By Jeffrey J. Selingo | SFGate. Talk to any high school counselor advising students applying to a top college these days and they will probably tell you the same thing: It’s like playing the lottery. In the admissions cycle that ended last month, a record number of applications and historically low acceptance rates at many […]
Read More »New York, NY & Iowa City, IA—ACT and the College Board today are releasing new concordance tables that allow users to compare scores from the new SAT test (redesigned in 2016) and the ACT test. The 2018 ACT/SAT concordance tables, derived from a joint comprehensive research study conducted by the two organizations over the past […]
Read More »By Anastasiia Psnova | Yale Daily News. Yale will no longer require applicants to submit essay scores from standardized tests, starting with high schoolers applying for admission to the class of 2023. The University announced the new policy on Friday in an email to high school counselors. In the letter, Quinlan emphasized that students who […]
Read More »The Association of Test Prep, Admissions, and Tutoring Professionals is pleased to announce the launch of Tutocracy, a web-based educational platform built by tutors for tutors. Not unlike our other services (Score It Now!, Gig-Finder, and our Private Label SAT/ACT Books), Tutocracy was made to be accessible, effective, and economical. Created to help the #smallbutmighty […]
Read More »By Ben Pounds (Oakridger). Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Candice McQueen stated in a memorandum that the ACT and SAT college tests both “fulfill the requirements of state law and state accountability.” As stated in the memorandum, state law requires students to participate in a “postsecondary readiness” assessment. School districts may administer either the ACT […]
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