Category: Changes in College Admissions

College Board Drops Plan For At-Home SAT Tests, Lacks Space for Needed Tests

June 3, 2020

More Colleges Will Be Dropping the SAT Requirement as the College Board proceeds with in-person testing for 2020-2021
Big Changes for the University of California Application: What, Why and What to Do (Part 1)

September 7, 2016

Who should read this post: anybody who is now or will be in the near future applying to any University of California campus; any parent of anybody applying to the U.C. anytime soon; anybody interested in what is going on in higher education. Our major topics: The U.C. Application Essays for 2016-2017; Some Current Data…
What Universities Will Look For This Year In College Applications–A Quick Introduction

June 27, 2013

What universities are looking for starts with what kind of university you are applying to. In the most basic sense, universities can be divided into two categories when it comes to applications: holistic or objective universities. In the first case, holistic universities take a “whole person” approach, looking at grades and (usually) test scores, but also looking…

College Board Drops Plan For At-Home SAT Tests, Lacks Space for Needed Tests