National Recognition Scholarship Program

Test Optional - Test Alternative is closer to what is actually happening in College Admissions

Interesting to consider the future of testing in the college admissions process -- look at 3 recent College Board decisions:

1) the AP Exams - while most AP Exams will be available digitally if need be, the foreign language ones (this year) are not - colleges want to see the entire foreign language exam, not just the speaking section. So if AP Spanish, French and German cannot be administered in person due to Covid-19, College Board will provide another option - CLEP Exams for free later on.

2) National Merit - for students unable to take PSAT this past fall or in Jan 2021, students will have up to June 2021 to take the SAT for submission/consideration to National Merit Scholarship, but students must complete the ALTERNATIVE ENTRY FORM by April 1st -

https://www.nationalmerit.org/.../alternateentry2022.pdf...

3). National Recognition Scholarship Program - expanding to include AP Exams and 10th Grade PSAT - https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/.../recognition...

(Source: CB Counselor Newsletter Feb 25, 2021)

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