Compass has compiled the most recently available score range data and admission testing policies for popular colleges and universities, public and private, chosen to represent a wide array of four-year…
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Of the 400+ schools that Compass tracks, around 75% offer some form of Early Action (EA) and Early Decision (ED). Both can have an impact on students planning to test…
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Amid wide-scale test cancellations in 2020, most colleges in the U.S. chose to go test optional during the initial wave of COVID-19. Although some schools announced that the policy change would…
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Updated March 21 to reflect the unsatisfactory solution College Board has provided to students at sites where an "irregularity report" was filed. Students who were directly impacted by the auto-submission…
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Compass Co-Founder Adam Ingersoll discusses this topic with Eric Furda, Senior Associate Director of College Counseling at William Penn Charter High School (PA) and former Dean of Admissions at UPenn,…
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At Compass, we guide our families forward by working backward. Spring is when most of our long term planning conversations with sophomores begin, as their actions over the next 18…
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What’s a good score? is the most commonly asked question when it comes to the digital PSAT and SAT. There are multiple ways of giving context to your score –…
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Just before a high-stakes performance, we enter a moment—usually quiet, sometimes a little tense—between preparation and decisive action. Runners toe the starting blocks. Actors find their marks. Test-takers settle into…
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This year several prominent schools made headlines for reinstating testing requirements. Brown, Caltech, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale joined Georgetown and MIT on a list of popular private institutions…
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Will June ACT takers be in for a surprise? Paper-and-pencil test takers will see the traditional exam in June 2024. Students opting to take the test on the computer, however,…
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