Conquering Test Anxiety in a Digital World
Where there are tests, there will be test anxiety. By their very nature, assessments (particularly higher-stakes assessments) cause some elevated stress in students. While some students are better...
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Navigating Digital AP Exams: What Every Student Needs to Know for 2025
Many AP classes have midterms and semester finals structured to mimic the official AP exams. As these tests approach, it is a good time to review this year’s changes to how AP exams will be...
View ArticleHow Executive Functioning Can Ease Academic Anxiety
There is a dynamic, reciprocal relationship between executive functioning (EF) and academic anxiety. Students with strong EF skills—including planning, organizing, prioritizing, inhibiting...
View ArticleGot Your PSAT Score? Let’s Make It Work for You
For many students, taking the PSAT is the first step on their testing journey. It’s an exciting time, but understandably an anxious and uncertain one as well. When scores get released in late October...
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The Enhanced ACT Explained: Changes, Challenges, and Expert Tips
As you may already know, a shorter, revamped ACT is coming in 2025! Here, we recap many of the recent announcements and offer our recommendations for students looking to take the ACT in the upcoming...
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AP Overload: Balancing Academic Rigor & Student Well-Being
The Advanced Placement program has had a profound impact on the American high school curriculum. Since its humble beginnings in 1955—when some 1,200 students took a mere 2,200 exams—the AP has grown...
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The Demographic Cliff: What It Means for College Admissions and Higher Education
For over a decade, the college admissions world has been mulling over the census data revealing a looming demographic cliff. Birth rates declined around the time of 2008’s Great Recession, setting in...
View ArticleMaximizing Your AP Success: Colleges That Reward Academic Rigor
Advanced Placement (AP) exams are more than just a measure of academic achievement—they’re a way to demonstrate your ability to thrive in challenging, college-level courses. For students aiming to...
View Article7 Predictions for College Admissions In 2025
Many parents of high school students start the new year wondering (and sometimes worrying) how the college admissions process will shift as their teenager navigates the journey to college. Admissions...
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The Digital ACT Comes Into Focus: What We Know Now
In December, ACT, Inc. released the first practice test for the Core ACT, opened up registrations for the spring ACT tests, and conducted a webinar outlining the validity studies conducted last year on...
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