On January 19th, 2021, College Board announced that they will no longer administer the SAT Subject Tests in the U.S. and that the Essay would be retired. Read our blog…
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A test prep plan that would be too much or too soon for most students is practical and necessary for others. In this post we consider the factors that make…
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One of our favorite events in the San Francisco office is our Semiannual Tutor Conference. Â We recently hosted our sixth conference, and it was a big success! Tutors from Petaluma…
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As predicted, the ACT proved more popular than the SAT for several years after SAT's design overhaul, both nationwide and among Compass students. Now that the new SAT transition aftershocks…
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One of the benefits of having relocated to New York City to support our office here is being more readily available and able to say yes when media opportunities arise.…
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When admission letters came in last spring, there was more head-scratching than usual among counselors and families. Much of the discussion revolved around how unpredictable things seemed, especially when it…
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Compass is devoted to implementing new technologies and the best training practices to ensure that our tutors experience the finest training and ongoing development. Far from taking a cookie-cutter approach,…
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ACT sees the largest drop in test-takers in college admission testing history. In ACT's social media press kit about its College and Career Readiness Report for the class of 2018,…
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Each October several million sophomores and juniors sit for a PSAT and try to get as few problems wrong as possible. What they may not realize is that College Board,…
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The June 2018 SAT has received a lot of negative attention because of its abnormally harsh curve. Among the questions we look at below: Were scores actually lower in June…
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