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April 27, 2010 Students applying to four-year colleges and universities have a number of challenges to face. First is figuring out which colleges you want to apply to; second is completing the application forms themselves (including usually writing a number of essays); and third is gathering letters of recommendation from their counselor, teachers and others. [...]
April 26, 2010 In this article, I discuss the two families of standardized tests: the PSAT/SAT offered by College Board and the PLAN/ACT offered by American College Testing. While an increasing number of colleges and universities are moving away from required testing (more than 800 according to FairTest, The National Center for Fair and Open [...]
April 19, 2010 Before I deal with AP Tests, let’s do a review of what Advanced Placement (AP) courses are all about, especially how they differ from other regular high school courses? College Board, the organization that develops and offers SAT and Subject Tests, is also responsible for developing the 30 courses and exams called [...]
April 16, 2010 So, you’ve finished taking the SAT (or the ACT), have received the scores you want–at least you’re not planning to take it again–and now you’re ready to go through the rest of the application process without worrying any more about tests. Right! Well, maybe. Before you relax, let’s talk about Subject Tests. [...]