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…
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,…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
College Board began releasing March SAT scores on Friday, March 22. This post covers how to access and interpret those scores and what to do next. Access Your Scores Go…
Is Yale test optional? While (another) Ivy League test-requirement decision directly pertains to a relatively small pool of ultra-high achievers, understanding the rationale of these policy shifts helps all college-bound…