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UT Austin Shake-Up: Testing Required and a New Early Action Program

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UT AUSTIN: STANDARDIZED TESTING REQUIRED After four years of test-optional admissions for undergraduate admissions, the University of Texas at Austin will once again require standardized testing scores , beginning with applications for the Fall 2025 semester. News & World Report in 2024. all else equal.”

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What You Need to Know About Brandeis University

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A school report and a letter of recommendation from a secondary school official. A letter of recommendation from a teacher who has instructed you in a core academic course (math, science, history, foreign language or English). Optional standardized test scores. A completed Early Decision Agreement Form.

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College Admissions Planning for High School Juniors 

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Make a plan around SAT/ACT testing If you haven’t already, fall of your junior year is the time to map out your standardized testing plan. Although most colleges remain test optional following COVID, we recommend studying and sitting for the SAT or ACT at least once. Keep this in mind as you begin your junior year.

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Can One Semester of Low Grades Ruin My Chances of Admission to College?

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A semester or year of low grades. Your grades are viewed in context with several other factors such as the academic rigor on your transcript, the availability of honors, AP and IB courses at your school, your socioeconomic status and your standardized test scores. It happens. A blip on the transcript. But, her GPA has suffered.

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The Claremont Colleges: Scripps College

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Application Components Complete the Common App School Report Counselor Recommendation Official High School Transcript: This should include your midyear Report after your first term of senior year. Standardized Test Scores: Scripps College is test optional. per semester with $190.00 per semester with $160.00

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Stanford’s Early Action And Regular Decision Notification Dates

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Since REA applications are reviewed without your senior year’s first-semester grades, you’ll need to show consistent performance up to that point. You’re still working on test scores. You’re planning to take or retake standardized tests and want to include your improved scores. Excellent recommendations.

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Big Changes at UT Austin: Testing Policies, Essays, and Deadlines

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Some ,, big changes are coming to UT Austin admissions in 2024—today we’ll go over important details regarding their standardized testing policy, essay prompts, application deadlines, and more. Testing Policy This week, UT Austin announced its reinstatement of mandatory standardized testing as part of the undergraduate application.