Free Download: 2020 – 2021 SAT & ACT Test Date Calendar

Knowing the SAT & ACT test dates, deadlines, and score reporting is an incremental part of planning for student success.  We’ve captured those items for both tests and put them here for your reference.  Feel free to edit these or brand them as your own.  Hope it helps! Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. […]

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History of College Admissions: School-advice startup CollegeVine gets $3.1m

(The Boston Globe) By Curt Woodward — Billionaire investor Gerald Chan has already made his mark buying up much of the real estate in Harvard Square. Now he’s backing an education startup that took root in a Harvard University dorm. Chan’s Morningside Technology Ventures is leading a $3.1 million investment in CollegeVine, a Cambridge company that recruits college […]

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The Problem with how Higher Education Treats Diversity

(The Atlantic ) By Rose Corteau —   Shortly after moving to New York two years ago, I began volunteering as a writing mentor at Minds Matter, a large, multi-city nonprofit that helps prepare underserved high-school students for college. Just a few months earlier, I’d graduated from a liberal-arts college I’d attended after participating in a […]

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College admissions teams are ranking students on a 0-10 scale based on predictive analytics

(Business Insider) By Abby Jackson — Standardized test scores, grade point averages, and teacher recommendations are well-known components of college applications. But schools use other less-discussed factors in admissions decisions as well: where and to whom you were born. Students’ demographic information is used for “predictive analytics,” a little-known x-factor that colleges often use for enrollment management. The […]

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