​College Board has released more information on the AP Exam this year as of last weekend:

• The exams will only include topics and skills most AP teachers and students have already covered in class by early March.
• Like many college-level exams, this year's AP Exams will be open book/open note.
• Most exams will have one or two free-response questions, and each question is timed separately. Students will need to write and submit their responses within the allotted time for each question.
• For most subjects, the exams will be 45 minutes long, and include an additional 5 minutes for uploading. Students will need to access the online testing system 30 minutes early to get set up.
• Students will be able to take exams on any device they have access to—computer, tablet, or smartphone. They will be able to either type and upload their responses or write responses by hand and submit a photo via their cell phone.
• Students taking AP world language and culture exams will complete two spoken tasks consistent with free-response questions three and four on the current AP Exam; written responses will not be required. There will be more details provided in the coming weeks to help students prepare.

About AP Exam Security & Plagiarism

• About Open Book Exam Tips
• About AP Exam Schedule
• About Online AP Courses (Collegeboard's youtube videos of all the courses, please be sure to spend some time on this).

College placement test organizers, College Board and ACT.org just announced that all SAT and ACT tests are cancelled due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), till mid June.

While ISEE and SSAT serve very similar purpose with similar test structure and content, there are still some major difference between these two test. Should you take ISEE or SSAT? That's a big question? First, we compare ISEE and SSAT for you in detail.

The major differences between ISEE and SSAT lie in scoring, content, guessing strategy, and test dates, as you can see from the above comparison table.
You might want to consider the followings when deciding which test to go.

• Which test(s) is accepted by the school(s) you are applying to?
• What's your strength? If you are good at math, ISEE might give you some advantages by showing both math sections individually. 
• How often you'd like to take the test?
• Are the test seat available? Would the test date match your application deadline?

However, as the decision of which schools to apply to, to take either ISEE or SSAT is very personal and depends on a number of factors. Also keep in mind that neither ISEE nor SSAT is the only factor for your school admission assessment. After reading our ISEE intro, SSAT intro, ISEE FAQ, and SSAT FAQ, we recommend to take the practice tests first to better understand the test format.
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At TrinityScholar, we offer ISEE/ SSAT prep in different ways:

• Self-Paced: Online test prep materials for you to access at all time. A self-paced and self-organized way of learning that best fits your schedule
• Self-Paced Package: Online test materials +  tutoring + extra practice tests
• 1-on-1 Tutoring: materials and hours at your choice, completely customized (time, location, focus) tutor program with veteran instructors
• Customized Groups: completely customized tutoring for 3 or more students.

Feel free to come to talk to our consultants by live chat, call: 886-2-2771-6002, Line: @mqz4477g, or email to info@trinityscholar.com

SAT

• Spring SAT Advanced/Strategy: 2/29~4/25 (Saturdays)
• Spring SAT Dash Prep: 2/8~3/7 | 3/28~4/25 (Saturdays)
• Spring break SAT dash prep: 3/23 ~ 3/27 | 4/6 ~ 4/10 
• Summer SAT Advanced/Strategy 6/8~6/24 | 7/1~7/16 | 7/20~8/6 | 8/10~8/27 (Mon.~Fri.)

ACT

• Spring ACT Advanced/Strategy: 2/8~3/28 | 4/18~6/6 (每周六 Saturdays)
• Spring ACT dash prep: 2/29~3/28 | 5/9~6/6 (每周六 Saturdays)
• Spring break ACT dash prep: 3/23 ~ 3/27 | 4/6 ~ 4/10
• Summer ACT Advanced/Strategy 6/8~6/24 | 7/1~7/16 | 7/20~8/6 | 8/10~8/27 (周一到週五 Mon.~Fri.)

L3 Reading & Writing

• Spring Junior: 2/2~6/6  (Saturdays)
• Spring Core/Honors: 2/1 ~ 6/7 (Sundays)
• Summer Junior/Core/Honors : 6/8~6/24 | 7/1~7/16 | 7/20~8/6 | 8/10~8/27 (Mon.~Fri.)

Pre-college writing: 2/22~6/6, 2020 (Saturdays)

More Class Schedules

​Students and parents (and unfortunately many school counselors) are often unfamiliar with the Early Round (Early Action or Early Decision) option at many of America’s elite schools. We have crunched the data on the Early Round vs. Regular Decision admission rates, which should show you that whenever possible, you should apply to EA/ED.
 
While most Ivy League Schools offered Early Decision options, Princeton, Harvard, and Yale offer Restricted Early Action option to students. If student choose to apply to one of them, they cannot apply to any other private schools in the early stage, and public schools that offer ED options.

​If you look at the admission rates for Early Round, they are significantly higher at all 8 schools. (We have developed a ratio, which we term ER/RD, which measures how great of an advantage ER applicants have.) The ER/RD ratio ranges from 2.1 (Cornell) to 3.0 (Harvard). In simpler terms, it means you are 2.8x more likely to be admitted to Brown applying in ER than in RD.
 
Though Stanford has decided to not release their early round admission data, we can assume the situation is similar since all elite schools are still competing with each other for elite students.
 
Based on the above data, we can easily find out that, because of the timing of application, students with similar/ same background & academic performance will have diversely application outcome. Therefore, we highly recommend you to organize your timeline and work on your college application scheme at the earliest possible, including ahead preparation for related tests. This way, you can apply to your ideal colleges at the most advantageous timing and hence gain the admissions successfully.