Daily Archives: August 6, 2013

Sneak Preview – New SAT and Digital ACT

What the New SAT and Digital ACT Might Look Like By TAMAR LEWIN SAY farewell to vocabulary flashcards with arcane words like “compendious,” “membranous,” “mendacious,” “pugnacious,” “depreciatory,” “redolent,” “treacly” and “jettison.” In the new SAT, to be unveiled in 2015, David Coleman, president of the College Board, wants to get rid of obscure words that…

Testing, Testing – SAT and ACT

More Students Are Taking Both the ACT and SAT By TAMAR LEWIN AS if applying to college isn’t taxing enough, the process seems to have been ratcheted up another notch. Ambitious high school students are no longer content with just one college admissions test. Not a single college requires it, but many applicants to the…