The End of the SAT Adversity Score

As loyal readers of our college admissions blog know all too well, we’ve got a crystal ball at Ivy Coach. Its readings are highly accurate. Our crystal ball can predict if a student has no chance of admission to Harvard — even if the student’s mom and dad believe an … 

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SAT Adversity Score

The College Board will now be weighing in on a test-taker’s social and economic background. As reports Douglas Belkin for The Wall Street Journal in a piece entitled “SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background,” “The new number, called an adversity score by college admissions … 

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Change in SAT Policy

The College Board, the maker of the SAT, has come out with a new policy coined Score Choice. And it’s an interesting one! In fact, there’s a piece this week in The Chicago Tribune entitled “More SAT test runs OKd” that shines a lantern on the new policy which will … 

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