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PSAT Scores Are In! Now What?

CTK College Coach

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. How Is the PSAT Scored?

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Checklist for Spring of Sophomore Year

CTK College Coach

Here is what I advise you to keep top of mind as you plan the coming months: When to Begin Preparing for the SAT or ACT If a student has completed Algebra 2 by the end of sophomore year and plans to take the SAT or ACT, the summer before junior year is the right time to make a plan and register for testing for fall.

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Checklist for Spring of Sophomore Year

CTK College Coach

Here is what I advise you to keep top of mind as you plan the coming months: When to Begin Preparing for the SAT or ACT If a student has completed Algebra 2 by the end of sophomore year and plans to take the SAT or ACT, the summer before junior year is the right time to make a plan and register for testing for fall.

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Mid-season Update on College Acceptance Trends for Class of 2024

CTK College Coach

If you are facing a deferral, write your letter of continued interest, garner more letters of recommendation if a college will accept them , and go visit the school if you can to show your engagement. SAT, ACT, and test optional: with Dartmouth now requiring test scores, will the test optional trend reverse?

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Advice for High School Juniors

CTK College Coach

Here are my top five tips: 1) Prepare well and early for standardized (SAT and ACT) tests. NB: Certain schools have reverted to requiring the ACT or SAT (or never went test optional): MIT, public schools in Florida, and the top public schools in Georgia. How do I know which test to take– SAT or ACT?

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Junior Year Checklist

CTK College Coach

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? Activities Do’s and Don’ts & Letters of Recommendation Remember that NACAC survey ?

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Can You Apply to College As a Junior?

College Essay Guy

Take the PSAT and plan your test dates for the ACT or SAT; typically, you will take either of these standardized tests for the first time during the winter or spring of your junior year. Winter and spring of your junior year Take the ACT or SAT for the first time or second time to increase your score.