(Edweek) by Catherine Gewertz. The College Board announced Wednesday that it will expand the availability of a digital version of the SAT this school year. The company will give a practice version of the SAT online in some school districts in December, and then administer a fully operational, digital version of the SAT—and the PSAT […]
Read More »(Inside Higher Ed) by Scott Jaschik. “Demonstrated interest” is one of the admissions criteria used by many competitive colleges — even though it may not have anything to do with an applicant’s intelligence or character. The term efers to ways that an applicant shows he or she is serious about enrolling at a given college. […]
Read More »(Penn Current) by Lauren Hertzeler. Imagine you’re back in high school, trying to navigate the college search process. You’re wondering: What classes should I be taking? How many extracurricular activities should I pile onto my plate? Do I need to take this standardized test? How many schools should I apply to? There’s no exact rulebook, […]
Read More »(The Washington Post) by Samantha Schmidt. The Facebook messaging group was at one point titled “Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens.” It began when about 100 members of Harvard College’s incoming freshman class contacted each other through the university’s official Class of 2021 Facebook group. They created a messaging group where students could share memes about popular culture — a growing trend […]
Read More »(Inside Higher Ed) by Scott Jaschik. Rebecca Zwick’s views on admissions and diversity can’t be easily categorized. She has divided her career between academe (where she is professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Barbara) and the Educational Testing Service, one of the major players in standardized testing in the United States. But her […]
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