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“Smitty,” a legendary school counselor, passes on wisdom from years of guiding students through the college admission process.
September 29, 2010
“Smitty,” a legendary school counselor, passes on wisdom from years of guiding students through the college admission process.
Newsweek offers 6 new realities in college admission. #6? Consider hiring an educational consultant: 25% of top students already do.
No one likes rejection. But if you’re denied accommodations or unsatisfied with the accommodations you were granted, you can make an appeal.
If you’ve been diagnosed with a learning disability, you may want to consider requesting special accommodations when you take the SAT or ACT. Depending on your learning disability, accommodations could include extended time to complete the test, testing over multiple days, access to an audio DVD, or a specific seating arrangement. Students with ADHD, for example, may be able to take the test with extended time in a room with fewer students. There’s no additional charge to complete an accommodated test, and because college admissions committees don’t know when tests were taken under modified circumstances, you shouldn’t hesitate to request accommodations if you need them.
From our humor files, we bring you expert Educational Consultant, Mr. Stephen Colbert, who has advice for acing the SAT tests–and other aspects of college admission.
Perhaps the most vexing aspect of college admissions in the United States today is the use and abuse of standardized tests. While there is no
It’s always fun when two different–and reputable–publications report the same story and lead them with different headlines. The facts: the College Board reported that the
The Chronicle of Higher Education has joined in the reporting on “Score Choice,” the new policy by the College Board to allow students the ability
Today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed presents an excellent analysis of the College Board’s new policy allowing students to select which of their SAT scores