🎓 These are the Preferred Two Trends

🎓 These are the Preferred Two Trends

• Academics: These are the Preferred 2 Trends

• Test Prep Corner: ACT vs SAT (Part 1)

• Scholarship of the Day

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To recap: We acknowledge that GPA isn't everything, and there are 2 factors that matters more than an arbitrary number. We now know that Academic RIGOR plays a huge role in admissions. So what's the other factor?

#2.) GRADE TRENDS.

Your student will want to demonstrate their grade trends throughout high school in these preferred two trends: I call the first one a "High Plateau", and the second one is the "Upward Trend".

First, "High Plateau" means throughout high school, your child is consistently getting high grades in all their classes. And when I say high grades, I don't mean straight A's. Well you can have straight A's, but a B is still a very awesome grade too. In fact, most of my students who end up at top private schools & Ivies don't have straight A's.

As as a personal side note & request: I see so many students stress out & burn out because they're so focused on getting that A. And while yes, I would always encourage my students to aim the highest they can; I do this with a healthy amount of pressure. I would rather have a student do their best & get a B, rather than stress themselves silly for the A for the sake of their physical & mental health.

The second trend that readers like to see is an "Upward Trend". Maybe your middle school didn't prepare you for high school, so there was a huge jump in rigor. And let's say you struggled with this in 9th grade, and the grades weren't so hot. But your student realized what they needed to do & spent the next few years increasing their grades higher & higher. This is also a very optimistic trend that readers love to see.

So I'm sure you're asking: Why are both of these trends "good"? Think about it this way: college academics is going to be SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT than your high school academics. Regardless of your kid taking 10 APs, college is STILL going to be harder. With that, colleges want to make sure that you can succeed in an environment like this.

Why would colleges admit a student, only for them to drop out? Colleges admit based on the potential of a student succeeding and graduating. So if a student takes the most rigorous classes & gets high grades in all their classes, they demonstrate that they are able to handle the rigorous course load. If a student has a few challenges at the beginning but finds a way to overcome this, they are demonstrating that they know how to overcome academic obstacles. And trust me... your child WILL hit an academic obstacles one way or another in college.

To summarize:

• GPA is not as important as most people make it to be.

• Focus on RIGOR + GRADE TRENDS.

Tomorrow, let's chat a bit about how I would recommend how students demonstrate rigor.

The choice between the ACT and the SAT is really tough, and most high school students wonder which side of this epic battle they should take. Both the ACT and the SAT are accepted by many universities in the United States and are taken by millions of students. In this post, we bring together all the best information about the differences and similarities between the ACT and the SAT to help you make this important decision.

Test Format and Timing

The ACT takes 2 hours 55 minutes to complete without the essay and 3 hours 35 minutes with the essay. It takes 3 hours to complete the SAT (no essay). Now, let’s dissect how the sections and the order in which they appear are different on the ACT vs SAT.

Sections and Order

The ACT has four multiple-choice sections and an optional essay. Its sections are always presented in this order:

English, Math, Reading, Science, Optional essay.

The SAT has four test sections. The order is

Reading, Writing, Math with calculators not allowed, Math section (calculators allowed)

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