What does that mean for your student?

Yesterday, the UNC System announced that, due to the COVID-19 crisis, that they would be changing admissions requirements after the cancellation of the SAT and ACT tests that were due to take place within the April and May timeframe. The specific changes that they announced?

Each individual university can now choose to admit students with a minimum 2.5 weighted high school GPA or a combined SAT score of 1010 or an ACT score of 19. Students are still required to submit a standardized test score with their application, unless they qualify for an exemption.

The stated reasons for doing this are to make the applications process “more accessible.” Notably, taking more applications does not mean that UNC is going to be allowing more students to attend!

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As students prepare for their summer SAT, ACT, and end-of-year AP exams – as well as work through online classwork – we are finding that they need more support and not less. So how does a student get the help they need in the time of coronavirus and social distancing?

What we’ve been doing at Biltmore Tutoring is something that we’ve done with students all over the US and in fact, the world, for many years. Tutoring online, face to face with your own private tutor, is incredibly effective.

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The College Board announced this morning that they have cancelled the May 2, 2020 SAT and SAT Subject Tests. “In response to COVID-19, we’re canceling the May 2 SAT, as well as March makeup exams. We will provide additional SAT testing opportunities as soon as feasible in place of canceled administrations.”

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As communities begin to feel the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Biltmore Tutoring would like to share with you the steps we are taking to help protect the health and safety of our students and employees. Both of those things have always been our top priority.

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The N.C. Department of Transportation wants to encourage the students of North Carolina to ‘Leap into the Future.’ ​NC Moves 2050, NCDOT’s strategic transportation plan, looks at the possible changes in transportation the next 30 years. 

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