SAT and ACT: What to Know

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Teens, Adults
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Digital testing has arrived for both the SAT and ACT, and more high profile colleges have removed or adjusted score optional testing policies. Join Goldstein Test Prep founder Mike Goldstein to make sense of the recent changes in admissions testing. Topics will include: 

  • Updated data, scoring information, and strategies for the digital SAT and it's adaptive testing formal
  • Major changes the ACT implemented this past year including the option for digital AND paper testing and an optional science section 'How adaptive scoring will mean different tests for different students
  • The new format of the combined reading/writing sections with one paragraph per question
  • The College Board's Bluebook App and the digital test taking tools created to assist students
  • The continued evolution of test optional admissions policies and how to determine where to send test scores
  • Decisions by schools such as Yale, Dartmouth, the University of Texas, Purdue, and others to require test scores of all applicants and what it means for admissions rates, average scores, and diversity goals 

The program will include an extensive Q&A session. Feel free to email any questions in advance through the Goldstein Test Prep website here.  


Goldstein Test Prep was founded in 2007. Founder, Mike Goldstein and his staff have helped thousands of students reach their potential on the SAT and ACT. Programs are designed to help students become more deliberate, reflective test takers, and to help students learn exactly what the SAT and ACT are testing. To learn more, read reviews, and see full program offerings, visit the site.

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