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Students and parents: This is a about as good an article I have seen on the effectiveness of test tutoring. AND as it is written by a Palo Alto High School student. By Sam Herzog of The Campanile The most detested and stress-inducing standardized exam, the SAT reasoning test, has generated a market full of [...]
The late Loren Pope, former education editor for the New York Times, devoted his life to writing about and researching admissions issues, as well as visiting hundreds of college campuses. His conclusion as a result of all this was, “The most important quality a college can possess is a faculty whose first priority is teaching [...]
FAFS is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. For any parents want to know how to plan for the financial aspect of college admissions, they need to understand how to the FAFSA application and process. The U.S. Department of Education has a new, simplified version of the FAFSA that helps families get a preview [...]
Score Choice will be available to all students taking the March 2009 test, as well as to students who have taken the SAT prior to that date. According to College Board, what score choice means is that students will be given the option of choosing which scores (by test date for the SAT and by [...]
While there are wildly differing practices among colleges, apparently admissions officers at some schools (e.g., the University of Wisconsin) are open to searching MySpace and Facebook for information about college application and applicants to their respective colleges. Students should know what they post on these websites is public information that anyone can access. NACAC listserv [...]
Dear AP, I am taking the SAT II in Spanish this coming weekend. But, I am debating as to whether or not I should take the French one which I signed up for one month later. My question is, can I still take the Spanish one a second time at a future date so I [...]