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Admissions + Testing in 2021 and Beyond Webinar Recap

We co-hosted a webinar providing tips for high school students and their parents regarding the college application process and the fate of standardized testing.

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A Change to the Common Application, Another Round of SAT Cancellations, and a College Getting it Right!

This week included a change to the Common Application, another round of SAT cancellations, and a spotlight on a college touted as a model for reopening and containing community spread.  Hundreds of thousands of students who registered to take the SAT this September and October will be unable to take their exam because the testing […]

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More Test-Blind News, Big Changes to College Athletics, U.S. News and World Report Rankings, and News from Graduate Programs

This week, we learned of more schools switching to test-blind admissions, a big change to college athletics, and some important changes to graduate programs.  Reed College and Dickinson College joined the growing list of test-blind schools. A few UC campuses had previously decided to go test-blind for upcoming admissions cycles. However, a California judge recently […]

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College Admissions + Testing Updates for Fall 2020 Webinar Recap

On September 15, Expert Admissions co-hosted a webinar entitled, “College Admissions + Testing Updates for Fall 2020.” The webinar provided tips for families of high school students embarking on the college application process as well as advice on standardized testing.  The following updates and highlights were shared regarding to standardized testing: Students have been able […]

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College is Everywhere Now, UC System Banned From Using Test Scores, Campuses Test Students Regularly for COVID

This week, a judge ruled the UC system cannot use test scores, college is now everywhere, Covid continues to disrupt fall plans, and another school went test-blind. A California judge ruled that the UC system cannot use SAT or ACT scores in admissions this cycle because they would disadvantage low-income students and students with disabilities. […]

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ACT Cancellations Abroad, Georgia State System Goes Test-Optional, and Colleges Manage Covid

This week, a state system went test-optional, ACT preemptively canceled spring test dates abroad, and colleges continue to manage Covid on campus. ACT canceled test dates abroad for the spring while moving forward with fall dates. This decision left many wondering why ACT would throw in the towel so early for the spring and why they’d green-light […]

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Success & Peaceful Coexistence During Covid: Strategies for College Admissions and Standardized Testing

On August, 18, 2020, Expert Admissions co-hosted a webinar entitled, “Success & Peaceful Coexistence During Covid: Strategies for Parents & Students.” The webinar provided tips for families of high school students embarking on the college application process as well as advice for families with college students and younger students living and learning at home.

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Sweeping SAT Cancellations, Covid Impacts In-Person Learning, and NCAA Waives Testing

The big news this week was colleges’ quick change of plans after welcoming students to campus, plus some more standardized testing news. Following a campus outbreak, Notre Dame is moving to remote instruction for two weeks in an attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19 on campus, warning that it might send students home if the numbers […]

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Test-Optional Colleges In Response to COVID-19 2020-2021

September 28, 2020

In light of testing uncertainty due to the Covid pandemic, including cancelled SAT and ACT test dates and testing center closures, more than half of US colleges and universities are now test-optional for 2020-2021, with some adopting permanent test-optional policies.

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