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College Conversations: The Podcast With tremendous excitement, CROSSWALK is pleased to announce that "College Conversations: The Podcast" is now posted on Spotify and other podcast platforms. In partnership with KSPB, the student-run radio station at the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, Brooke Higgins recorded a series of episodes f...

Affordable & Accessible Test Prep

Affordable & Accessible Test Prep Looking for affordable and accessible SAT & ACT prep? Then look no further than CROSSWALK's Self-Paced Test Prep Program 2025-26.The self-paced program is a recording of CROSSWALK's Summer Test Prep Program. Students work at their own pace as they follow the series of videos covering the testing lan...

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Sign Up for Summer Prep Increase your college admissions and scholarship opportunities by improving your SAT or ACT score with CROSSWALK's Summer Test Prep Program. Each student will learn test content and score-boosting strategies with four 1.5-hour weekly group classes PLUS two 1-hour private sessions with Brooke Higgins...

Organize, Prioritize and Maximize

Organize, Prioritize & Maximize With summer quickly approaching, many students will use vacation months to study for the SAT and ACT. Since time off from school means less structured time overall, many students lose themselves in the free time and accomplish very little. Doom scrolling, video gaming, and other distractions prevent...

New ACT: Science or No Science?

New ACT: Science or No Science? Now that the ACT has launched its latest version, the Science section is optional.So should a student opt to do the Science section or not? Truth be told, the jury is still out on the new ACT version. Yes, the new test is shorter. And yes, removing the Science section might make it a bit easier for....

The Evil Test Writer

The Evil Test Writer Here's an image I encourage my students the picture in their heads: The Evil Test Writer. The Evil Test Writer, as I tell my students, is the person writing the SAT or ACT whose sole purpose in life is to torture SAT and ACT test takers with mean traps and dirty tricks. There are a number of traps a...

New SAT Prep Resource (FREE!) Sometimes really cool resources come across my radar that are too good to keep to myself. Here's one: "SAT Question Bank." The "SAT Question Bank" is website with a database of SAT questions. The site was created by a high school student for high school students. And the interface couldn't be any si...

College Board Snafu (And What To Do)

College Board Snafu (And What To Do) This past Saturday, the College Board administered a nationwide SAT. Unfortunately, for some students, this digital test administration did not go well. Here's what happened: Students still taking the test as the clock approached 11am got a warning message on thier computers to either complete the t...

Look Who's Test-Required Now

Look Who's Test-Required Now Followers of CROSSWALK's blog know that we were tracking the test-optional movement for years. Many schools moved to test-optional policies pre-pandemic and almost all schools established test-optional policies in response to the pandemic. But even in the last several days, we are noticing that traf...

Learn how to spend your test prep time with the 4 Steps of the Test Prep Cycle.

4 Steps of the Test Prep Cycle Mastering a musical instrument, playing a sport, or speaking a foreign language are all skills that take time to develop. So is test-taking. Many students get overwhelmed by how to build the skill of test-taking. They think there is just too much to learn in too little time. Which is why we at CROSS...

Test Optional Scoreboard How Many Schools Remain Test Free? Test Optional?