The New ACT
The new ACT offers challenges (score variability) and opportunities (an optional science and more time per question). Here’s everything you need to know.
The new ACT offers challenges (score variability) and opportunities (an optional science and more time per question). Here’s everything you need to know.
Instead of a blog post, here is a podcast, an op-ed, and a TV clip to answer whether standardized tests matter to colleges (even to so-called “test-blind” colleges), and, if so, how much. If you want all the info with details and nuance, choose the podcast: “College Admissions and Test
Despite declining academic preparedness, grades continue to rise. Contrary to public perception, rampant grade inflation has so eroded the meaning of grades that SAT and ACT scores are now better predictors than a student’s high school GPA of academic success in college. Declining Academic Preparedness According to The National Assessment
At least 122 colleges have already returned to requiring test scores or said they will return to doing so in the 2025-2026 admissions cycle. A few of the most notable to do so: MIT, Caltech (which jumped all the way from test-blind directly to test-required), Harvard (which ended its moratorium
You can practice infinitely but, if you don’t optimally execute when it counts, then you will not be able to show the full fruits of your labor. Small benefits can add up to significant advantages, so here are some the best performance tips for test day:
Just announced, Harvard will require test scores for this upcoming 2024-2025 admissions cycle. Other schools (Dartmouth, Yale, etc) returning to test-required admissions was, in some sense, overhyped news. This is likely different. UPDATE: As of about 10 minutes ago, Caltech (which was test-blind) has just returned, effective immediately, to requiring
