Test Prep

A few weeks ago I registered my dismay with the the way the College Board was treating overseas SAT test-takers. Registration had been unavailable — due, presumably, to the College [...]

Good at math but not seeing the SAT/PSAT scores you expect? A common scenario we see from students is those who are “good at math” and are probably even in advanced math classes, and yet they [...]

Taking the SAT might not be a ton of fun, but let’s show a little love for the College Board anyway. Among all of its services and products, the process of administering over 1 million SAT [...]

Are you taking the SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Tests this fall and prepping this summer? If so, you should start chewing gum. Recent studies at Swinburne University have revealed findings about the [...]

After the essays wrested from fingers; after the exams in frosty classrooms; after the agony in impatient places; the studying and the waiting…you will get into college. Where, and with how [...]

As busy finals and AP tests season draws to a close, many students are looking forward to a restful summer free from academic commitments. But before you dust off your xbox and turn off your [...]

Imagine you’re an American high school student, and you dream of attending Beijing National University. That’s not an unreasonable aspiration: Beijing National has a great reputation, and many of [...]

Like a couple getting married seven times in the span of a year, the College Board has released a “save the date” for the administration of the SAT and Subject Tests for the 2013-14 [...]

The May SAT tends to get a bad rap. Typically, it falls on a weekend that either precedes or follows the annual two weeks of AP testing (the worst-case scenario is when it falls on the weekend in [...]

UPDATE [MAY 2018] Check out ArborBridge’s Guide to Computer-Based Testing: What We Know & What We Don’t Know for the most up-to-date information on the computer-based ACT. How [...]