4 Reasons To Avoid The New SAT

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4 Reasons To Avoid The New SAT

FromThe College Checklist Podcast: College Admissions, Financial Aid, Scholarships, Test Prep, and more...

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Feb 8, 2016

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While we’ve touched on the subject of the new SAT before here on the College Checklist Podcast, the fact of the matter remains that I am still receiving questions from parents of juniors about the best way to prepare for the new exam. This new test is a bad bet for this year’s juniors. Frankly, our […]
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4 Reasons To Avoid The New SAT

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