Premedlife.com by Andrew Goliszek Ask any premed student and most will tell you that organic chemistry, especially organic chemistry II, is the toughest course that they’ve taken in college. At some schools, professors take pride in making this the weed-out course for potential medical students; and I’ve personally known good students who’ve given up […]
Read More »(Washington Post, by Valerie Strauss & James Murphy) || The College Board is about to unveil its newly redesigned SAT college admissions test, with the first students set to take it next Saturday. We already know a lot about the new exam, which was designed to align heavily with the Common Core State Standards and […]
Read More »Time by Kim Clark “We are unable to offer you admission…” A heartbroken Brandon Giraldo was about to crumple up the rejection letter from his dream college, Cornell University, when his sister, who happened to be reading over his shoulder, pointed to its second paragraph. Good thing. Today Giraldo is a junior at Cornell, on […]
Read More »( Edweek by Catherine Gewertz ) || High school testing is on the brink of a profound shift, as states increasingly choose college-entrance exams to measure achievement. The new federal education law invites that change, but it comes with some big caution signs and unanswered questions. The questions are hanging over a provision of […]
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