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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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college preparation stories: 5 news summaries

Colleges Seek Kids' Opinions on Grapefruit, Perfect Crime

Quirky questions catch students off-guard

Dec 9, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Bored with prospective students regurgitating textbook knowledge, Cambridge and Oxford have revamped their interview questions to include the abstract (Would you rather be a novel or a poem?), the existential (What does it mean to be happy?), and the downright crazy (How would you poison someone and get away with... More »

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college admissions • Cambridge • Oxford • private schools • interview • college preparation

Test Prep Firm Accidentally Publishes Student Data

Info for tens of thousands of Fla., Va. pupils available online for 7 weeks

Aug 19, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - An error in the Princeton Review’s website left personal information and standardized test scores for tens of thousands of students exposed on the internet for 7 weeks, the New York Times reports after a rival test-prep firm informed the newspaper. Data on 34,000 students from Sarasota, Fla., and... More »

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Florida • SAT • Princeton Review • tests • college preparation • security breach • personal information

PSAT Will Expand College Testing Stress to Jr. High

Earlier exam will help students prep, College Board says

Aug 8, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The College Board will start offering the PSAT to eighth-graders in 2010, the LA Times reports. Students normally take the exam, a precursor of the SAT, in 10th or 11th grade, but kids have been signing up earlier in recent years. Critics charge that the College Board is pushing the... More »

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high school • SAT • college admissions • college board • middle school • college preparation • junior high • PSAT

Arrivederci to AP Italian?
Not So Fast, Educators Say

Groups mount effort to save funding-starved language test

Jul 3, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italian-American groups, outraged the Advanced Placement course in Italian language and culture could soon be shelved, have mobilized to save it. The College Board, which administers the AP program, plans to cut the $84 test and three others because of meager enrollment and funding. “We cannot have the Italian... More »

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college board • tests • Italian Americans • Italian • college preparation • Advanced Placement test

 The Nation's Best High Schools 

Newsweek's new criteria value APs over grades

May 20, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rather than GPAs or graduation rates, new research suggests, participation in AP and IB programs is the best indicator of academic success in college, even if the student does not do well in the advanced classes. In light of that, Newsweek presents the nation’s 100 best public high schools,... More »

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