Why? One reason is the ACT is becoming more popular. Also, the SAT is considered to predict college success with less accuracy than high school...
Tag - Planning For College
How to Get the Best Information on a College Tour
It’s getting close to spring, and this is a great time of year for juniors to start looking at campuses they are thinking of applying to in the fall...
What to Do if Your SAT Scores are Bad
If your SAT scores are not as high as you wanted them to be, don’t panic. You can still get into a good college. In fact, you can even still apply to...
A New SAT is Coming
The College Board is designing a revamped SAT to better align the test with the Common Core Curriculum. There is also strong speculation the...
Going to College? What to Ask your High School Guidance Counselor
Your high school guidance counselor is a very valuable resource. S/he is your first step to getting into college. The guidance office is the...
Who Should Take the SAT, and Who Should take the ACT?
There are distinct differences between the SAT and the ACT. Students want the best score for their college application so they should know what those...
Taking the SAT…AND the ACT
No college requires that a student take both the ACT and the SAT for admission, and the tradition has always been that a student applying to college...
The ACT Benchmarks
ACT has designed benchmarks that identify the scores needed by a student taking its test which indicate that student would have a 50% chance of...
Questions about Early Action and Early Decision
Applying for Early Action (EA) and Early Decision (ED) can be confusing. The process varies from school to school, and there are a number of...
Strategies before Tactics: Preparing for the SAT
When it comes to preparing for a standardized test, it is impossible to underestimate the impact of learning for the long-term versus preparing...