To ensure your student is ready for a private high school, you should be thinking about their entrance exam.

Instead of canceling tests en masse, as it did with the May and June SATs, the College Board is now allowing individual testing centers to determine whether or not they’ll hold the tests as planned. Many sites have already canceled the November 7 test. So if you’re registered for an upcoming SAT, be sure to check the College Board’s website for updates.

As the various players in graduate admissions testing respond to ongoing developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, testing platforms and policies have evolved at a dizzying rate.

With all public universities in the state adopting a new test-optional admissions policy, students and families need to understand the implications.

NOTE: This is an updated post, originally published June 27, 2018.

NOTE: This is an updated post, originally published May 16, 2016.