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Congratulations to the United States Naval Academy, West Point - The U.S. Military Academy, and United States Air Force Academy for being named the top three Public National Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News and World Report! CLT is honored to be accepted by these elite military service academies.

We are pleased to announce our 2026 CLT10 National Award recipients. These are the sophomores who received the top 50 scores in the U.S.

National Award recipients are awarded a $2,500 scholarship to help cover the cost of tuition and room and board at any CLT Partner College. Additionally, several CLT Partner Colleges offer their own unique scholarships for National Award recipients, including Grove City College and Christendom College.

To view all of the CLT10 award-winners, visit our website: https://www.cltexam.com/student-awards/

Congratulations to these impressive young men and women!

The highest-achieving students focus on *how* they’re learning, not just on *what* they’re learning. Today on our blog, Faith Walessa lays out four study types that can help you level up your study skills in a way that serves your mind best.

These techniques are not meant to help you “cheat the system,” but they’re about discovering how to play to your strengths, engage with the content most efficiently, and actually enjoy and preserve the learning that you do all year.

Read more on the CLT Journal: https://blog.cltexam.com/what-is-your-study-style/

The most iconic image in college marketing: the reading list of St. John’s College, Annapolis. An institution that consistently graduates some of the most thoughtful young people you’ll ever meet…

Have you read any of these marathon classics? While word counts vary by translation, these estimations make it clear: it takes a lot of dedication to finish one of the world’s longest classic books.

This adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.Recent changes to popular college entrance exams like the ACT and SAT are cause for concern about declining academic standards and the risk of grade inflation.

In order to assess the accuracy of these claims and understand where to go from here, it is essential to look back at the original goal of standardized testing and ask ourselves what has been lost, what is worth preserving, and what must change.

Read the full post by Faith Walessa on the CLT Journal: https://lnkd.in/g3DdabkP

Photo courtesy of Hamline University, adapted by CLT. Original licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. This adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

We are pleased to announce our 2026 CLT10 Regional Scholars. These are the freshmen or sophomores who scored in the top 5% of their respective U.S. region. To view the complete list, visit our website: https://www.cltexam.com/student-awards

Congratulations to these impressive young men and women!

Mary Gregory is a high school senior and former CLT10 Award Winner. Read the rest of her poem, “Tintern Abbey or To the Living Church” on the CLT Journal.

blog.cltexam.com/tintern-abbey-or-to-the-living-church

Classical Baccalaureate’s Assistant Director of Academics left International Baccalaureate to help cultivate our new diploma program and exams.

Visit the CB Substack to read his explanation for why he made the move.

https://classiclearningtest.substack.com/p/why-i-joined-the-classical-baccalaureate

In any other time, such a person would not be considered educated at all…