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Elite colleges are ditching a major admissions requirement
Conversations about SAT and ACT scores are ubiquitous among high school students applying to colleges.Increasingly, however, many colleges and universities have begun to eschew mandatory standardized...
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This 24-year-old Harvard dropout wants to rid the world of multiple-choice...
Rebecca Kantar was two years into Harvard when she dropped out."I just felt like a lot of the same brain development was happening to me throughout my classes," Kantar recalled to Business Insider.As...
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A perfect SAT couldn't get this guy into the Ivy League — now he's running a...
Shaan Patel, a 27-year-old entrepreneur from Las Vegas, had an envy-inducing high school résumé.He was the valedictorian of his class, was crowned homecoming king, and even shook President George W....
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Here's where to apply to college to increase your chances of getting in — no...
High-school students all over the country are putting the finishing touches on their college applications.Chances are, they all want to know the secret to increasing their chances of gaining acceptance...
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A perfect SAT couldn't get this guy into the Ivy League — now he's running a...
Shaan Patel, a 27-year-old entrepreneur from Las Vegas, had an envy-inducing high school résumé.He was the valedictorian of his class, was crowned homecoming king, and even shook President George W....
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Kids should start studying for the SAT much earlier than they realize, says a...
Conversations about SAT and ACT scores are ubiquitous for high school students applying to college.Still, although most student understand the high-stakes nature of the exams, many are still unsure...
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A New York SAT tutor who charges $1,500 an hour shares his top pieces of...
Gaining acceptance into selective colleges seems harder today than ever before, leading an increasing number of students to turn to test prep for high-stakes standardized tests.Anthony-James Green, a...
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A New York City SAT tutor shares his best advice for students freaking out:...
The SAT and ACT are some of the most high-stakes tests a high-school student can take. So it's understandable why many students experience anxiety surrounding the exams.Still, freaking out while taking...
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Acing the SAT and ACT comes down to embracing 6 simple truths, according to...
Most parents know to have any chance at acceptance to elite schools like Harvard and MIT, students need to get high scores on the ACT or SAT.But there are so many questions about how to study for these...
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ACT exam maker cancels some college entrance exams after test leak
(Reuters) - ACT Inc, the maker of the United States' most popular college entrance exam, said on Thursday it has canceled the ACT exam scheduled for Saturday at some of its international test centers...
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8 common math questions from the SATs everyone gets wrong
The SAT doesn't just test how good you are at math, reading, and writing — it tests how good you are at taking the SAT.Preparing for the math section of the test requires lots of practice and...
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The SAT is changing on Saturday for the first time in a decade — here's why...
On Saturday, March 5, the SAT is changing its format for the first time in over a decade.In 2005, the College Board, the company that owns and publishes the SAT, began scoring the SAT out of 2400.The...
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American high school students took SATs with questions that were online...
(Reuters) - At least five times in the past three years, U.S. high school students were administered SAT tests that included questions and answers widely available online more than a year before they...
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4 ways to outsmart any multiple-choice test
Ideally, multiple-choice exams would be random, without patterns of right or wrong answers. However, all tests are written by humans, and human nature makes it impossible for any test to be truly...
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This is the psychological effect standardized testing has on children
Some parents are so angry with the testing regime facing their children that they have come together in an attempt to boycott primary school exams.Preparation by teachers for these standardized...
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These are the differences between the SAT and ACT to help you decide which...
As the summer winds down and students prepare for the fall semester, the issue of college admissions will undoubtedly begin to weigh heavily on the minds of high-school seniors.One of the biggest...
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Here are the differences between the SAT and the ACT
As the summer winds down and students prepare for the fall semester, the issue of college admissions will undoubtedly begin to weigh heavily on the minds of high-school seniors.One of the biggest...
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Elite colleges are ditching a major admissions requirement
Conversations about SAT and ACT scores are ubiquitous among high school students applying to colleges.Increasingly, however, many colleges and universities have begun to eschew mandatory standardized...
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This 24-year-old Harvard dropout wants to rid the world of multiple-choice...
Rebecca Kantar was two years into Harvard when she dropped out."I just felt like a lot of the same brain development was happening to me throughout my classes," Kantar recalled to Business Insider.As...
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A perfect SAT couldn't get this guy into the Ivy League — now he's running a...
Shaan Patel, a 27-year-old entrepreneur from Las Vegas, had an envy-inducing high school résumé.He was the valedictorian of his class, was crowned homecoming king, and even shook President George W....
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