BREAKING NEWS: College Board cancels June testing, adds September 26th SAT-only date. College admission and testing is in a state of upheaval, like so much else in our lives. What...
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The Compass team is working safely and remotely to provide a full level of service to our students. We have transitioned all of our one-on-one students to online tutoring and...
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April 11 Update: The Commended cutoff has fallen from 212 for the class of 2020 to 209 for the class of 2021. This was the score that Compass had dubbed...
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As promised, the College Board released additional information today (April 3, 2020) about the AP Exams this year. Here are some key takeaways for students. For a more in-depth synthesis…
PART I: Unexpected, Unexplained Score Drops Critics of standardized tests correctly assert that even the best built tests are imperfect and incomplete. However, high stakes tests like the SAT and...
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Over the past few years, efforts have been made to encourage more colleges to accept self-reported SAT and ACT scores from students during the application process and only require official...
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Below are the Semifinalist cutoffs for the 13 years for the class of 2008 to the class of 2020. Because of the change in PSAT scoring with the class of…
College Board and ACT finally released a joint concordance for the SAT and ACT in the summer of 2018. The latest information can be found on our new Conversion and...
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Winter break is the time to get serious about college admission testing. From here, your actions and attitudes—two variables you can control—will have the greatest impact on your testing outcomes....
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Scheduling is usually the largest factor students consider when choosing the right test date. For example, if you're in the school play that has 2 hour rehearsals 5 days a...
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