Taking notes while you visit a college can be very important for both the college interview and for the short essay many applicants are asked to do...
Tag - Planning For College
New College Assessment Test for Eighth Graders
Yes, the College Board has announced that by 2010 it will offer a pre-college test for eighth graders. The test will be given two years before the...
The Writing Section of the SAT Weighs In
In 2005 the 25-minute writing section was added to the SAT test along with the critical reading test section and the mathematics test section...
Do SAT Scores Measure Success?
Nathan O. Hatch, president of Wake Forest University, writes that Wake Forest, along with other liberal arts colleges including Bates, Hamilton, Holy...
Look for a Variety of Colleges Out There
There is a New England-like campus out there, complete with brick buildings, in a small town of Kentucky named Berea! Have you heard of it? Berea is...
Who Wants To Go To College!
The Education Department published a report this spring entitled Parent Expectations and Planning for College. This report is based on survey...
New SAT Prep Guides
Ann Pleshette Murphy of USA Weekend wrote last April about new ways to prepare for the SAT. Here are the three suggestions she made.
Which Gives You an Edge: the ACT or the SAT?
While the Ivies are rejecting nine out of ten of their applicants, students are wondering how to get an edge for admission to their dream college...
Blogger Breaks Summer Hiatus with SAT News
This month The College Board finally changed its policy for reporting SAT scores to colleges. The standard procedure is that you name the colleges...
Attention, Juniors!!!
If you are ending your junior year of high school and looking forward to a summer off, think again. There are things you need to be doing this summer...