by juliehanna | Feb 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
[socialring]Finally, ACT is introducing a free online test prep service, years after SAT partnered with Khan Academy to offer the service. The Iowa-based company announced that ACT Academy will be released this spring, with a target date in March, probably too late...
by juliehanna | Mar 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
[socialring]I often get questions from families about dropping subjects in the last year or two of high school. Number one is foreign language, especially in senior year. Number two concerns science, especially the three core foundation courses: biology, chemistry,...
by juliehanna | Mar 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
[socialring]This April all Illinois public high school juniors will take the SAT on April 5. It is a newly mandated requirement for high school students in Illinois after the state Board of Education signed a contract with SAT, abandoning its longtime use of the ACT...
by juliehanna | Mar 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
[socialring]This is worth noting: ACT has added an additional test date in August 2018. In one year, this will be great news for rising seniors who may want to squeeze in one more test, and can now avoid the crunch that comes with piling it on top of Fall senior year...
by juliehanna | Mar 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
[socialring]From Eric Rath at Global Elite Test Prep out of Orange County, CA, some facts that may surprise you about preparing for standardized college tests, from their most recent newsletter: After more than a decade in test prep and higher education, I’ve...
by juliehanna | Mar 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
[socialring]The Common Application, the one-size-fits-all application designed to make applying colleges easier, is used by more than 600 U.S. colleges and universities. The main essay topics were released several weeks ago, with some significant changes. While the...
