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Mar 10, 2025

Tech Issue on the March SAT

On Saturday, many students experienced a technical issue with the March SAT. While College Board hasn’t provided 100% transparency about...

Essays and Applications

Jan 23, 2025

Ivy Experience’s Spring Webinar Schedule 2025

We are excited to announce our full schedule of webinars this spring! See below for topics, dates, and registration links....

SAT/ACT Testing

Oct 24, 2024

PSAT Scores Have Been Released: What Next?

How can you use your 10th or 11th grade student’s PSAT score to make a test prep plan? Read this...

Essays and Applications

Aug 15, 2024

Ivy Experience’s Fall 2024 Webinar Schedule

We are excited to announce our full schedule of webinars this fall! See below for topics, dates, and registration links....

Essays and Applications

Jul 16, 2024

Big Changes to the ACT Coming Spring 2025

ACT has dropped a bombshell announcement of three major changes to the test coming to the National test dates in...

Essays and Applications

Jan 10, 2024

Ivy Experience’s Spring Webinar Schedule

We are excited to announce our full schedule of webinars this spring! See below for topics, dates, and registration links....

SAT/ACT Testing

Nov 17, 2023

SAT/ACT Accommodations

We have always preached that knowing how to navigate the college preparation process is essential to saving families time, energy,...

SAT/ACT Testing

Oct 31, 2023

Why Diagnostic Testing Makes All the Difference: A Story

Let us you tell you a story… The following is a personal reflection by Ivy Experience co-founder Eric Karlan. Growing...

Essays and Applications

May 26, 2023

Why Choose Ivy Experience?

Ivy Experience works with students at every phase of their high school journey and college preparation process. We work closely...

SAT/ACT Testing

Mar 29, 2023

5 Questions with Jim Wismer

Get to know our test prep team! We sat down to interview our Director, Jim Wismer! What were you looking...

SAT/ACT Testing

Sep 8, 2022

5 Questions with David Pauls

Get to know our test prep team! We sat down to interview David Pauls, our Curriculum Development Specialist. What is...

SAT/ACT Testing

Sep 2, 2022

5 Questions with Torie Berke

Get to know our test prep team! We sat down to interview Torie Berke, our Coordinator of Tutoring! What was...

SAT/ACT Testing

Jul 8, 2022

Everything You Need to Know about the Digital SAT

College Board announced in January that the SAT is going digital. Starting for U.S. students in the spring of 2024,...

SAT/ACT Testing

Jan 25, 2022

SAT Announces New Digital Format Starting in 2024

The College Board has announced this morning that they are launching a computer-based version of the SAT starting in March...

Essays and Applications

Aug 26, 2021

Test-Optional Policies: What Juniors Need to Know

With the spread of “test-optional” policies nationwide, the term itself has become broadly used and widely misinterpreted. In this post,...

SAT/ACT Testing

Jun 7, 2021

What is Superscoring?

As you research a college and its application process, you may find a passage that defines the school’s score choice...

SAT/ACT Testing

May 26, 2021

What to Do Before the SAT or ACT

We get it: the ACT and SAT can be terrifying tests. Students spend days, weeks, and months preparing for them....

SAT/ACT Testing

May 13, 2021

What Is the Experimental Section?

You made your way through four hours of standardized testing, whether the SAT or ACT. Maybe you are reviewing your...

SAT/ACT Testing

Apr 9, 2021

Standardized Testing Outline: Grades 9-12

Below is a concise guide to testing for each year of high school, along with some basic advice for each...

SAT/ACT Testing

Jun 15, 2020

How Does Online Tutoring Work?

Though we have worked in person with families in the Philadelphia and San Diego areas, many of our families only...

Essays and Applications

May 5, 2020

Test-Optional Policies: What Do They Mean?

Before COVID-19, there were already more than 1,000 colleges and universities that were test-optional. But with so many institutions changing...

SAT/ACT Testing

Oct 8, 2019

ACT Online Testing, Section Retesting, and Superscore Reporting

ACT announced three new policy changes today. Below is a summary of the changes, effective starting September 2020. ACT Online...

SAT/ACT Testing

May 9, 2019

Test Anxiety Conversation

Listen to Ivy Experience Director Jim Wismer and Academic Coach Gail Slogoff discuss test anxiety, including causes, symptoms, and strategies...

SAT/ACT Testing

Jun 14, 2018

The ACT is Shifting to Computer-Based Testing

The ACT has had plans to shift to a computer-based testing format for years. For the 2018-2019 school year, all...

SAT/ACT Testing

Jun 28, 2017

How ACT Scores are Calculated

People are often confused by the ACT’s scoring system. Out of 36? How the heck does that work? Sometimes the scoring...

SAT/ACT Testing

Mar 1, 2017

Ivy Experience Founders Analyze the Recent ACT

Ivy Experience’s founders, Eric Karlan and Karan Shah, tackled the most recently released ACT to offer insight on its contents relative...

SAT/ACT Testing

Jul 1, 2016

Changes to ACT Writing scoring; New August SAT date!

The ACT has changed the Writing test back to a 2-12 scoring scale. Meanwhile the SAT will start August test dates in 2017!

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