What Is a Mid Year Report for Colleges? What You Need to Know
What You Need To Know When you hit submit on your college applications, there is a sigh of relief. You’ve spent considerable time preparing for this moment. From the initial…
New ACT Test Changes Coming in 2025
Here’s What to Expect Standardized testing remains a component of many colleges’ application process. We encourage our students to control what they can in the process by taking the test…
Do AP Scores Affect College Admissions?
At Signature College Counseling, we are often asked if AP scores impact college admissions. In general, they don’t really affect your admissions chances. As with many questions about college admissions,…
Are Colleges Requiring SAT for Class of 2023?
When the pandemic hit, many colleges became test optional in relation to their application process. There really was no other option given the inability to offer the SAT during lockdowns…
Major Changes Coming to the 2024 SAT Test
The New SAT Will Be Shorter and Online As has been widely publicized of late, the College Board has announced some exciting updates to their standardized tests. Key SAT Changes…
Signing Up for the SAT Test
Whether you’re a sophomore, junior or even a senior in high school, signing up for the fateful SAT looms over you. Knowing how and when to sign up for this…
Should I Send SAT Scores to Test Optional Schools?
Each year more and more institutions are choosing to make submitting your ACT and/or SAT scores optional. This does not mean that you can’t submit them, but that you have…
When Do You Send Your SAT Scores to Colleges?
[ultimate_spacer height=”20″]Believe it or not, you need to send your SAT and ACT scores to colleges way ahead of their specified deadlines. It is important that you send your scores…
ACT Announces Scoring Reforms
[ultimate_spacer height=”20″]ACT Announces Scoring Reforms ACT announced scoring reforms on its ACT exam today. The changes are effective September 2020. They will allow test takers: Who have already taken the…
Test Optional: How Optional is Test Optional?
I attended my association’s conference this past week (IECA) and wanted to share my notes on the test optional session that I felt some of you would find useful.
ACT/SAT Scores: What Score Should I be Shooting for?
What score should I be shooting for on the ACT or the SAT? I get this question more frequently than I can count.
ACT or SAT Tests: How far in advance should I begin to prep?
ACT or SAT Tests: How far in advance should I begin to prep? In general, the ideal timing to prep for the ACT or SAT Tests is 3 months prior…
Testing and Your Transcript
Testing and Your Transcript: High test scores and a low GPA can be a red flag in viewing a students potential vs. what they have achieved.