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ETS Acquires ACT: What Changes for Test-Takers and What Does Not
ETS, maker of the GRE and TOEFL, announced on June 30, 2026 it is acquiring ACT. As of October 5, 2026, we found no statement on t...
Oct 17, 2026
Common App 2026-27: What Changed and How It Affects Your Test Scores
The 2026-27 Common App, open since August 1, 2026, updated the Duolingo, PTE and TOEFL fields, added three AP subjects and renamed...
Oct 14, 2026
GMAT Superscore Explained: How It Works and What It Means for Retakes
The GMAT Superscore combines your highest Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Data Insights section scores from your vali...
Oct 11, 2026
College Testing Policy Tracker: Which Schools Require the SAT or ACT in 2026-27 and 2027-28
As of October 2026, six of the eight Ivy League schools require the SAT or ACT for the 2026-27 cycle (Fall 2027 entry): Brown, Cor...
Oct 08, 2026
ACT Scores for Scholarships
There is no single ACT score for scholarships: each college and state program sets its own cutoff on the 1-36 Composite scale, so...
Aug 07, 2026
ACT Guide for International Students
International students register for the ACT through a free MyACT account, and non-US test dates cover all countries outside the Un...
Aug 07, 2026
GMAT Tips for Non-Native English Speakers
The GMAT runs every test-taker on the same clock, and its accommodations policy lists no category for English-as-a-second-language...
Aug 07, 2026
ACT Science Conflicting Viewpoints and Evaluating Models
The ACT Science Conflicting Viewpoints passage presents two or more explanations for one phenomenon. These explanations disagree b...
Aug 07, 2026
GMAT Waivers and When Schools Accept the GRE
GMAT waivers and GRE acceptance are decided by each business school, not by GMAC. Many top MBA programs, including Wharton, NYU St...
Aug 07, 2026
ACT Science Research Summaries and Experimental Design
Research Summaries passages make up 45-60% of the ACT Science Test, the largest share of any passage type. Each one describes one...
Aug 07, 2026
SAT Scores for Scholarships
Your SAT score feeds one kind of scholarship money directly: automatic merit scholarships colleges award based on published score...
Aug 07, 2026
GMAT Scores for MBA Admissions: Target by School
GMAT scores matter for MBA admissions, but committees weigh your whole file, not one number. The GMAT Focus scale runs 205 to 805...
Aug 06, 2026