When deciding whether to register for the ACT or SAT, high school students should choose the test that plays to their strengths. Understanding the differences between the ACT English section and the ...

The SAT is changing. Again. For the second time in just over a decade, the College Board, which administers the exam, is planning to redesign the exam. The details of the redesign aren’t public yet, ...

For two years, college applicants have had to complete a writing section on the SAT, but Brown and other universities are still reserving judgement on how much the section actually tells them, and it ...

The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) is a standardised test widely used for college and university admissions in the United States. The test comprises four sections – reading, writing and language, ...

The essay portion of the SAT and ACT has never been a requirement at most colleges and universities, and has been in place only at a few dozen colleges in recent years. But millions of students ...

On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of high-school students took the SAT. The first section in the more than three-hour test is writing, in which students pen an essay on a pseudo-profound question ...

Some students taking the new SAT exam yesterday hated the experience of writing an essay within 25 minutes. For starters, many high-school students today are uncomfortable writing by hand; some have ...