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To Test or Not To Test in 2023-24? Deciding if you want to go Test-Optional

Ivy Central

Recently, Columbia University was the first Ivy League to no longer require SAT/ACT testing as of 2023-24 and will be test-optional permanently. Test-blind means that a college or university will not consider your SAT/ACT score as part of their evaluation process even if you submit them. Start today!

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Thoughts On What 2023 College Admissions Tell Us About Future Applications

Ivy Central

As COVID hit the world in the spring of 2020 so the standard orthodoxy around SAT or ACT testing went out of the window as colleges declared themselves Test Optional, meaning that students could choose if they wanted to submit test scores and that their chances of acceptance wouldn’t be impacted if they didn’t. Start today!

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How to Calculate your UC GPA

Top Tier Admissions

In the chart below, you can see how the acceptance rate data for in state versus out of state applicants varies by school. CALCULATE YOUR UC GPA But before you can reap the benefits of matriculating into a coveted spot within the UC system, you have to meet the minimum requirement for admission. This is your UC GPA.

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College Admissions Planning for High School Juniors 

Great College Advice

The junior year of high school is the most important year in preparing for college admissions. Although there is no cookie-cutter approach, here are some suggestions to kickstart the college admissions process entering your junior year of high school. Rather than quantity, focus on the quality of your extracurriculars.

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Top Summer Programmes: Research in the Biological Sciences (RIBS)

Ivy Central

Entry Requirements and Cost To be eligible for the RIBS program, students must be current high school sophomores or juniors who have completed at least one year of high school biology and have a minimum GPA of 3.0 The estimated cost of RIBS for 2023 is $13,600. Start today!

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ACT and SAT Scores Decline Year After Year

Peterson's Blog

ACT and SAT scores decline across the U.S. Standardized tests, like the SAT and ACT, are used to determine academic readiness and skills for entering university. Scores grant entry to schools with specific requirements, award scholarships, and determine areas of strengths and weaknesses within a student’s academic career.

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Weighted vs. Unweighted GPA: What's the Difference?

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Do colleges look at weighted or unweighted GPA? Your child’s high school transcript may include a weighted gpa, which factors course difficulty into its calculation. Introduction What’s the difference between weighted and unweighted GPA? Do colleges look at weighted or unweighted GPA? Let’s take a step back.

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