[This post is updated weekly and summarizes the current status of college admission testing and test preparation opportunities with Compass.] The Compass team continues to work safely and remotely to…
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April 26th Update National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently sent an announcement to high schools that the Commended Student cutoff was a 207 Selection Index for the class of 2022....
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When ACT announced Superscore reporting and Section Retesting in the fall of 2019, it had no way of knowing that a 2020 rollout would be upended by a pandemic. Superscore...
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The 2021 AP exams are mostly back to normal, with a few important exceptions. We're compiling some helpful information here, including how to parse the differences in exam format, using...
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At Compass, we guide our clients forward by working backward. Spring of sophomore year is when most of our long term planning conversations begin, knowing that the moves you’ll make…
A Note for the Class of 2022: In light of ongoing test site cancelations in 2021 in some regions of the country, Compass expects most colleges to extend their class...
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Superscoring Many in college admission talk about reading applications holistically and supportively; one way they can do this is by “superscoring” standardized tests. This means that if you take the...
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For many high school students, the ubiquity of flexible testing policies makes applying to college simpler. And, in some ways harder. Until recently, taking the SAT or ACT was something...
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A number of our contacts in admissions offices confirmed this past weekend what we’ve surmised for the past four years was inevitable: College Board is eliminating the SAT Subject Tests…
Participating without a PSAT Score Only 737,000 of the expected 1.7 million juniors were able to take the October 2020 PSAT. Given the increasing number of January PSAT cancelations, Compass…