(Los Angelos Times) by Sonali Kohli The company that administers the ACT college entrance exam is looking for about 125 tests that went missing after students took the test in April at University High School. “We are working with the test center supervisor and the carrier (FedEx) to attempt to locate the package,” ACT, Inc. […]
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 »(Fortune) by Andrew Selepak. Most people should know that if they don’t want something to be seen or read, they shouldn’t post it online. There is perhaps no more cautionary tale than former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, whose online sexting took down his own political career, and quite possibly impacted the 2016 presidential election, tilting the […]
Read More »By Eileen Cunningham-Fiekes. The discovery phase of college planning is all about researching, exploring and even visiting to discover which colleges fit best with your personal wants and needs. Eileen Cunningham Feikens, director of college counseling at the Dwight-Englewood School in New Jersey, urges high school students to be savvy consumers. “The one area that […]
Read More »(Education Week) by Catherine Gewertz. The ACT has agreed to provide college-admissions scores for nearly 2,800 students in Ohio and Tennessee, after first refusing to score those students’ exams because of a mixup in test administration. In April, 1,300 juniors from 21 school districts in Ohio and 1,492 juniors from 10 schools in Tennessee took […]
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