IOWA CITY, Iowa—ACT, Inc. signed a ground-breaking agreement with a leading testing services and technologies provider in China to provide Chinese students with more options to gain acceptance to US colleges and universities. The agreement with ATA Online (Beijing) Education Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATA Inc. (“ATA”) will allow Chinese students to better […]
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — Is there a price that a worried parent wouldn’t pay to help a child do well on college admissions tests? The good news is that test preparation doesn’t have to be expensive anymore. The multimillion-dollar coaching industry is facing competition from free or low-cost alternatives in what their founders hope will make […]
Read More »(Admissions Intel) by Nancy Griesemer. When the College Board first announced the addition of an August test date for the SAT beginning this summer, cheers went up among those who had lobbied for adjusting the test schedule to accommodate the reality of earlier application deadlines. ACT added a September test several years ago, which turned out to be enormously popular among […]
Read More »NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kaplan Test Prep’s most recent survey of college admissions officers from 361 of the nation’s top-ranked schools finds that 78% give an edge to prospective students who complete and perform well in Advanced Placement (AP) courses compared to those who don’t*. Within that 78%, 20% describe that edge as “significant,” while 36% consider […]
Read More »(Soccer Nation) by C. Schumaker. Club coaches, high school coaches, and even college coaches will all tell players that great athletic ability can help get an athlete through admissions at a college where he/she wouldn’t normally have a good chance at getting accepted. Would Michael Ohr, of The Blind Side fame, have been accepted to Ole’ Miss […]
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