

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How Many Times Can a Student Take the ACT?

Many ACT test-takers are under the impression that they can take the ACT as often as they wish. They may sign up for their first ACT administration in April of their sophomore year, retake it in the June and July before junior year, and in September, October, December, February, and … 

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How Many Times Can a Student Take the SAT?

Many SAT test-takers believe they can take the SAT as many times as they’d like. As such, they may take their first SAT in June of sophomore year, retake it in August before junior year, and in October, November, December, March, May, and June of junior year. Heck, maybe they’ll … 

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How Long Are Advanced Placement Exams?

Are you wondering how long students have to complete each Advanced Placement exam? The College Board offers AP exams in May of each school year. While designed to allow students to earn college credit, these exams are more important — at America’s highly selective universities — as factors in the … 

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The New Digital SAT Is Coming Soon

Just as the seasons go round and round, the SAT is morphing again — yet another of life’s constants. It seems like just yesterday when we had a Verbal section of the SAT with analogies and sentence completions, an essay open to free ranging interpretation. And then, whoosh, a revamped … 

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UPS Loses SATs

UPS has apparently lost some SAT exams. Now, it’s not exactly the first time that a mail carrier has lost standardized exams. Just last year, UPS compensated test-takers from Starpoint High School for losing their AP exams. And several years back, a number of Staten Island, New York test-takers’ SAT … 

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Diversity Under Test-Optional Admissions

When America’s elite colleges ushered in test-optional admissions policies, it was because they didn’t have much of a choice. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to cancelations of SAT and ACT test administrations across America and around the world. America’s colleges, during the time well before the vaccines rolled … 

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