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Colleges and Universities That Cheat

on February 2, 2012 in College rankings, Colleges, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research

Claremont McKenna College recently announced that it had been sending inflated SAT scores to US News since 2005. According to news accounts, the vice president and dean of admissions admitted inflating the scores and resigned. The college’s critical reading scores were inflated by an average of 17 points and the math scores were bumped up [...]

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4 SAT and ACT Testing Strategies

on February 8, 2010 in SAT/ACT

During the past few days, I’ve sharing ACT and SAT test prep strategies to boost your teenager’s SAT or ACT scores.  You’ll find my final ACT and SAT tips below, along with links to the previous ACT and SAT test prep posts. SAT Testing Strategy: Use SAT Score Choice Until last year, students who took [...]

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Improving Your SAT or ACT Scores: Take a Sample Test

on January 28, 2010 in Admissions, College readiness, Other, SAT/ACT

Do you want your teenager to ace the SAT test or improve on a previous SAT score? Or maybe you just want to know if you can survive bad SAT results? Or maybe you’re concerned about ACT test scores. Here’s good news: There are successful SAT and ACT test strategies that students can use to [...]

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Weekend College Blog Roundup: Financial Aid, SAT Scores…

on August 30, 2009 in College Costs, Financial aid, Other, SAT/ACT

Don’t have time to track down relevant stories about college admissions, financial aid and important topics for families with teenagers? No worries. You can find lots of them right here at TheCollegeSolutionBlog.com and each weekend I also provide the links to the college posts that I write over at CBSMoneyWatch.com. Here are my CBS stories [...]

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The Latest ACT Test Scores and Comparing ACT and SAT Scores

on August 19, 2009 in Other, SAT/ACT

What is the average ACT score? For 2009 high-school graduates, the average ACT score was 21.1, which is identical to last year’s number. The ACT, which measures English, math, science and reading, uses a scale of 1 to 36. The average ACT score remained the same even though a record 1.48 million students — 4% [...]

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College Blog Weeekend RoundUp: Harvard, Student Loans and SAT Tests

on July 11, 2009 in Ivy League, SAT/ACT, Student Loans

Here’s my weekend college blog roundup of the posts that I wrote during the past few days for CBSMoneyWatch.com. Hope you enjoy them. Is Harvard Going Broke? If you’ve been struggling to stay on a budget, you might appreciate what’s happening at Harvard, which is experiencing the worst financial crisis of its 373-year history. The [...]

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