7EDU Impact Academy Private or Public University? It’s summer, and the class of 2020 is starting the daunting process of building their college lists. One question will inevitably cross every applicant’s mind: Private universities and public universi... Jul 7, 2021 Admissions Trends
7EDU Impact Academy Error in May SAT Scoring - How to Catch College Board’s Future Mistakes The College Board’s SAT test requires absolute perfection from students on test day. One silly mistake can be a 10 or 20 point difference for a student’s score. As a result, students spend months on e... Jul 7, 2021 Test Prep
7EDU Impact Academy Stop the College Board’s New SAT Adversity Score Recently, the College Board announced that they developed an algorithm that would give each student a score, officially dubbed as the Environmental Context Dashboard. This score is based on a combinat... Jul 7, 2021 Test Prep
7EDU Impact Academy How Important is Community Service for College? The past few years, some state schools (e.g. the University of California) have among their essay prompts a question that asks about community service. This has prompted not few parents and college ad... Jul 7, 2021 College Prep
7EDU Impact Academy What To Look For In A College Counseling Service [SXO: Introduction] Student X Opinion is a series of opinion blog posts written by a high school student detailing the academic journey and college application process. As a student who is finally ... Jul 7, 2021 College Prep
7EDU Impact Academy What is the new "adversity score"? What is the adversity score? After the recent scenario on the Harvard University lawsuit regarding affirmative action, it seems like the issue of dealing with affirmative action has not come to ... Jul 7, 2021 Test Prep
7EDU Impact Academy New 7EDU Student Organization Application Calling all high school students interested in leadership and making a global impact! : Under 7EDU, we are starting a student-run non-profit organization dedicated to promoting educational equity acro... Jul 7, 2021 Student Voice
7EDU Impact Academy Overview of Common App Essay Prompts 2019-2020 The essay prompts for the Common App have officially been released! As college application season is coming close, it’s a good idea for students to start thinking about which topics they may want to w... Jul 7, 2021 College Prep
7EDU Impact Academy Volunteering: More than just Community Service Nowadays, we all know that colleges highly value the “community service” factor among applicants. We usually see community service as the traditional pantry clean-up or voluntary tutoring work. But co... Jul 7, 2021 Enrichment
7EDU Impact Academy How to End the Year Strong As we are nearing the end of the school year, we want students to end their academic year strong, whether it be doing well on their finals or finishing their standardized tests. In this article, we wi... Jul 7, 2021 Student Voice
7EDU Impact Academy Sleepless in California - Finding a Healthy Perspective in the College Application Process We all know the drill when it comes to news ─ there’s the good news and there’s the bad news, which one do you want to hear first? Research has shown that in many ways, it’s better to start with the b... Jul 7, 2021 Admissions Trends
7EDU Impact Academy What College Major Should I Apply as? “My friends are applying to colleges with major [x]. Should I also apply with major [x]?” Many students don’t know exactly what direction, field, or career path they are aiming towards. Applying to co... Jul 7, 2021 College Prep