(Highschool2college) Guest Blogger: Wendy Segal || . I have written in the past with answers to frequently asked questions. Now I’m writing about one of the most frequently UNASKED questions. It seems that everyone knows you have to take SATs or ACTs to apply to most colleges, but SAT Subject Tests aren’t on many […]
Read More »(PRESS RELEASE eCampus News)–U.S. colleges have seen a 108 percent increase in applicants over the past 15 years, while acceptance to highly selective colleges has dropped by 15 percent during the same time period. With millions of students and their parents baffled by the increasingly complex landscape of navigating and ensuring competitive applications, GATE College System […]
Read More »(South China Morning Post) By Kelly Yang– Cheating is now officially a criminal offence in China. Students found guilty of cheating in the notoriously difficult university entranceexam will now face up to seven years in prison. Many are calling the punishment overly harsh. Even so, I think it’s exactly what China needs, if it is enforced […]
Read More »Discord Over Concordance– New SAT Score Results were released this month. Preliminary results showed an increased in the average score BUT (yes, there is a big but) the concordance between old and new SAT’s is at issue. Said differently, a 1400 on the New SAT is closer to 1370 on the previous (old) SAT. So, while students […]
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