Before You Skip The Test, Know What’s at Stake

SAT, ACT, or No Test? Know the Consequences

The Testing Decision shows you how to check before your student tests, retests, or submits a score

  • Whether a score helps, hurts, or doesn't affect each school on your list.

  • Where admission policy and school merit aid policy run on different rules

  • The four-step method for deciding which exam to focus on, and using real, practical scores

  • A worksheet to guide your decision-making process

By Rick Rosa, College Admissions and Funding Expert. He spent his career helping colleges recruit and enroll students, and now helps families understand how colleges price and award aid.

Rick is the author of the upcoming book, Get the Degree. Skip the Debt.

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