In 1926, the SAT made its debut among a few thousand college applicants as the ‘Scholastic Assessment Test’. Soon after in 1934, James Bryant Conant, then president of Harvard College, established a scholarship program for low-income students that required candidates to take the SAT in an effort to make the university more inclusive.
Continue readingThinking of taking SATs but not sure what to expect in the SAT Math? Currently preparing for SAT Math and want to know which skills are a must to ace the test? Finished preparing for SATs and want to quickly glance through some common Math problems?
Continue readingIt's a popular misconception that good grades and a strong SAT score are the only essential factors in your application. In fact, it's all too often that we see students with stellar scores who spent all their time in high school hitting the books, whilst neglecting the bevy of extracurricular activities available to them.
Continue readingThe US and the UK are pegged as the world’s choice destinations for pursuing higher education. However, their frameworks when it comes to the university application process are totally different.
Continue readingGiven the flurry of US universities that went “test optional” over the pandemic, students were left wondering whether they could truly evade taking the SAT – a long-standing pillar of the university admissions process. Pandemic restrictions added another layer of uncertainty to this question, as at the height of lockdowns and spatial constraints, administering the SAT became nearly impossible in certain countries.
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