How We Can Help You Prepare for College During THE COVID-19 Crisis
April, 2020
PREPARING FOR COLLEGE MUST GO ON DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
Dear Parents:
As we all continue to cope with the governmental restrictions required to help control the Covid-19 virus, it is important to stay focused on helping our juniors prepare to apply for college admission this fall as they enter their senior year.
I am emphasizing the standardized testing process in this newsletter. Historically, It has been important that juniors do their best to complete all of their standardized testing by the end of the summer before senior year begins. This year it is going to be a significant challenge due to the cancellation of test dates this spring for both the SAT and ACT. College Board has assured us that they will offer several additional test dates for September and October. Historically, the importance of completing all testing by the end of summer gave students more flexibility to apply Early Action or Early Decision (can only apply to one ED) to those schools with November 1st deadlines. Now many colleges and universities are revisiting their EA and ED deadlines.
The first article addresses how colleges and universities are addressing the issue of requiring standardized testing. Many schools are going to be test optional for this application season (2020-2021).
The other two articles focus on test prep for standardized testing during this interesting time of social distancing. There is a lot of good information for students and parents in both of these articles.
The time we have with our families right now during our “shelter in place” mandate is a gift for those families whose teens are so involved in school activities that having dinner together during the week under normal circumstances is rare. We live in a fast-paced, immediate gratification society. Right now, we do have the time to reflect on what is truly important.
This is temporary. Our children will have stories to tell their children someday, especially those who are missing their senior prom, senior pranks and graduation. Encourage your teens to journal. Daily routines adapted during these difficult adjustments will be interesting to read about in years to come.
Thank you,
Catherine L Marrs, CEP
Additional Resources
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