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EDUCATION GUIDE
Which Test: SAT or ACT?
As founder of Applerouth Tutoring, I often help parents
think through the difficult task of college admissions. Parents
know the ACT is an alternative to the SAT, but often do not
know how they can help their student choose between the
two tests.
Students tend to feel more comfortable with one test
format over the other. Over the past twelve years, I've seen
time and time again how that extra comfort can translate
into a significantly higher score to send to colleges. It's
important to make as informed a decision as possible about
your student's test preparation.
Making an Informed Decision
Students become familiar with the SAT format when they
take the PSAT in 10th grade, but not all students take the
ACT equivalent, the PLAN. Parents often ask me how they
can use just a PSAT score to make this important decision.
If your student's PSAT results are close to his/her SAT goal,
focus on SAT prep. By the end of junior year, if your student
has not seen meaningful gains on the SAT, I recommend
that you schedule a mock ACT to determine if that test is a
better fit.
If your student struggles with the PSAT, I always recommend
you schedule a mock ACT as early as the beginning of
junior year. If his/her ACT score is in a significantly higher
percentile than the PSAT score, I recommend that you
focus on ACT prep right from the beginning. It is a great
idea for students to invest 3 hours and take a real or mock
ACT. There is zero risk!
When students find out early which test is a better
fit, they can avoid a lot of unnecessary stress and
frustration down the road.
Find Out More
You can speak with me and learn more about the SAT and ACT at
one of our upcoming FREE events:
September 30th
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Mount Pisgah UMC
9820 Nesbit Ferry Rd
Johns Creek, GA 30022
October 16th
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Wyndham Atlanta Galleria
6345 Powers Ferry Rd NW
Atlanta, GA 30339
Preregister at applerouth.com/reporter or call 404-728-0661
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education
PHOTOS BY MELISSA WEINMAN
The Turner Lynch Campus Center opened Aug. 9 at
Oglethorpe University. President Lawrence Schall says
the center serves as a gathering spot on campus.
Oglethorpe opens school year
with brand new student center
BY MELISSA WEINMAN
melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net
Even early in the morning, Ogletho
rpe University’s new Turner Lynch Cam
pus Center is already showing signs of
life: students sitting at tables and work
ing on their laptops, eating breakfast in
the dining hall, sipping coffee under the
yellow patio umbrellas at the Starbucks
coffee shop.
“I call this our living room,” Ogletho
rpe President Lawrence Schall said.
On Aug. 9, Oglethorpe Universi
ty opened the doors to its $16 million,
50,000-square-foot campus center.
Schall said the new facility replaces a
poorly designed, 1960s-era campus cen
ter that wasn’t serving the student body
well.
“It just wasn’t a place anybody want
ed to come,” Schall said. “It was old and
tired ... people came in to eat and they
left.”
As a result, there wasn’t really a good
central location for students to gather on
campus. But Schall said just a few weeks
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