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LA4College Partners with Compass Education Group
LA4College is pleased to announce that we have set up a partnership with Compass Education Group, the premier resource for standardized test preparation. As some colleges have begun to require standardized test scores in the admission process again, we wanted to give...
NCAA Permanently Eliminates SAT and ACT for Divisions I and II
What began as a temporary waiver has now become permanent: the NCAA will no longer require student-athletes to submit standardized test scores to meet initial-eligibility requirements. Prior to April 2020, the NCAA Eligibility Center required prospective...
SAT / ACT Test Dates for the 2022-23 School Year
During the COVID pandemic, when many high schools were closed or teaching remotely, most colleges and universities in the United States waived the requirement that standardized test scores be submitted with applications. The NCAA also suspended their requirement that...
Class of 2024 Recruiting Begins for Most Division I Sports on June 15
For most NCAA Division I sports, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, marks the opening day of athletic recruiting for rising high school juniors in the class of 2024. (American football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s ice hockey, lacrosse, softball, and baseball have their...
College Board Announces Shorter, Online-Only SAT
The College Board, which develops and administers the SAT and PSAT exams, has announced it will move to a fully online format in the future. The standardized testing world was dealt a major blow with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as test sites around the world...
Estimated Probability of Competing in College Athletics
What are your chances of competing in sports in college? The NCAA, which is the main organization that sanctions collegiate athletics in the United States, has published information about the number of athletes participating on teams in their member institutions for...
NCAA Returning to Regular Recruiting Activities on June 1
The NCAA Division I Council has voted to allow colleges to resume regular recruiting activities, according to ESPN. "We are delighted to announce that as of June 1, all sports will return to their normal recruiting calendars," said Council chair M. Grace Calhoun,...
College Board Eliminates SAT Subject Tests and Optional Essay
The College Board announced in January that the SAT Subject Tests (formerly called “Achievement Tests,” then “SAT IIs”), as well as the optional writing section on the SAT, would no longer be offered in the United States. The College Board will continue to administer...
NCAA Votes to Allow Combining Merit/Need Aid With Athletic Aid
The NCAA Division I Council passed legislation on Wednesday to allow equivalency sports such as swimming and diving to stack need-based aid and/or merit aid with athletic aid with only the athletic aid counting against the scholarship limits for the sport. Division I...
Série en confinement : les universités américaines et le recrutement
Lepesant Associates profite de ce moment de confinement pour mener une série de mini-séminaires afin de présenter le système universitaire des États-Unis. Chaque semaine nous traiterons un sujet spécifique. Session 1 : Introduction au système universitaire des...
Jade Le Bris (2022) Heads to London for the World Para Swimming Championships
Our client Jade Le Bris, a sophomore at St. Catherine University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is participating in her first international meet as a member of the French National Team. The ninth edition of the World Para Swimming Championships, a key qualifier for the...
New NCAA Division I Recruiting Rules Go into Effect on May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019 marked the first day of the new recruiting rules set out by the NCAA Division I Council last week. The regulations affect a large number of sports (but not American football, basketball, lacrosse, softball, and men’s ice hockey, which have their own...
2019-20 U.S. Dates for SAT and SAT Subject Tests
Plan ahead! The SAT is offered in August, October, November, December, March, May, and June. The SAT Subject Tests are offered in August, October, November, December, May and June. U.S. Test Dates Aug 24, 2019 Oct 5, 2019 Nov 2, 2019 Dec 7, 2019 Mar 14, 2020 May 2,...
New NLI Rule Eliminates Early Signing Period for Most Sports
New rules regarding National Letters of Intent (NLIs) will eliminate the “early” signing period, unifying it with the previous “regular” signing period, for all sports other than football and basketball. NLIs are one-year scholarship agreements that make up the...
NCAA Division I Council Adopts New Recruiting Rules
The NCAA Division I Council adopted legislation this week that will change the way student-athletes are recruited for all sports except football and men’s and women’s basketball. The new rules aim to give a prospective student-athlete more time in the recruiting...
ACT Test Dates for 2018-19
If you are a high school sophomore or junior, you should be thinking about planning out your testing schedule for the upcoming school year. The ACT is offered in the United States, United States territories, Puerto Rico, and Canada in the months of September, October,...
2018-19 International Dates for SAT and SAT Subject Tests
The SAT is offered outside of the United States in October, December, March, and May. The SAT Subject Tests are offered in October, November, December, May and June. Deadlines expire at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S. International Test Dates Oct 6, 2018 Nov 3, 2018 Dec...
2018-19 U.S. Dates for SAT and SAT Subject Tests
The SAT is offered in August, October, November, December, March, May, and June. The SAT Subject Tests are offered in August, October, November, December, May and June. U.S. Test Dates Aug 25, 2018 Oct 6, 2018 Nov 3, 2018 Dec 1, 2018 Mar 9, 2019 May 4, 2019 Jun 1,...
2017-18 International Dates for SAT and SAT Subject Tests
The SAT is offered outside of the United States in October, December, March, and May. The SAT Subject Tests are offered in October, November, December, May and June. Deadlines expire at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S. International Test Dates Oct 7, 2017 Nov 4, 2017 Dec...
2017-18 U.S. Dates for SAT and SAT Subject Tests
The SAT is offered in August, October, November, December, March, May, and June. The SAT Subject Tests are offered in August, October, November, December, May and June. U.S. Test Dates Aug 26, 2017 Oct 7, 2017 Nov 4, 2017 Dec 2, 2017 Mar 10, 2018 May 5, 2018 Jun 2,...
ACT Test Dates for 2017-18
The ACT is offered in September, October, December, February, April, June, and July in the United States, and in September, October, December, April, and June outside of the United States. United States Testing Dates Test Dates Sep 9, 2017 Oct 28, 2017 Dec 9, 2017 Feb...
Signing Day 2016
You may have heard that November 9th was Signing Day. But what does that mean? Who signed? What did they sign? What happens to me if I didn’t sign? To begin with, there is no one Signing Day. November 9th kicked off the week-long “Early Signing Period” for all sports...
ACT Test Dates for 2016-17
The ACT is offered in September, October, December, February, April, and June in the United States, and in September, October, December, April, and June outside of the United States. Test Dates Sep 10, 2016 Oct 22, 2016 Dec 10, 2016 Feb 11, 2017* Apr 8, 2017 Jun 10,...
SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Test Dates for 2016-17
The SAT is offered in October, November, December, January, March, May, and June. The SAT Subject Tests are offered in October, November, December, January, May and June. Test Dates Oct 1, 2016 Nov 5, 2016 Dec 3, 2016 Jan 21, 2017 Mar 11, 2017 May 6, 2017 Jun 4, 2017...
NCAA Swimming and Diving Athletes Competing in 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
Collegiate athletes were well represented in swimmming and diving at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. All members of the United States men's and women's teams, as well as a good number of foreign athletes, had competed, are currently competing, or will...
NCAA Water Polo Athletes Competing in 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, NCAA athletes past, present and future comprised the rosters for the men's and women's teams of the United States. A scattering of other countries fielded water polo players who had competed in the NCAA. Click on the link...
SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Test Dates for 2015-16
The SAT Reasoning Test is offered in October, November, December, January, March, May, and June. The SAT Subject Tests are offered in October, November, December, January, May and June. The old SAT will be administered for the last time in January, 2016. The new,...
What is the ACT?
The ACT (originally an abbreviation of American College Testing) is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions produced and administered by ACT, Inc.The required portion of the ACT runs two hours and 55 minutes and includes 215...
SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Test Dates for 2014-15
The SAT Reasoning Test is offered in October, November, December, January, March, May, and June. The SAT Subject Tests are offered in October, November, December, January, May and June. Test DatesOct 11, 2014Nov 8, 2014Dec 6, 2014Jan 24, 2015Mar 14, 2015May 2, 2015Jun...
SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Test Dates for 2013-14
The SAT Reasoning Test is offered in October, November, December, January, March, May, and June. The SAT Subject Tests are offered in October, November, December, January, May and June.Test DatesOct 5, 2013Nov 2, 2013Dec 7, 2013Jan 25, 2014Mar 8, 2014May 3, 2014Jun 7,...
What is the TOEFL?
The TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is a test that measures the ability of non-native English speakers to use and understand the English language as it’s read, written, heard and spoken in the university classroom. TOEFL is a trademark of ETS...
What is the SAT?
The SAT Reasoning Test (more familiarly known as the SAT, and originally called the “Scholastic Aptitude Test”) is a standardized test for college admissions that is developed by College Board and administered by Educational Testing Service.The test runs three hours...
What is the PSAT/NMSQT?
The PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) is a is a standardized test administered by the College Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) and taken by about 3.4 million high school students every year. Students...
