If you’re a student taking the ACT for the first time, you might be worried about the ACT Science Test. Of all the tests that make up the ACT, the…
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Teaching a student how to make educated guesses on multiple choice questions is SAT Tutoring 101. For graduate-level SAT tutoring, it is more interesting to examine the smartest way to…
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The redesigned ACT student score reports aim to contextualize students' scores and offer details about students' individual strengths and weaknesses. Unfortunately, these goals are impeded by the overwhelming volume of information included on…
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To improve their scores on the ACT and the SAT, students do not need to read novels like The Catcher in the Rye and 1984. For students who despise reading assigned…
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Compass directors have countless conversations with families about whether or not their students should retake the ACT or SAT exam. Even the ones who are thrilled with their initial results may succumb to…
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A few million high school juniors and sophomores took the PSAT last week. It gave them an early glimpse at the SAT along with some low-stakes first-hand experience with college…
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What is the PSAT/NMSQT, and How Does a Student Qualify for Preliminary Eligibility? In October 2018, 3.5 million high school students (juniors and sophomores) took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit…
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The most recently released counts for all 50 states comes from National Merit Scholarship Corporation's 2014-2015 report on the class of 2015. Class of 2015 Summary PSAT Takers: 1,595,486 NMSP Entrants:…
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Counselors and families have been curious about the impact of the new PSAT on National Merit since the last pencil was put down in October 2015. Would it lower/raise the…
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ACT's controversial essay scoring has claimed more victims -- in this case, two of its more student-friendly policies. Testers who felt that there were inconsistencies in the multiple-choice grading or…
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