As we ramp up for the busiest test season of the year, let’s remember to prep intelligently by using quality SAT prep books. Below, we’ll share top tips on choosing the best study materials for you and your goals. And we’ll follow that up with our...
I like your forethought. Good for you for considering how long to study for the PSAT. I’m going to challenge some of the assumptions in your question’s premise before I answer. First, the PSAT is not a good diagnostic test. I know this is confusing because it markets...
Should I take the SAT or ACT? How about both! We hear terrible advice like this all the time. In our long and storied history, we see the same 5 misconceptions surface over and over. Sometimes they’re innocuous enough, but other times, they’re egregious....
In May of 2020, the Regents of the University of California voted to phase out the SAT and ACT test over five years. The schools will endeavor to create their own admissions test, designed to eliminate the socioeconomic bias latent in the SAT and the ACT. In fact,...
By Lauren Thompson In early June, the College Board walked back plans to administer an online, at-home version of the SAT. The decision came after the College Board administered a similar version of the AP tests – a version which was shortened to 45-minutes and...
The only reasons to start prepping for the SAT before freshman year would be: you were targeting one of the talent-search programs for 8th-graders, which use the SAT as a qualifier. you were dead set on achieving National Merit recognition In which case additional...
