SAT Preparation

Thoughts from the Boston Globe on today's Supreme Court "affirmative action" decision:
"Indeed, I believe that the ability of college admissions officers to continue to meet their enduring goals of filling classrooms, dorm rooms, and campus communities with a diverse roster of young people, and to do so within the new guardrails of the law, will rest heavily on the narrative portions of the college application.
Or, to put it another way: The success of the next iteration of affirmative action in college admissions could rise or fall on the degree to which young people maximize their use of their college admissions essays to bring themselves — and their “lived experiences,” as an admissions officer might put it — to full and vivid life. Also taking on additional import: the extent to which counselors and teachers use their reference letters to amplify the portraits that students sketch of themselves, including in their resumes.
Details, stories, and other examples drawn from applicants’ academic and personal experiences have always mattered. But these elements will be more critical than ever, especially with admissions officers no longer permitted to give weight merely to how an applicant checked the so-called race box, indicating whether they identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American, or white, among other choices."

Affirmative action is gone. Can personal essays help diversify universities? - The Boston Globe Details, stories, and other examples drawn from applicants’ academic and personal experiences have always mattered. But these elements will be more critical than ever.

Interesting ...

Opinion | Let’s Smash the College Admissions Process If affirmative action goes, bigger changes are necessary.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/test-optional-admissions.html

Opinion | Making the SAT and ACT Optional Is the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations Intended or not, it sends a message that some students of color are less capable.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/selective-high-schools-brooklyn-tech.html

How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech and other schools across the country are under pressure to end entrance exams. Students have complicated feelings about that.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/sat-test-digital.html

Put Down Your No. 2 Pencils. Forever. The SAT will go completely digital by 2024 amid questions about whether college admissions tests are fair, or even necessary.

This will make the admissions more expensive ...

Harvard says it won't require SAT or ACT scores through 2026 The move comes amid a debate over the tests' fairness, as well as the stresses of the ongoing pandemic.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/sat-test-coronavirus.html

Put Down Your No. 2 Pencils. But Not Your Face Mask. The coronavirus presents a daunting new test for SAT takers, including our reporter, whose Princeton Review guides haven’t been cracked in years.

Toronto Weekend SAT Prep - June 3, 2017 SAT - May 13, 14/17 http://www.satreasoningprep.com

http://www.personalstatement.ca/2016/10/02/queens-personal-statement-workshop/

Queen’s Personal Statement Workshop – January 2017 The above tweet references a page from the Queen’s site that should be read by ALL! The page includes BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO (read the complete page): Personal Statement of Experience (PSE) an…

Update on 2016 SAT: How will work and new options http://www.satreasoningprep.com/2015/06/update-on-2016-sat-how-sat_1600-will-work-and-new-satprep-options/

Update on 2016 SAT: How @SAT_1600 will work and new @SATPrep options In March 2016 the new SAT will be administered. The College Board has provided new general information and established the baseline minimum SAT Prep. Let's let twitter help us out. 1. About the new...

SAT 1600 – It’s Coming http://wp.me/p2qTc-4

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