If you’re a high school student, you’ve no doubt heard about the SAT and have done work to prepare for it. For sophomores and juniors, the PSAT is likely on your radar, too. Every October, students across the country take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, or PSAT/NMSQT. Almost all high school students take…
This morning the College Board made two big announcements in the world of college admissions: for students in the U.S., both the SAT Subject Tests and the SAT essay writing section will be discontinued. At International College Counselors, we’ve been hearing rumors for a while, and today College Board made it official. There were 20…
So far, 2020 has proven to be a year of big changes, and the college admissions process is no different. Some pieces of the application that used to be required are now optional, and what colleges mean by “optional” needs further explanation and clarification. What “test optional” means Test optional means just that: it is…
Each new day of the COVID-19 crisis brings changes. However, what doesn’t change is International College Counselors’ commitment to delivering dedicated service and the latest news to our families. Standardized testing options have particularly been impacted by the pandemic. Listed here are the most recent updates from the world of testing. SAT: The College Board…
As college advisors, some of the most frequent questions we get asked include: “Do colleges prefer the SAT or the ACT?” “Which test is easier?” and “Should my child take the SAT or the ACT?” First off, colleges do NOT prefer one test over the other. All colleges accept both tests. The other questions are…