With the stakes for college admissions getting higher by the day, it’s no surprise that students are going to extreme lengths in an attempt to make themselves stand out from the crowd. However, in today’s culture of praise, it is becoming increasingly difficult to […]
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Editorial from the Winston-Salem Journal. It never hurts to prove the boss right, but that wasn’t Professor Joseph Soares’ motive with a new book blasting college-entrance exams. The Wake Forest University sociologist’s book “SAT Wars” highlights the wisdom his employer showed in 2008 when it […]
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A new twist has been added to the conversation surrounding the use of standardized tests as a measure of academic preparedness for college-bound high schoolers. In March, North Carolina will begin requiring all high school students to sit for three different diagnostic tests, chief among […]
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Admissions applications are submitted and April 1 notification seems like years away…Suggestions for that long winter wait… The holidays are over. The frantic rush to collect recommendations and write admissions essays has culminated in the ceremonial push of the “submit” button. The adrenaline rush has […]
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Emily English, a junior at Wake Forest University, is one of a number of students on campus this year whose college admissions experience was enriched by the University’s test-optional policy which goes beyond the numbers to evaluate students’ academic potential. Three years later, […]
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Last week, Clark University, a small liberal arts institution located in Worcester, MA, announced plans to join the list of almost 900 colleges and universities who are SAT/ACT optional. This new admissions policy, set to begin fall 2013, coincides with the implementation of another […]
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Last Sunday, Wake Forest University dean of admissions Martha Allman made a guest appearance in the Washington Post in an article that discusses the merits of the SAT, as well as Joseph A. Soares’ new book, SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional Admissions. Considering all […]
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Sometimes when faced with the avalanche of admissions advice that is available, it is easy to forget some basic truths might not be so true after all. In this article from the Washington Post, Jenna Johnson and Valerie Strauss play admissions mythbusters…
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From the New York Times: A New Book Argues Against the SAT By REBECCA R. RUIZ When Wake Forest University announced three years ago that it would make the SAT optional for its undergraduate applicants, among those cheering was Joseph Soares, a sociology professor at […]
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In today’s Chronicle of Higher Education, journalist Eric Hoover reviews a new book that gives an insider’s account of the issues involved when a school decides to go test-optional in its admissions process.
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