Monday, March 28, 2011

The Ivy leap: 5 ways to land a college scholarship | Prism Money | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters.com

The Ivy leap: 5 ways to land a college scholarship Prism Money Analysis & Opinion Reuters.com: The article has this section on test scores: "Test scores still matter. The better the college-entrance test score, the better your odds will be of getting a grant. Those scoring 1300 or better on the SAT were six times were likely to get aid vs. those obtaining scores under 700. Take tutorials and prep course before you take these tests. It will increase your chances of lowering your college bills." Vancouver SAT Tutoring Your Score Booster http://www.yourscorebooster.com

Friday, March 18, 2011

SAT’s Reality TV Question Flummoxes Some Takers - NYTimes.com

Every year, the SAT reduces more than a few teenage test-takers to tears.

But few questions on the so-called Big Test appear to have provoked more anxious chatter — at least in this era of texting and online comment streams and discussion threads — than an essay prompt in some versions of the SAT administered last Saturday in which students were asked to opine on reality television.

“This is one of those moments when I wish I actually watched TV,” one test-taker wrote on Saturday on the Web site College Confidential, under the user name “littlepenguin.”

“I ended up talking about Jacob Riis and how any form of media cannot capture reality objectively,” he wrote, invoking the 19th-century social reformer. “I kinda want to cry right now.”

SAT’s Reality TV Question Flummoxes Some Takers - NYTimes.com

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