Test-Optional Schools Tops 815: As High School Juniors and Seniors Prepare for Admission Tests More Colleges and Universities Eliminate ACT/SAT Requirements
“Nearly four-dozen colleges and universities have adopted test-optional admissions for all or most applicants in the past several years,” said FairTest Executive Director Jesse Mermell. “They recognize that neither the SAT nor ACT measures [...]

What SAT Scores are needed to get into an Ivy League school? This article shows a side-by-side comparison of SAT admissions data for the eight Ivy League Schools: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale.

What ACT Scores are needed to get into one of the top public universities in the United States? This article shows a side-by-side comparison of ACT admissions data for many top-ranked schools — William and Mary, Georgia Tech, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Michigan, UNC Chapel [...]

I always open my seminars and workshops with this frightening statistic: over 50% of college first years do not get a degree from the college or university they first attend. (Some drop out, some transfer, some pursue “other ends” for a while).

This article from the Berkely Beacon drives home the point– and even puts [...]

Dan Evertsz owner of BayCollegePlanners.com has the answer to the difficult question parents and students face when considering the expense of a college education: “How do we find the money for college?” The following is an introduction to Dan and his business in the form of a television interview on the Comcast show “Reference Point” [...]