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Image zoom Every Teen Should Take an SAT Practice Test. When students take a practice test whether a PSAT at school or a full SAT practice test online or with an SAT class they gain a better understanding of what taking the actual test is like and can sort out where they might need to shore up their knowledge. The PSAT, which stands for the Preliminary SAT, is typically taken by sophomores or juniors and is often offered at their schools. Free SAT practice tests can be found online. Through Khan Academy, the College Board, which administers the SATs, offers free full-length tests. ....
All the while, schools have cashed in. The average cost of attending a four-year school in the U.S. rose by 497 percent from the 1985-86 school year to 2017-18, and Columbia University in New York, for example, saw their endowment grew $310 million during the pandemic alone. Students are starting to take action. In April, students at the University of Chicago went on a tuition strike, where they threatened to withhold tuition payments until demands were met. And now students at Columbia are doing the same after the university did not lower its $60,000 a year tuition, despite shifting to mostly remote learning. ....
Whether it’s dealing with student loans or tuition struggles, the pandemic hasn’t been easy on college students across the country. But for many teens, the desire to chase their academic dreams and attend a top-notch school hasn’t dwindled, a new survey indicates. Thousands of students have their eyes set on 50 independent schools aka nonpublic schools, according to Test Innovators. The Seattle-based online test prep company polled more than 16,000 students about the high schools they plan to apply to for the 2021-22 school year. A few fun facts: Fourteen of these schools on their minds are in California, 92 percent of them are co-ed, and they have notable alumni think poets T.S. Eliot and Ralph Waldo Emerson, astronaut Sally Ride, and business magnate Bill Gates. ....