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As a college counselor, many of my clients will ask me, “What is test optional? What is test blind? How do I know if I’m a good candidate at a certain university?” Let’s address a few of these questions, and I’ll keep posting some of my observations to this page as a regular feature on the website.

College admissions has certainly evolved over the last decade. Many variables have played a factor in this evolution, but none so much as the pandemic. Many students (and their parents), anxious not to have their student paying college tuition while working from their laptops on the family sofa, took a gap year two years ago — making last year’s admissions extremely difficult, because the prior year’s accepted students deferred their admission or simply sent in a new application.

UNC, for example, had a 21% increase in applications last year. Many other schools, possibly nervous about attendance, offered “test-optional” applications.

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An increasing number of high-schoolers are choosing to take the SAT or ACT because of a surge in competition for admission. The fact that many colleges have announced that they are going test-optional is giving students who are willing to take the test a golden opportunity to stand out against their peers.

Students in the high school class of 2022 took the SAT 1.7 million times, up by over 200K students from the previous year. Students in the same class took the ACT over 2.71 million times, which was again an increase over the previous year.

Students who are gearing up for college applications said that they are choosing to take the SAT or ACT in order to gain an advantage in an admissions landscape that was upended when most colleges chose to make the tests optional due to the coranavirus pandemic.

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Something that many of our clients tell us is that they can’t afford to spend six figures for their child to get a bachelors degree. Paying for college is a very real concern for many families. What we tell them is that the most significant way for students to reduce their college tuition and to avoid college debt is to achieve higher test scores. How does that work? This article will tell you.

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Why are Biltmore Tutoring’s students offered millions of dollars in scholarships each year? And what specific steps should your student take to achieve the absolute best results on the ACT or SAT?

Click on the jar and we’ll tell you everything you need to know about test prep.

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