Many of our clients come to us with the mistaken impression that test scores don’t matter because so many schools are now test optional or test flexible. Though it is true that on paper, more schools are test optional, a 2014 NACAC survey of colleges showed that in terms of percentile rank of admissions factors […]
Author: Top Tier Admissions
The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success has been in higher education news a lot recently, and our own Dr. Michele Hernandez is quoted in The Dartmouth offering her thoughts on the impact the Coalition and an alternative to the Common Application will have on disadvantaged students. Read more here!
SAT Horror Stories
We have heard many SAT horror stories over the years from our students. Hurricanes in the middle of tests and proctors insisting no one move, a bloody nose that soaked the score sheet and a student too shy to speak up, not enough booklets ordered and students left waiting over an hour to take the […]