Did An Ivy League Place Just Get Easier For Indian Applicants?

(Forbes) By Matt Symonds — The number of Indian students heading to the U.S. for their college education has increased by 52% in the last two years. For many, the real prize is a place at one of the country’s top schools. But with just a 3% international acceptance rate at MIT, and an estimated […]

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ACT announces Test Administrator for S. Korea

  January 30, 2017 ACT Selects Fulbright Korean-American Education Commission as ACT Test Administrator in South Korea IOWA CITY, Iowa—ACT has selected Fulbright Korean-American Education Commission (KAEC) as the sole administrator of the ACT® test in South Korea. Under this agreement, ACT tests will be administered by Fulbright, with ACT’s oversight, at a single agreed-upon […]

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SAT and ACT Planning

(Compass Prep) By Bruce Reed — Winter break is over, and it’s time to get serious about college admission testing. From here, your actions and attitudes — two variables you can control — will have the greatest impact on your testing outcomes. Every year, our most successful students are those who are organized and informed. […]

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Colleges should abandon early admissions? Really?

(Inside Higher Ed)  By Robert Massa —   Every year without fail, a well-respected educator comes out against early-admission programs, calling them “barriers to keep most low-income students out.” This year’s quote is from a recent piece in Inside Higher Ed by Harold O. Levy, a former chancellor of the New York City Public Schools and the executive director […]

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