Educated Quest

MAY 12, 2024

Forbes magazine recently came out with a list of schools that were considered to be a Public Ivy. Forbes used these criteria to rank their schools: High standardized test scores-as supplied by at least half of all 2022 applicants. The writer considered test scores to be an objective measure of success. Acceptance rate.

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BestColleges

JULY 17, 2023

Ron DeSantis signed a bill allowing public schools to administer the test. The test may soon be accepted by public universities in Florida. What’s the Classic Learning Test? It's kind of a rich experience, taking the test, which isn't something that you normally associate with standardized tests," he told BestColleges.

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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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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The university system hopes the new Presidential Scholars Program will incentivize high-achieving Nebraska students to stay in the state. 5 for in-state students with a perfect 36 ACT score. The university system hopes the program will incentivize high-achieving students to stay in the state.

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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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Educated Quest

MARCH 18, 2024

It is a flagship state university as well as a national research university. However, 30 percent of the underrate student body comes from other states and ten percent come from other countries. Ursinus College (PA), as another example, created a shared space with their book store (photo below left).

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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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SSA Online College Prep

APRIL 13, 2023

So many summer college prep options! Then, at the end, we’ll use NACAC’s 2019 State of College Admission to sort your priorities according to what is important to colleges. Want more college and testing tips? Summer camp Hanging out with friends Making money: Everyone needs money, right? So little time!

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Discovery College Consulting

MARCH 5, 2024

According to Jed Applerouth, a nationally recognized leader in test prep, tutoring and executive function coaching, “ … for the admissions officer at a selective college, wading through transcript after transcript filled with A’s, the job of picking the most deserving student for a coveted spot has never been more challenging.”

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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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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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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A good GRE score may make you more competitive at a test-optional school. Standardized tests such as the GRE predict your graduate school readiness and help master's and doctoral programs evaluate applicants. Programs Without GRE Tarleton State University University of Louisville University of Maryland University of New Haven 4.

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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. UChicago is grounded in a Core Curriculum that creates a shared foundation undergirding the experience for every student.

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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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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. For more information on the new version of the test, check out our blog on the new digital SAT ( LINK ). What does this mean for test takers in the United States?

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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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BestColleges

MARCH 7, 2024

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. To earn your GED diploma, which is equivalent to a high school diploma, you'll need to sit for and pass a series of GED tests. What Is the GED?

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Peterson's Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In order to become fully qualified to perform their trade without supervision, they must pass a state Journeyman exam. Obtaining Machine Learning certificates or certifications can help you stand out from other candidates. Peterson’s test prep gives you access to practice tests and study tools to help you pass the NCLEX-RN.

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Discovery College Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

whose national report card came out last month, sadly isn’t eligible for any of these rewards. The exam is considered more rigorous than many state assessments and was given to almost 450,000 fourth and eighth graders in more than 10,000 schools between January and March of this year. Reading scores also decreased.

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Educated Quest

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

State College, Pennsylvania, home of Penn State’s main campus, fits this description. So does Davis, California, home of UC-Davis, and so does Burlington, Vermont, home of the University of Vermont, and so do the University of Michigan and Michigan State. A college town can be a city like Boston that has many colleges.

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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. These students really are the best of the best.

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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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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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Solomon Admissions

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In a state-wide ruling, California passed Proposition 209, prohibiting in-state public universities from using race as a factor in their admissions process. In a state-wide ruling, California passed Proposition 209, prohibiting in-state public universities from using race as a factor in their admissions process.

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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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Educated Quest

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

However, an Ivy League experience for a freshman or sophomore is more likely to be large lectures much like they would get at a larger state university, unless one chooses to go to Dartmouth, where less than one percent of all undergraduate classes have over 100 students. They get 30 percent of a class from out of state.

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CTK College Coach

MAY 24, 2023

Yes, the PSAT/NMSQT (National Merit qualifying exam) will be digital for October 2024 test takers (Class of 2025). If you are in the Class of 2025 or younger, and you think you might do better taking a test on paper, you could decide to prepare ahead and take the SAT this fall while it is still available in this format.

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College Essay Guy

JUNE 15, 2023

We assume you’re here because you have standardized testing questions. TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to skip ahead) Defining terms: What’s the difference between “test optional” and “test blind/free”? How can students find out what a “good score” is? How much do standardized tests matter for colleges? How about APs?

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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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BestColleges

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Most top-scoring test-takers spend more than 120 hours preparing for the GMAT. According to Franklin University, the number of online MBA programs in the United States doubled from 2014-2018. According to Franklin University, the number of online MBA programs in the United States doubled from 2014-2018. Should I Skip the GMAT?

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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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Educated Quest

JULY 12, 2022

And there’s another difference: admissions are test optional. One points out other differences between the Coast Guard Academy and the other academies, based on actual comments from Coast Guard Academy students. Few members of the Coast Guard will be deployed outside of the United States. Please listen now!

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The Koppelman Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

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? It’s a great school. However, you might be asking yourself, can I get in? What’s the catch?”

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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. so we have been thinking about this test, preparing materials for it, and taking practice versions of it for over a year. What is an Adaptive Test?

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Educated Quest

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As another example, Black student who is interested in national politics might want to check out not only Howard University as well as several other schools in and around Washington DC. Fields and Herndon Brown listed several PWIs in and near the nation’s capital that would be worth checking out. I agree to some point.

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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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EAB

JULY 11, 2023

Ever since the pandemic accelerated the rise of test-optional admissions, many students have continued to gravitate toward colleges with flexible testing policies. Cappex Candidates Leverage powerful predictive modeling and an expansive digital network to connect with qualified prospects who are more likely to apply and enroll.

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