 Open Letter to Juniors - A Must Read
Last week in the Washington Post, Andrew B. Palumbo, dean of admissions & financial aid at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, offered reassuring words to high school juniors. It offers very specific and healthy ways to focus your energies on your college search. I urge the students and families of the Class of 2021 to read it. New SAT Date Announced! The College Board just announced an additional test date: September 26. Students who had originally registered for the cancelled June exam will have their registration transferred to this new date. Keep an eye on the College Board’s page on SAT and PSAT-Related Coronavirus Updates for more details and future updates. Seniors! Decision Day Friday! This Friday marks the typical May 1 deadline for submitting your deposit to your college of choice. Note that some colleges have opted to postpone this date to June 1, but triple check which deadline is relevant to you and the schools you are considering. Feel free to visit me at office hours (TTh 1:30 - 2:30 if you’d like to talk more). Visit the Google Classroom for the Class of 2020 for the link to meet!
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Pandemic has changed and continues to change our world. College admissions is no exception to this. Abbreviated at-home (and open book, open note!), AP exams, cancelled SAT and ACT sittings, and campuses closed not just to prospective students but to faculty, staff, and students themselves… all of this will certainly affect college admissions next year, but should it also flood students (and families) with panic?
The answer is no. (Well, aside from plain procrastination, no panic is ever necessary in the college search... but I digress…) Instead, students should proactively give themselves the power of knowledge. They should check the admissions webpages of schools on their college lists. How do the schools plan to handle admissions next year? Are they among the several hundred already test optional? Or have they decided to suspend the requirement for test scores next year? Boston University, Tufts, Middlebury, Colgate, Case Western Reserve, all state universities in Oregon, and the University of California system… along with dozens of other schools have decided to make this and other changes for the next admissions season. Three articles contextualize these changes well:
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