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The Unpublished Changes to the ACT

The upcoming SAT changes in 2016 have dominated the mainstream…

An Admissions Case Study: Vanderbilt University’s Mind-boggling Class of 2017

As a company, we hold the belief that empirical, quantitative…

The ACT Begins Automatic Superscoring in Its Score Reporting

Just a few months before covid, the ACT announced a bevy of upcoming…

Addressing the College Board’s Environmental Context Dashboard (ECD, AKA the “adversity score”)

When the May 16th Wall Street Journal article about the College…

Maximizing the Efficiency of Your Student’s Studying: Our Ongoing Mantra (Formula Box Lock Screens)

Edison Prep is always looking for ways to increase the efficiency…

The SAT Reclaims Its Lead As The More Popular Test* (Heavy on the asterisk)

Today, the College Board released the annual national report for…

The Curse of the Easy Test: A June 2018 SAT Case Study

The June 2018 SAT scores were released yesterday morning, and…

ACT/SAT Bombshell: The New Official Conversion Table Twists the Top End of the Curve

Close to three years ago, the initial incarnation of the New…

Guest Post: The Importance of the College Essay

By: Dr. Nicole Cook, Founder, HorizonsEd College Counseling Note: Edison…

Outback Club

The Outback Club was created for our students who are able to…

UGA 2016 Early Action Musings: An Update of Our Popular 2014 Blog Post

Back in May 2014, we posted our original "All About UGA:…

ACT Reverts to Old Writing (Essay) Scale of 2-12

Earlier this week, the ACT announced that beginning with the…

Understanding the New SAT’s 1600-point score scale

Note: This blog post was originally published June 12, 2016,…

Be Careful What You Wish For: The Cautionary Tale of the New SAT for March 2016

The College Board just released its first meaningful problem…

The Unpublished Changes to the ACT, Part II: A Follow-Up With Additional Data

Note: This blog post is Part II of a two-part series about changes…

All About UGA: Ruminations from the 2014 UGA Admissions Process

UGA is a school of particular interest to many of our clients,…

10 Tips for SAT/ACT Preparation and College Admissions: Summer 2013

1. Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight. Your student should…

Curve Ball: Why Hitting a Standardized Test Home Run is Becoming Harder

Background: In year 2000, fewer than half of the top 20 students…

New SAT Registration Procedures are Challenging: A Primer on Navigating the Heightened Security Procedures

Note: For an easy-to-print PDF version of this blog post, click here. Thanks…

Standardized Testing is Anything But Standardized

I took the May 2012 SAT at a local school that we recommend to…

Instilling A Student’s Passion for Achieving a Higher Score on the SAT/ACT

As anyone who has come to one of Edison Prep’s parent meetings has…

Report from the Front Lines: Taking the December 10th ACT

Silvia and I both take the SAT and ACT multiple times each year…

The Great Opportunity and Great Peril of a High Starting Score on the SAT and ACT

Many students who come to Edison Prep for tutoring assistance…

College Planning: The Early Bird Gets the Worm

Many homebuyers work diligently and carefully with their realtors…
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