(Reuters) By Steve Stecklow, Andrea Harney, Ju-min Park –Standardized testing giant ACT Inc continues to partner with Asian test-preparation operators, despite widespread cheating at overseas education centers it licenses. The maker of America’s most popular college entrance exam approved South Korea’s Seoul Scholars International school to administer the ACT test this year, Reuters found, even […]
Read More »(The Daily Pennsylvanian) By Julia Bell — Penn has good news for high schoolers who have already taken the SAT seven times: You’re no longer required to send all of your test scores to Penn. Over the summer, Penn reversed its position on Score Choice, which required students to include all of their recorded standardized test […]
Read More »(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 »(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 […]
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