(Above the Law) By Ann K. Levine– Myth #1: You Should Take a Year Off Before Applying to Law School. By the time you apply to law school, you will only have been out of college for about three months, so that’s not going to add a lot of depth – or a great letter […]
Read More »(South China Morning Post) By Kelly Yang– Cheating is now officially a criminal offence in China. Students found guilty of cheating in the notoriously difficult university entranceexam will now face up to seven years in prison. Many are calling the punishment overly harsh. Even so, I think it’s exactly what China needs, if it is enforced […]
Read More »Discord Over Concordance– New SAT Score Results were released this month. Preliminary results showed an increased in the average score BUT (yes, there is a big but) the concordance between old and new SAT’s is at issue. Said differently, a 1400 on the New SAT is closer to 1370 on the previous (old) SAT. So, while students […]
Read More »(US News) By Delece Smith-Barrow- Every medical school applicant seems to ask, “What score do I need to get on the MCAT to be a competitive candidate?” One student was told by his teacher that he must rank in the 95th percentile on the new test – which is not the case. All the admissions officers that I know […]
Read More »TUCSON (CN) By Tim Hull – The nonprofit that controls the LSAT law school admission test said that, “barring other substantial developments,” it will not punish the University of Arizona for its decision to accept the GRE graduate school entry exam from law school applicants. The University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law […]
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