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I’ve worked with students for almost two decades who hate the GRE. It’s long, they haven’t taken a math class in several years (so the quant section is overwhelming), the registration fee ($220 in most U.S. cities) is pricey, it’s anxiety-producing to sit in a test center for four hours, standardized testing is fraught with […]
On Monday, October 31, 2022, the Supreme Court heard five hours of oral arguments on two important cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions and whether an applicant’s race can be considered in a holistic review process. The two cases, brought by Students for Fair Admissions, approach the question of […]
Top Tier’s Class of 2022 seniors blew the doors off yet another unprecedented record-breaking application cycle! It was a bit of a double-whammy for students as this admissions cycle saw historically low acceptance rates across the board at top schools and incredibly high, slightly mind-blowing application numbers. Among seniors enrolled in our private counseling program […]
On January 25, the College Board announced a series of changes to the SAT under the headline that proclaimed, “Digital SAT Brings Student-Friendly Changes to the Test Experience.” Among the “student-friendly” changes are the following: A SIGN OF THE TIMES In one sense, this transition to digital makes sense and from a purely logistical standpoint, […]
The College Board announced today (January 19, 2021) that effective immediately, the SAT subject tests will be discontinued for students in the U.S. and they will be phased out for international students this summer after the May, June test dates. This decision is the culmination of the slow and steady erosion of the subject tests, […]
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