AdmissionSight

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Not everyone feels confident when it comes to taking tests. You’re not alone— around 40 to 60% of high school students experience test anxiety, a type of stress that makes it tough to focus and perform well during exams. As a high school student, you’re probably no stranger to big tests like AP exams, the PSAT, or the SAT and ACT.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As you gear up for the college admissions process, one of the crucial decisions you’ll face is choosing between the SAT and ACT standardized tests. Both exams are widely accepted by colleges and universities across the United States, and your choice can significantly impact your admissions prospects.

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Berkeley² Academy

APRIL 18, 2024

institutions have adopted a test-optional policy in acknowledgement of the limited access to testing during this time. However, several colleges are beginning to reinstate required testing for the 2025-26 admissions season, and others have begun to take a more flexible approach to their standardized testing policies.

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Standardized tests allow schools to compare the skills of students from different academic backgrounds. However, preparing for standardized tests takes time and money, and many applicants' scores are too low to help them. But even those schools typically accept test scores if applicants want to submit them.

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CTK College Coach

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Juniors: What to Do and When As I launch our high school seniors out the door with their early college applications this month, I have one eye on the kids queuing up to begin the college application process: your juniors. Many students will prep 3-4 months ahead of the first test and take two or three tests.

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DC College Counseling

DECEMBER 5, 2023

BEST ARTICLES OF THE WEEK While you should take some of this with a grain of salt—schools like Vanderbilt, Wash U, and Emory are not exactly "Plan B" for even the most qualified applicants out there—maybe Plan A-Part 2?— Every year our students tell us how happy they are to be done well in advance of the winter break and January deadlines!

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BestColleges

APRIL 15, 2024

Add Harvard to the list of universities reinstating standardized test requirements. If a student is unable to access one of these tests, Harvard will instead accept Advanced Placement or the International Baccalaureate exam scores. But now Harvard is essentially shaving off those last two years of test-optional admissions.

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Peterson's Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

April 1, 2023 marks United States Air Force Academy Day, a day to observe the exceptional milestones and achievements of former members of the U.S. All Air Force officers are educated at the Air Force Academy which is considered to be one of the most competitive academies in the United States. Air Force Academy. Air Force Academy.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Part 3: What test scores are required for the Ivy League? You don’t have to be a college admissions expert or memorize each school’s admissions statistics to know that getting accepted to an Ivy is challenging. Part 4: What extracurricular activities are needed for Ivy Leagues?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2023

From excellent test scores to solid clinical experience, you have to be successful on many counts to be competitive in the med school admissions process. In this post, we’ll discuss Special Master’s Programs (SMPs), which offer premeds a chance to fill out their resumes and improve their chances of admissions. Your guide is on its way.

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Berkeley² Academy

APRIL 10, 2024

College Board reports on the Benefits of AP by stating that students who take AP courses signal to colleges that they’re serious about their education and willing to challenge themselves with rigorous coursework. Performing well can enhance your college application and showcase your academic abilities.

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BestColleges

MARCH 7, 2024

A GED doesn't necessarily make it harder to gain acceptance, but there are things you can do to enhance your college application. Also, school admission requirements vary, so do some research and find out what information you'll need to submit, such as letters of recommendation, transcripts, and other documents. What Is the GED?

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The Koppelman Group

JUNE 8, 2024

Princeton is home to the oldest college literary and debating club in the United States, for example. Princeton withholds comprehensive admissions statistics, but the acceptance rate for the Class of 2027 and 2028 is estimated to be between 5% and 6% based on what data is available and ongoing trends. Not many students make the cut.

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The Koppelman Group

MAY 1, 2024

The University of Chicago is one of the top schools in the United States, and is frequently mentioned in the same sentence as Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale, and other top colleges, like Stanford. The university receives nearly 40,000 applications annually, and the acceptance is only 4.7%.

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The Koppelman Group

MARCH 13, 2024

If you’re a student from outside the United States who is considering applying to colleges in the U.S., Dartmouth has 4,458 undergraduates out of 6,744 overall students, so it is a predominately undergraduate campus which means the focus is truly on the undergrad students. Of accepted and enrolled students, 94.5%

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The faculty, staff, and students of Boston University hail from 50 states and over 150 countries, but all share a common passion to pursue knowledge and embrace possibilities. Alumni hold positions in nearly every industry—you can find Boston Terriers in roles as magazine editors, state governors, Fortune 500 CEOs and CFOs, U.S.

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Anna Ivey Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Of course there are outliers for everything, including law school admissions, and there are people out there whose life stories are so improbable and impressive, or whose immediate network has such pull, that their numbers become secondary. From an admissions officer's perspective, there is a whole herd of unique people out there.

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Discovery College Consulting

MAY 10, 2023

The maximum score for the SAT will remain 1600 and students will take the test at a school or test center. Calculators can be used on any math problem, which is not the case on the paper test. Test fatigue should be less of an issue because the dSAT is an hour shorter than the paper test.

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CTK College Coach

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

2) PREPARING FOR THE SAT AND ACT: PREPARE EARLY WHEN POSSIBLE, AND DON’T TAKE TESTS AT ALL IF THEY AREN’T THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOU I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: it’s a test optional world , and it likely will continue to be that way forever. To that point, check out my note on the “power of quitting” on my Facebook page.

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Brand College Consulting

JANUARY 1, 2023

You can also look at college websites to find out about institutional aid as well. Also remember – your junior class teachers will be the ones that will fill out your academic references – so get to know your teachers, work hard, and be respectful. Do you have a testing schedule? Also, do you plan to take any SATII tests?

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Well, it’s like super duper hard to get into… For the class of 2027, Amherst had a 9% acceptance rate. Since this set has come out, they have stopped considering this factor. Tbh, we could write a whole guide just based on the ins and outs of legacy admission when it comes to top schools. Are you dreaming of going to Amherst?

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Next Admit College Admissions Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Located just outside Boston in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a prestigious private research university. MIT was founded in 1861 to fuel the industrial revolution in the United States. MIT is extremely selective, with an acceptance rate just below 4% for the Class of 2026.

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College Essay Guy

JANUARY 3, 2024

However, I’d strongly encourage you to check out each section at least once. If you’re an international student, be sure to check out this in-depth guide we created just for you. Check out the new Pell grant eligibility chart I made here. Not really. But it’s not too bad when you break it down. And I love breaking it down.

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Educated Quest

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Test-optional admissions grew in practice at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. I touch on test-optional admissions in my new book, The Good College. Standardized test scores are one of several data points in college admissions, even at test-optional schools. Test scores are one of them and so are grades.

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Simply Admissions

AUGUST 13, 2020

This month, we’ll go over post-COVID standardized testing changes and FAQs. The majority of colleges have changed their testing requirements recently, which seems like it’s only caused more confusion! Below is a handy cheat sheet I’ve created that summarizes the different testing policies.

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SSA Online College Prep

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Find out if most applicants submit their test scores ! Learn how to improve your GPA with SAT prep Read more college admissions tips on our blog ! Benefits of SAT Prep and Taking the SAT Honestly, because it gets you a better chance of getting into college - up to 2.3x scroll down to the chart to see why we say that!)

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

APRIL 25, 2023

However, at the start of the 2021–2022 application cycle, word got out about needing to take not one but three Casper tests. In addition to the main Casper test, there are now two additional assessments: Snapshot and Duet. With little information out there, you’re probably wondering things like: What are Snapshot and Duet?

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Elite Open School

JANUARY 20, 2021

Earlier this week, the College Board announced some major changes to their suite of college application tests. SAT Subject Tests will no longer be offered On January 19, the College Board officially announced that they would no longer offer SAT Subject Tests. Will colleges accept SAT Subject Test and SAT Essay scores?

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SSA Online College Prep

APRIL 26, 2022

Stu Schmill (the head of admissions at MIT) discusses the importance of lifting the test-optional policy ! Learn about t he benefits of SAT Prep and taking the SAT Read more college admissions tips on our blog ! Regardless of the arguments against SAT and ACT requirements, these exams are necessary for low SES students.

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Educated Quest

MARCH 22, 2022

So, I dropped by to see my friend, Bryn Campbell, who recently became Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Cabrini University. Located in Radnor, Pennsylvania, a close suburb to Philadelphia, Cabrini is a small school with about 1,500 undergraduates. I picked up this week’s copy of The Loquitor, the student newspaper (below).

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

What to do each month of the 2024-2025 application cycle to ensure timely and high-quality materials to help maximize your odds of getting accepted. So you’ve figured out that you should apply early, but what does that mean? Plus, the complete list of law school application deadlines. Say you plan to start Law school in August of 2025.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For example, let’s say that a Stanford student and a student from a small state school have the same application, but the Stanford student scored a 505 on the MCAT while the small state school student scored a 518. It will pay off in the long run when you crush the MCAT and get that acceptance call from your dream medical school.

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College Essay Guy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

For more on this, check out this podcast episode with legal expert Jay Rosner. ) In late June, the Supreme Court banned affirmative action as it relates to college admission (also known as race-conscious admission policies), leaving many students wondering… “Can I talk about race in my personal statement and college application?”

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

APRIL 25, 2023

Casper (Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics) is a situational judgement test (SJT) developed by researchers at McMaster University in Canada that aims to measure traits like professionalism, ethics, communication, and empathy. Sending test results to additional programs costs $15 per program.

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Educated Quest

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I wrote a review of New College of Florida as our world came out from pandemic times. The estimated total cost of attendance for Florida residents is less than $22,000 , and the state has generous scholarship programs. It’s no surprise that 80 percent of New College students, all undergrads, come from the Sunshine State.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 30, 2024

Emphasizing test scores can impede efforts to maintain economic and racial diversity. When the COVID-19 pandemic upended higher education in 2020, one of the monumental changes was the widespread suspension of standardized testing. Today, more than 1,900 colleges and universities remain test-optional.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

JUNE 9, 2023

Do I even need to fill this out? Naturally, you’re wondering some or all of the following: What is this? Do I really have to write another essay? What am I supposed to write about? What is the Common App Additional Information section? In fact, doing so can hurt your chances of admission.

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