Peterson's Blog

MAY 21, 2025

With funding landscapes ever-evolving, finding the right groove to maximize impact on student achievement can feel like a delicate balancing act. Our resources, including practice tests for ACT, CLT, SAT, PSAT, and more, fall within the scope of supplemental educational services, instructional resources, and educational software curriculum.

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Peterson's Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

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. This month, Peterson’s will be offering an ACT and SAT special , six months of test prep for $135—99 dollars off, so that students can walk into their test confidently.

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College Transitions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Before we reveal the National Merit Scholarship PSAT score cutoff by state in 2023-2024 and National Merit Scholarship requirements, a short history lesson…In 1955, the headlines were dominated by earth-shaking events such as Rosa Parks’ act of civil disobedience that set off the Montgomery Bus Boycott, athletic triumphs like the long-suffering (..)

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Top Tier Admissions

JUNE 4, 2024

Top Tier Resources: Standardized Testing FAQ Average SAT Scores at Top Colleges SAT vs ACT: Which Test Is Right for You? The PSAT and Merit Scholarships: What You Need to Know College Admissions Calculator SAT Tutoring Expert one-on-one guidance to boost your score. ACT Tutoring Hit your target score with our renowned ACT tutors.

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CTK College Coach

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Updated December 2022 Did Your Student Just Receive PSAT Scores? This One’s for You: Everyone has questions about PSAT scores when they come out each December, and I am here with answers for you. What Is the PSAT? Most high schools offer the PSAT to juniors as part of the National Merit Scholar (NMS) search process.

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Berkeley² Academy

JUNE 8, 2024

With many colleges reinstating requirements for standardized testing , it has become increasingly important to secure a strong SAT or ACT score for competitive college applications. Although the SAT is more popular than the ACT (the class of 2023 saw 1.9 million for the ACT), colleges don’t have a preference.

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HelloCollege

JUNE 21, 2024

Following an announcement by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) , the ACT will replace the SAT as the state’s high school accountability assessment. Understanding the transition from SAT to ACT Beginning in 2025, high school students attending public school in Illinois will be required to take the ACT to graduate.

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

A March 2024 Update As we head deep into the middle of the school year, many juniors are taking the ACT or SAT– or wondering whether they should in this largely test-optional world. In addition, the format of the questions on Khan does not mimic those on the digital PSAT, so this is an imperfect though useful resource.

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ACM College Consulting

MARCH 21, 2023

The digital format will be implemented in the US starting Fall 2023 for PSAT and Spring 2024 for SAT. The international ACT has been digital for years and as with the paper format, it is much different than the SAT. Also, Applerouth has done a great job of getting materials ready for digital SAT prep.

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CTK College Coach

MAY 24, 2023

If you are going to be a junior next school year (Class of 2025), you are in the trial year for the new digital SAT because the College Board announced last year that it would be moving the SAT to a digital, adaptive format for spring 2024. Will the PSAT Be Digital this Fall? Read more about the PSAT here. CTK College Coach.

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Ivy College Essay

AUGUST 10, 2023

Dartmouth SAT and ACT Requirements Though Dartmouth doesn’t enforce a minimum required SAT or ACT score, it’s crucial to perform exceptionally well. Based on the Class of 2024, the 25th and 75th percentile SAT EBRW scores were 710 and 770 respectively, while SAT Math scores were 730 and 790.

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It’s been another wild ride for 2024 high school seniors, and we’re only halfway through the admissions cycle. Early Admissions Trends for the Class of 2024: How are colleges handling the massive increase in applications? SAT, ACT, and test optional: with Dartmouth now requiring test scores, will the test optional trend reverse?

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CTK College Coach

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

As we round the bend on the middle of the year, many juniors are taking the ACT or SAT– or wondering whether they should in this largely test-optional world. In addition, the format of the questions on Khan does not mimic those on the digital PSAT, so this is an imperfect though useful resource.

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Marks Education

APRIL 18, 2023

Starting in March 2024, the SAT is switching to a shorter, denser, computer-adaptive online test, replacing the current paper version of the SAT. If you’re in the class of 2024 , the digital SAT will not be available before the application process begins, so you will choose between the current paper SAT and the ACT.

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Berkeley² Academy

APRIL 13, 2024

Although College Board (which manages the SAT and PSAT along with AP exams) offers free test prep resources including practice tests and officially partnered prep curriculum on Khan Academy, these sites’ prep materials were judged to be easier than the actual test.

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Discovery College Consulting

MAY 10, 2023

Starting in March 2024, students in the U.S. Additionally, the PSAT will go digital in October of this year. Discovery College Consulting has always encouraged students to take a practice SAT (or PSAT) and a practice ACT, and that advice won’t change with the introduction of the digital SAT.

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Top Tier Admissions

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In March 2024, the SAT will officially go digital in the U.S. (it Kent tutors SSAT, ISEE, PSAT, SAT, ACT, AP Math, and AP Chemistry, Biology, and Physics. it has been a digital test internationally since March 2023!) This transition has brought about changes in how students prepare for and take the test.

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Marks Education

APRIL 19, 2023

The digital SAT will be offered for the first time in the United States in March 2024, but international SAT students took the digital SAT for the first time in March 2023. will become familiar with digital testing this fall when the PSAT will be offered in the digital format. When is the SAT Changing? Most students in the U.S.

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CTK College Coach

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The Test-Optional Movement and How it Affects You Should I Take the ACT or SAT or Neither One? If a student has not already taken a practice SAT or ACT, this is a good time to do so. When Should I Take the SAT or ACT? Schedule a 20 minute mini-admissions consult with me for guidance selecting your junior year coursework.

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DC College Counseling

JANUARY 18, 2023

Instead of waiting for official notification, we just compare the student’s selection index on their 11th grade PSAT with the score cutoffs online. Perhaps not surprising, the arts- theater, acting, and film- all made the list. I want to share what we do with our own students as a matter of course each year, in case this helps anyone.

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