National Merit Cutoffs Just Fell. Here’s What Next Year’s Juniors Should Learn From It.
For families who have been tracking National Merit for the past few years, this year’s results probably caused some whiplash.
For families who have been tracking National Merit for the past few years, this year’s results probably caused some whiplash.
AI can explain a math problem in seconds. It can generate practice questions. It can walk through an equation. It
For years, Georgetown had one of the most unusual standardized-testing policies among highly selective colleges. Take the SAT three times?
Your student has a 4.0. Maybe even higher. They are taking honors or AP classes. Their report card looks impressive.
The Common Application opened August 1, 2026. That means thousands of rising seniors are creating accounts, adding colleges, and telling
A student watches the lesson. The instructor explains the problem. The correct answer appears. Everything makes sense. And the student
AP scores are out. And now a lot of families are staring at a screen asking some version of the
Some elite schools are making it easier to apply. That does not mean they are making it easier to get

Columbia is bringing back the SAT or ACT. That matters. Not because one policy change suddenly rewrites college admissions. But

More than 1,100 University of California math and science professors are urging UC regents to reinstate college-entrance exams, arguing that