https://nationaltestprep.org/the-college-board-drops-subject-tests-and-the-sat-essay/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://nationaltestprep.org/the-college-board-drops-subject-tests-and-the-sat-essay/#comment-8 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:24:01 +0000 https://nationaltestprep.org/?p=3133#comment-8 Good move for College Board. The essay wasn’t valued by most colleges and universities, and I expect the ACT will soon follow suit. I wonder what will happen to replace subject tests: will APs widen to include a bigger audience or will something else crop up?

]]> https://nationaltestprep.org/the-college-board-drops-subject-tests-and-the-sat-essay/#comment-7 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:29:25 +0000 https://nationaltestprep.org/?p=3133#comment-7 I won’t miss the essay…I just hope the universities won’t miss it either…otherwise they might develop a penchant for that inferior test that’s given in the Midwest. SAT>ACT

]]> https://nationaltestprep.org/the-college-board-drops-subject-tests-and-the-sat-essay/#comment-6 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:21:50 +0000 https://nationaltestprep.org/?p=3133#comment-6 Thanks for this great article. I won’t miss the SAT optional essay at all! I wonder if the ACT essay will be retired soon as well?

]]> https://nationaltestprep.org/the-college-board-drops-subject-tests-and-the-sat-essay/#comment-5 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:59:50 +0000 https://nationaltestprep.org/?p=3133#comment-5 This was a smart move. The ACT and SAT are cumulative assessments of knowledge, and GPA+APs are the subject specific assessments. There is no need for redundant admission values like a Subject Test. Let’s hope the ACT makes a similar move by eliminating the optional essay.

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