What does SAT stand for? Plus, Top Tips for SAT Planning During COVID-19!

by Melissa Brock | Apr 13, 2020 | Ask the admission office | 0 comments

Hey, hey, are you staying healthy? I sure hope so. 

I’ve been trying to do my part by slowing the spread and doubling down at home (hence all the rapid-fire posts covering COVID-19-related tips!)

I know there’s one thing you may be thinking about if you’re the parent of a sophomore or junior: the SAT. COVID-19 may have wreaked havoc on your SAT plans. 

I worked for 12 years in a college admission office in the Midwest, so most students took the ACT, not the SAT. I even administered the ACT test every few months (those poor students were soo nervous!) so I was always a bit curious about the SAT.

Parents, it may be a few years since you’ve taken the SAT yourself (if you took it at all!) and want to know more about it. I’ll also cover some top tips on how to handle it during COVID-19.

What is the SAT?

What does SAT stand for, anyway? Let’s do a multiple-choice question, just like in the real SAT: 

1. Scholastic Aptitude Test
2. Scholar Assessment Test 
3. Slippery, Atrocious Trial 
4. It’s not an acronym for anything. It’s just S-A-T.

Got a good guess? It’s D! (Did you notice that I tried tricking you? The SAT did stand for Scholastic Aptitude Test when it was created.) 

You know that the SAT is a multiple-choice entrance exam administered by the College Board. You may even know that over 2.2 million students took the SAT in 2019, according to the 2019 SAT Suite of Assessments Program Results. But do you know the finer points of the SAT? 

The SAT does one major thing: It assesses your child’s readiness for college. Most colleges and universities use the SAT to make admission decisions. Your child’s SAT score, in addition to high school GPA, transcripts, letters of recommendation, extracurricular activities, personal essays and interviews, may also be taken into consideration for admission decisions. Some schools don’t weigh SAT scores as heavily, while others do.

Of course, it’s to your student’s advantage to do well on the SAT or the ACT. Your child is more likely to be able to attend and possibly receive more financial aid from a particular school with a higher score.

The SAT is divided up into three major sections: Reading, Math, and Writing and Language. The Essay portion is optional. Here’s a quick breakdown of what you’ll find on each test.

Reading Test

The Reading Test is 65 minutes long and features reading passages. Each reading passage requires you to answer 52 multiple-choice questions using tables, graphs, and charts. The SAT always includes: 

• One literature passage
• A U.S. history passage or pair of passages
• A passage from economics, sociology or psychology
• Two science-related passages

Your child may need to find evidence, interpret data and consider implications to answer the questions on this test.

Check out the College Board’s sample Reading Test questions.

Language and Writing Test

What’s on the Language and Writing Test? Easy — this is your child’s chance to be an editor for 35 minutes. He or she will take a look at sentence structure, usage and punctuation in portions of an underlined part of a passage. 

There are four passages and 44-passage based questions. Your child must be able to know how to manipulate words, use punctuation and sentence clauses, as well as understand verb tense, parallel construction, subject-verb agreement, comma use and more.  

Check out the College Board’s sample Language and Writing Test questions.

Math Test

The SAT Math Test covers basic algebra, problem solving, data analysis and complex equations. It’s divided up into two components — a calculator section and a no-calculator section:

• The calculator section is 55 minutes and contains 38 questions. 
• The no-calculator section is 25 minutes and contains 20 questions. Your child isn’t permitted to use a calculator. (These portions are conceptual and your child won’t need a calculator to complete them.)

Most of the questions on the Math Test are multiple choice but 22 percent are student-produced response questions, known as grid-ins.  

See the College Board’s official SAT Math Test sample questions. 

SAT Essay Test

The SAT Essay portion is optional but some colleges require it. (It’s a good idea to do some checking around to find out whether your kiddo should take the essay portion.)

The Essay Test is 50 minutes and measures your child’s ability to read, write and analyze. The two people who score your child’s essay each award between one and four points for a maximum score of eight.

Here’s how it’s done: Your student must read a passage and explain how the writer builds an argument and how that writer persuades using evidence from the passage.

How long is the SAT? 

To sum up, the SAT is 180 minutes, not including breaks. The SAT Essay Test is 50 minutes.

History of the SAT 

Okay, buckle in for a history lesson. The history of the SAT goes back all the way to the first World War, believe it or not. Robert Yerkes, a guy who knew a heck of a lot about I.Q. testing, asked the U.S. Army to let him test all recruits for intelligence using the Army Alpha.

One of Yerkes’ brilliant assistants, Carl Brigham, taught at Princeton and adapted Army Alpha as a college admissions test. It was first administered to a few thousand college applicants in 1926, just for fun. (Yeah, it was one big experiment!)

James Bryant Conant, the president of Harvard in 1933, decided to start a new scholarship program and asked an assistant dean, Henry Chauncey, to find a test to evaluate candidates for these scholarships. (Poor guy!) Chauncey met Brigham and recommended… dum da dum dum dum… The SAT! 

Chauncey talked the members of the College Board into using the SAT as a uniform exam in 1938 for scholarship applicants. The second World War changed everything in 1942. All College Board admissions tests were abolished, so the SAT became the test for everyone. 

When’s the SAT Offered?

This is kind of a trick question because the SAT’s schedule has changed due to COVID-19. The SAT’s normally offered during the following months each year: 

• August
• October
• November 
• December
• March
• May 
• June

For example, the dates for 2020-2021 are the following:

• August 29, 2020
• October 3, 2020
• November 7, 2020
• December 5, 2020
• March 13, 2021
• May 8, 2021
• June 5, 2021

What to Do About the SAT During COVID-19

The College Board canceled the May 2, 2020, SAT and SAT Subject Test administration due to COVID-19. 

Check out a comprehensive list of future SAT dates and registration deadlines on the College Board’s website.

Right now, the next SAT is scheduled for the first weekend of June (June 6), but that depends on how the public health situation evolves. The registration deadline for the June 6 test is May 8.

Your student’s school may have originally scheduled a School Day SAT Test, which was cancelled. The College Board is seeking multiple solutions with states and districts about School Day administrations. Learn more about the College Board’s COVID-19 response. 

Normally, the SAT should be taken by at least the spring of your child’s junior year. Taking it junior year gives your student the opportunity to take the SAT a second time in the fall of senior year before college application deadlines (if necessary).

This is a great time to prepare for the SAT. Your child can take practice exams and spend time preparing during quarantine. 

Should My Kiddo Take the SAT and the ACT?

I stuck this question in here because I heard it every so often as an admission counselor.

You may be tempted to encourage your child to take both the SAT and the ACT — but it’s actually not a great idea. Why?

Think about it this way. Your student will only have so much preparation time for both tests and taking both will slash that time in half. Not only that, but if you pay for tutoring, you’ll have to pay for a tutor class for both tests. 

Colleges have no preference for the ACT over the SAT or vice versa, so focus on one.   

Talk to Colleges

Now you know the answer to “What does SAT stand for?” and more. 

You might be wondering what you’ll do if COVID-19 is still a public health concern in June. Remember, there are still several dates around the corner: August 29, October 3, November 7 and December 5. 

There’s still plenty of time to test (and retest!) so don’t get stressed out about having your child take the test before college application deadlines.

Sure, it might be a bit of a squeeze to get everything done, so it’s a good idea to reach out to all of your child’s prospective colleges. Explain your concerns and hear their recommendations. (They may change their college deadlines in light of this situation, anyway. Call and find out!)

What Your High School Junior Can Be Doing Now During COVID-19

by Melissa Brock | Apr 8, 2020 | Ask the admission office | 0 comments

I had a post all ready to go about “how to help your high school junior” — then COVID-19 hit. I almost chucked the whole post out.

It’s easy to see why — it was about tackling the ACT or SAT, making an appointment with your child’s school counselor and more. 

Guess what? Your high school junior can still do most of this get-ready-for college stuff. Your fears that your junior will be way behind is natural. But there’s good news: Colleges and universities are now faced with a whole cohort of students who will have to play catch-up.

Things have changed, yes, but in many ways, they really did stay the same. Here’s how to help your high school junior right now!

1. Have your high school junior talk to his or her school counselor.

One of my friends is a high school English teacher. She’s been watching the progression of her juniors and told me that her school’s college counselor is holding Zoom meetings with families so they’re on track with financial planning, scholarship pursuits and registering for senior year classes.

Talk with your child’s college and career counselor — it doesn’t have to be through Zoom, but it’s a good idea to have a conversation over the phone if it doesn’t happen online. Here are a few things you may want to talk about: 

• High school schedule for senior year
• AP or college credit classes
• Colleges on your child’s radar and any others that the counselor would recommend
• College admission questions
• College application timeline questions
• Scholarship and financial aid options — particularly local scholarships

Gather a list of questions ahead of time with your child and yes, join the call!

2. Start getting your high school junior ready for the ACT or SAT.

The April ACT has been rescheduled for June and the May SAT has been canceled. To put a positive spin on it, this means that your child has more time to study for the ACT or SAT. (Hurray, right?!) Here’s what he or she can start doing to get ready for either test. 

Whether your child is taking the ACT or SAT (please know that one isn’t better than the other and colleges are good with either one), the most important thing to do is get familiar with each section on each test by studying for it.

Here’s a quick comparison between the two tests. 

First things first. Suggest that your son or daughter does a diagnostic test. Time pressure is a huge factor on the ACT and SAT, so finding out how well your son or daughter can handle that is a great place to start. For example, if your son has trouble finishing the math test but does well in all other tests, that’s a good place to focus.

Make sure your child takes an official ACT practice test or SAT practice test to pinpoint weaknesses. 

A few suggestions:

1. Have your child time each test accurately — yes, to the second! You can be a big help here.
2. Be sure your child takes the required break, just like the regular test. 
3. Eliminate distractions. 
4. Try to help your child simulate actual test conditions as much as possible. Have your kiddo go through all the tests in order to get a feel for what it’ll be like. 

Once you’ve identified which test or tests will be a challenge for your son or daughter, it’s time to practice! You can find all sorts of mock tests online that resemble the actual test and you can also buy study books, too.

3. Make a list of schools. 

In lockdown from COVID-19 right now? It’s a great time to bend your heads over a laptop and start doing some research. What are the characteristics your child wants in a school?

What’s on your own wish list? (You may have to be careful how you phrase this, depending on how open to your input your high school junior is.) Consider: 

• Academic programs
• Athletic programs
• Extracurricular opportunities
• Location
• Scholarship opportunities
• Parent/family connections
• Word of mouth that a school is excellent
• Other factors that make that particular school appealing

Next, take a look at your child’s credentials and learn the colleges’ admission rates, median GPAs and SAT and ACT scores to figure out whether there’s any chance of admission. 

• Any school that admits only a small percentage of applicants is a reach school. A college should be considered a reach for your kiddo if her test scores and GPA are below (or at the lower end of) what a college typically accepts.
• On the other hand, her GPA could align with that of accepted students. Bingo! You’ve identified a target school!
• A safety school is one that accepts a high percentage of applicants. Your child’s GPA and test scores go above and beyond the qualifications.

You may want to start a handy spreadsheet to identify these schools and continue to add to the list.

4. Do a virtual visit.

So many schools are hosting virtual visits right now — they’re making their own and hiring companies to complete virtual visits if they didn’t have comprehensive virtual visits before COVID-19. It’s virtual visit time! Check out my post on technology tips during COVID-19.

Depending on the school, you might experience simple click-through photos of different buildings. On the other hand, you might encounter really cool interactive options that offer photos and videos plus 360-degree photos. Some of these sites really do a great job of appealing to visual learners!

5. Reach out to colleges. 

Virtual visits can go beyond just a virtual tour of the campus. You can reach out to an admission counselor, financial aid officer, coach — anyone who normally would have been on your list for a regular visit. Call the admission office and ask whether you and your son or daughter will be able to visit with these people using tech options. Doing this gives you a more comprehensive look at what a college has to offer. Make a list of questions you and your high school junior would like to ask, including:

• Campus life (including meal plans and housing)
• Majors and minors the college offers
• Admission requirements
• The application process (including whether that will change due to COVID-19)
• Cost of attendance and financial aid options

And yes, join your teen on this call! It’s just like a college visit.

6. Have your high school junior laser focus on grades and updating that resume.

My high school teacher friend says, “Our school has asked that we focus more on our students’ well-being than academics, but that doesn’t mean they don’t learn anything. My juniors will finish Macbeth tomorrow!” She says she usually teaches Shakespeare by reading aloud but now uses YouTube clips, questioning and EdPuzzle to pull it all together. “My school and many others were lucky enough to already implement tools like Canvas, Blackboard or GoogleClassroom prior to this, so the challenges have been slightly less stressful,” she says.

She also told me this. “I also teach three sections of seniors, and they have divulged that they are dealing with an all-new style of senioritis. Now they struggle to get online to attend Zoom meetings because their bed is calling out to them. When attending school traditionally, the greatest senioritis temptations were to skip this chapter, do that assignment in study hall, or show up five seconds (or minutes) late. Now, classes take place in their living rooms, dining rooms and bedrooms next to televisions and gaming systems. The temptations to do something else other than school is greater than ever.”

Yikes. It’s easy to see how juniors can fall prey to this, too. But just because school is taking place in dining rooms and living rooms and feels totally not like school, it’s more important than ever to keep academics top of mind.

Some teachers have optional office hours, so students are encouraged to make contact when they are confused or frustrated. Your junior can take advantage of this to focus on that all-important GPA and even get help formatting her resume.

Your high school junior might stay camped out on a tablet, phone or laptop all day. Don’t forget to encourage regular breaks — kids need to get up, take a walk or run and get the blood going again.

7. Have the scholarship and money talk.

Have you and your child had the money talk yet? It may be time. (Check out 5 Top Tips for Easing Financial Fears About Paying for College.)

Have you had to shut off the app to your retirement account because you really aren’t interested in watching it drop anymore? Even if you aren’t paying close attention to your retirement accounts, maybe you are paying attention to your teen’s 529 plan, custodial account, savings account — or wherever you’re stashing your child’s college money.

First, the good news is that your child is a junior and many, many experts expect the stock market to recover in a jiffy once the worst of the coronavirus outbreak is over.

There’s also good news for student loan borrowers. Interest rates have dropped to record lows. Federal Direct student loans may dip to 1.5% to just above 3% for 2020 student borrowers — possibly even lower.

The Federal Parent PLUS loan could come down almost 2%. Private student loans may start as low as 3%.

Finally, don’t forget to come up with a plan to tackle scholarships! The College Board offers a scholarship search tool you can look at together and it’s a good idea to talk to your high school junior’s guidance counselor about community scholarships.

Come Up with a Plan for the Fall

Your junior will experience a time crunch in the fall. High school juniors are a hard-hit group (after this year’s seniors, of course.) Your junior will have to squish in:

• Any of those college visits you and your junior didn’t experience this spring.
• Any academics and extracurricular activities he or she missed this spring will be pushed into the next academic year.
• ACT/SAT makeup dates will have to happen in the fall or winter.

What other stressors will show up later? Discuss these changes with your high school junior so you’ll both know how you’ll tackle them in a way that (maybe) isn’t so stressful.

6 Crucial Technology Tips for Meeting with Colleges Right Now

by Melissa Brock | Apr 4, 2020 | Ask the admission office | 0 comments

You had six college visits scheduled with your high schooler for April. 

Well, needless to say, not anymore. You and your child may be feeling a bit deer-in-the-headlights about the college search process right now. (Learn more about how to support your child during COVID-19.)

But wait! Maybe you can still make a college visit happen. While a virtual visit will never — I repeat — never be the same as an actual, in-person visit, you can still visit virtually. Admission offices want to connect with you and your child now more than ever. 

If you have a sophomore or junior and he or she is raring to start the college search process, here’s what you can do to get started. 

1. Make friends with Zoom, Skype and Google Hangouts.

First things first. It’s time to get comfortable with technology! If you’re working from home with your high schooler, chances are, you’ve already gotten pretty good at using Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts and more. Colleges are using this kind of technology to schedule meetings with students.

If you’re still wondering how to set up a Zoom meeting, here are a few quick tips as you prepare to help your high schooler use any type of virtual communication: 

1. Use a tablet or computer to communicate with colleges. It’s easier to steady than a phone and may offer a more professional “feel” for your student.
2. Your student may not feel comfortable talking live on a device — so practice. Have your son practice with his grandparents or make sure your daughter is contributing during high school social studies lectures. 
3. Plan to join your student. Your child may not give off vibes like he wants you to join in on a virtual meeting with an admission counselor, but he probably does! Inform him that on regular college visits, parents and students regularly meet with admission counselors together. 
4. Come up with a list of questions. In fact, list them out if you’re planning to talk to an admission or financial aid professional. It can help both you and your child feel more prepared. Talking on a device isn’t quite the same as speaking to someone face-to-face!
5. Learn how to share your screen. You may need to share something to make it easier to communicate. Be sure you have certain documents saved on your computer in advance or access a Google document you might need ahead of time.
6. Encourage your student to turn his or her video on when talking with college professionals. It’s really hard for others at colleges to interact with people they can’t see. Professionals at colleges want to be able to see how students react and take in information based on visual cues. 
7. Anticipate some questions. The admission office will likely have questions for you and your student. Things like, “Will you play soccer in college?” are easy to answer. However, “When do you plan to take the ACT?” might be trickier given these COVID-19 times. (That’s a great discussion question, by the way!)

You may need a lot of technology to help your child get through his or her high school classes anyway, so follow Zoom’s prompts for how to set up a Zoom meeting or any other technology you need to use. Most of the time, the admission counselor will invite you to the meeting and all you need to do is download and use the technology — so really, you don’t have to worry about how to set up a Zoom meeting yourself.

School counselors are using tech to plan, too. I know of a high school college counselor who’s currently holding Zoom meetings with families to talk through senior year schedules, financial planning and scholarship pursuits. 

2. Contact the admission office at various colleges and universities.

Contact the admission office at the colleges on your child’s list of schools. Technology can make it possible for you to talk to just about anyone you’re interested in talking with at a particular college. Ask if you can talk with a: 

• Current student
• Professor
• Admission counselor
• Financial aid professional
• Coach
• Study abroad advisor 

The school may use an online calendar called Calendly to schedule virtual meetings. These virtual meetings could be hosted on Skype, Zoom, Hangouts or another platform. They’ll inform you which platform you need to use. 

Make sure the preferred platform is downloaded ahead of time on your computer and you’re sure you know how to use it. Colleges are eager to use their screen to go over things with you and your high schooler!

3. Find out whether accepted student days or online information sessions can happen virtually.

How do you know whether the schools your child is interested in visiting are doing virtual visit days? You check out a Google doc to find out.

Sounds so 21st century, doesn’t it? 

Green Apple College Guidance & Education created a handy list of virtual admission programs and webinars happening at schools across the country. You can also check the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s (NACAC’s) College Admission Status Update if you can’t find your child’s No. 1 on the list.  

For example, DePaul University has set up two freshmen virtual visit options: an online information session and a virtual campus tour. 

“We are hosting our accepted students day through Blackboard and using Microsoft Teams for those students that would like a virtual appointment,” says Jaclyn Cowell, transfer advisor at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 

Your child may be able to do a virtual tour as part of the visit day or do a virtual tour completely independent of a visit day. This is a great way to see the very best a college or university has to offer. 

Remember, a virtual experience is a manufactured experience. Unfortunately, you can’t get a real sense of what the students are like, the “real” feel of a classroom or a residence hall and more. 

4. Check the school’s social media accounts.

Encourage your child to check out social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and more so your child can interact with current students. Your student may also be able to interact with graduates from his or her high school who attend colleges on the list. 

Your son or daughter can ask about academic life, social life, athletics, the arts, the food and other areas of campus that may be important to him or her. 

Remember, what you’re hearing is very subjective — it’s coming from students! However, do have your child ask current students whether the college’s communication has been appropriate in light of the pandemic. It’s as good a time as any to find out whether a college has its emergency response (and its aftermath!) figured out, at least for the time being. 

Finally, as always, use good judgment when interacting with people online. 

Some colleges are also doing social media account takeovers. This means that current students are running the school’s social media accounts — within reason, of course. It’s a more interesting twist on administrative control over Instagram and Facebook.

5. Good old-fashioned email and phone calls never go out of style.

Let’s say you’ve already started developing a relationship with people from a particular college. Maybe you visited the school last fall or maybe you squeaked your visit in at the nick of time in early January — before COVID-19 was discovered in the United States.

Do you have a couple of simple questions that an admission counselor can answer? Is it easier to have a short conversation on the phone? Admission counselors and others at colleges are still working those phone lines!

Also, your student may notice that his or her email inbox is blowing up right now. Colleges have probably bought your child’s name from the College Board (PSAT/SAT) and ACT. Guess what? Your kid’s name is on the communication flow and is being recruited.

Email is still a great way to interact, plus, it might save you from having to learn how to set up a Zoom meeting!

6. Wait for the real thing.

You absolutely can wait until the fall (or winter) to start up your high schooler’s college search. Your approach may be to go on a fact-finding mission right now, with the intent to fire up a more robust search later on. It’s a great approach. 

Again, there’s nothing better than the real deal. Once you see a junky residence hall room, you can’t unsee it. Once your high school junior sits in the most inspiring lecture in a packed lecture hall, the experience can’t be replicated. You can’t sample the cafeteria food from home or feel the same stadium vibe if you’re not actually at the football game.

To recap: In-person college visits are so, SO important. 

Add a Dose of Patience

We’re living in extraordinary times. Whatever you decide to do right now is okay. 

Also, don’t feel like your child is behind the ball. Colleges understand how you must be feeling. Remember, they want you and your child to visit and to apply. They’re hard-wired to be as understanding as possible during these extraordinary circumstances.

Sophomores and juniors are lucky — they still have time on their side. Yes, it may be tricky to squish in every college visit during junior year. But having a “can-do” attitude makes all the difference — and that even includes when you’re trying to learn how to set up a Zoom meeting!

Campus Changes from the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)

by Melissa Brock | Mar 24, 2020 | Ask the admission office | 0 comments

Adaptability is key right now. You may be trying to help your high schooler decode math and history, juggle your job’s changeups and figure out your kiddo’s college plan, too. 

The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) currently offers a handy online tool (lifesaver!) to help you. The tool catalogs COVID-19 changes to over 800 campuses.

NACAC details adjustments to college admission events, deposit dates and more. It’s a great resource if you were ready to pilot college visits or hit the deposit button for a particular school.

What Senior Parents Can Learn from NACAC’s Site

Parents — you’re not alone if you’re feeling majorly uneasy about your child going off to college. In fact, Quatromoney and TuitionFit created a national flash survey to understand how the COVID-19 outbreak currently affects high school seniors and their families. Three hundred families participated. The results found that 25.7% of respondents are rethinking their college choice due to COVID-19. 

You may be lying awake at night because you’re just not sure what’s going to happen — and that’s normal. There’s a lot outside of your control. What you can do is know exactly what each college is doing in light of the outbreak, thanks to NACAC.

Changed Candidate Reply Deadline and Deposit Deadline

May 1 is National Candidate Reply Date. This is the day that high school seniors must inform colleges of their intention to enroll or not enroll in a college. Some schools have pushed decision day to June 1.

NACAC’s coronavirus update tool shows those deadlines for various colleges.

Campus Closures

Is the school your child’s planning to attend closed? You can find out on NACAC’s site. The website can also help you learn more about schools’ individual responses to the crisis.

What Junior and Sophomore Parents Can Learn from NACAC’s Site

You may have been gung-ho about hitting a circuit of college visits this spring if you have a sophomore or junior. Here’s what you can learn about the “new normal” for each school through NACAC.

Admission Office Visits

Some colleges are open to admission visitors, and you can find detailed information on NACAC’s comprehensive website. For example, let’s say your child plans to visit Central Michigan University. You can see that it’s still open to admission visitors and admission events as of March 24.

The site offers a link to each school’s coronavirus updates and how to contact the admission office or financial aid offices. 

Admission Events 

Admission events could include spring visit days, junior/sophomore visit days, overnight visits and more.

Group visits can help your sophomore or junior (or even freshman!) get a taste of what to expect at a particular college. It can involve the following: 

• Tour of campus
• Admission overview
• Academic component
• Current student component

NACAC’s tool shows schools’ canceled group visits and whether they’ve been replaced by virtual events.

National College Fairs

College fairs offer snippets about each college you want to attend. Unfortunately, all spring 2020 college fairs are canceled, including National College Fairs and STEM College and Career Fairs.

College Testing

Your child may have been getting ready for college entrance exams or other tests. Here’s a quick overview of the current situation for college testing:

• SAT tests: The SAT for May 2 is canceled. Makeup exams scheduled for March 28 are also canceled.
• AP tests: Students can take a 45-minute AP exam from home.
• ACT tests: ACT rescheduled its April 4 national test date to June 13.

Check Back on NACAC’s Site

NACAC’s done a terrific job of offering a valuable resource for college admission during this time. Remember, colleges are doing everything they can to answer questions, provide information and offer solutions in the short term and long term. The site will keep updating as time goes on.

Can’t find a college on NACAC’s list? Contact the admission office at the college your son or daughter plans to attend for its COVID-19 announcements.