Junior year. The climax year of high school, riddled with stress, standardized tests and college searches. The second semester is supposed to synthesize my entire highschool career; students across the...
UPDATE April 17: The College Board has canceled the June SAT administration. They will be adding a September test date, with early priority given for fall SATs to students who have not had a chance to...
When Nic Grofsorean was entering the room of his SAT, he was intimidated. All the prep work and talks about the SAT made it seem as if it were the most important test of his life. He knew that it would...
Students who have taken standardized tests usually don’t enjoy them. I know I didn’t. Lately, standardized tests have become more and more prominent in teenagers’ lives and even elementary school...
As ACT and MME week draws closer, the stress of the junior class is palpable in the hallways of Community High School.The importance of standardized tests is built up by teachers, parents, and prospective...
The PSAT and the MEAP were not a big deal for most of the Community High School students who took these standardized tests on Oct. 16, but rather a reminder of the close proximity of the more consequential...
On Wednesday Feb. 13 from 6-8pm, 826Michigan, located downtown at 115 E. Liberty St., will host an MME-prep workshop for high school students ages 16-18.
The workshop will consist of a single two-hour...
Not all the lights were on when Community High’s juniors entered the building on Wednesday, Oct. 17. While the freshmen, sophomores, and seniors would be sleeping in for another few hours, CHS juniors...
11th grade is the year that is most important for getting into a good college. It’s the year students are expected to have the best grades and it’s the year that students take the SAT and ACT,...
National trends often have local consequences. During the span of only a few months in 2009, 46 states plus Washington D.C. adopted the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a bold new set of educational...
The first two pages of the Princeton Review Manual for the SAT make four things clear. One – the SAT acronym stands for nothing. Two – the SAT score accounts for 25% of your application if you are...
Some say public education is the great equalizer but in a world where high school diplomas are fast becoming obsolete, simply finishing twelfth grade will not open the doors it used to.
According to...
