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SAT and ACT Tests Not the Best Predictors of College Success, Study Finds
24 September 08 02:12 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The colleges and universities that use students’ SAT and ACT standardized test scores when making college admissions and financial aid decisions should base these decisions on tests that more closely reflect a student’s high school achievement and understanding Read More...

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Princeton Review Exposes Thousands of Students’ Personal Info
19 August 08 04:24 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

For nearly two months, thousands of the The Princeton Review’s private files including folders containing the company’s and test-takers’ personal data were unintentionally made accessible to anyone with an Internet connection, according to an article Read More...

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GMAT Cheating Scandal Causes Students to Sweat Their Future
02 July 08 04:37 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

Over 6,000 MBA students have been implicated in a huge cheating scandal involving the website Scoretop which illegally provided “live” prep questions to students taking their Graduate Management Admission Test , or GMAT — the test that many MBA programs Read More...

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New SAT Policy Gives Students Control Over What Scores Colleges See
26 June 08 05:32 PM | Student Loan Girl | 1 Comments   

A new SAT scoring policy will give high school students the option to show only their best SAT score to college admissions officers and to prevent these school officials from seeing test-scores that were less-than-stellar. Under the new policy, which Read More...

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New SAT Test Fails to Show Improvements, College Board Finds
18 June 08 07:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite dramatic changes to the SAT that were designed to help colleges and universities better predict a student’s academic performance in college, the adjustments did not “substantially change” how accurately the test predicts first-year grades, according Read More...

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Online Ordering Causing Mailroom Mayhem on College Campuses
27 December 07 11:46 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

The internet has completely changed the way college campuses operate, from class offerings and registration to college admissions and financial aid services. Now the technology is changing the way campuses deliver and receive mail. As more college students Read More...

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Created Equal? The State of College Admissions
12 January 07 03:28 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

At one time the United States could point to the fact that it was the highest educated nation in the world. Unfortunately, it does not appear that low-income students are getting a fair piece of that pie. This is especially true when you consider that Read More...

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