March 30, 2022
Is Test-Free Better for Diversity?
This is the second article in a two-part series on the debate about standardized testing and race. You can read the first article here. Written…
March 18, 2022
Is the SAT Actually Racist?
This is the first article in a two-part series on the debate about standardized testing and race. You can read the second article here. Written…
February 16, 2022
Deferred? Don’t Despair, Dude
It is officially many senior’s favorite season, the time of college early admissions decisions. And while the feeling of opening that portal and seeing a…
February 7, 2022
M-A Students React to New Digital SAT
Illustration by Ella Bohmann Farrell On January 25th the College Board announced that there will be a new, fully online SAT implemented in the US…
December 26, 2021
Rethinking College Admissions: The Test-Optional Dilemma
This is part two of our three-part series on college admissions. To read the first story about Pass/No Pass grades click here. To read the…
November 30, 2021
Rethinking College Admissions: To Pass or Not to Pass
This is the first of our three-part series on college admissions. To read our second story about college essays click here. Written by Katie Doran,…
June 1, 2021
Test-Blind: The Lesser of Two Evils
Read the dissenting opinion here. Though some students have traveled thousands of miles and across state borders to take their exams, standardized tests are quickly…
June 1, 2021
The Case for Standardized Testing
Read the dissenting opinion here. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many colleges and universities to go test-blind or test-optional in the admissions process. This decision…
March 24, 2021
Why You Shouldn’t Feel Pressured to take the SAT
Written by Jane White and Annie Wagner While taking the SAT or ACT has practically been a rite of passage for college-bound high school students…