01/19/2021
This is a huge move for college admissions.
Standardized testing puts immense pressure on students at a time when they are working hard to maintain grades, show leadership in extracurriculars, and find time to keep connection with family and friends. For our students to build study and lifestyle habits that will propel them to be confident and successful adults, we need to continue to remove these redundant exams. While they were once believed to showcase students' academic abilities not seen in transcripts and coursework, the exams no longer universally provide those distinctions.
Parents: take a minute to talk to your students about this. For many, they may be concerned or even scared about how they will round out their application. Have a non-planning, validating conversation first and then a brainstorming session together to put your student at ease and remind them of all they have to offer.
Be careful that your brainstorm does not send them thinking that they have a new to-do list that they must immediately jump on. It's simply a short bullet list to visually remind them of all the awesome that they are :)
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