by LA4college | Mar 22, 2023 | NCAA
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...
by LA4college | Aug 22, 2022 | International, NCAA, Testing
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...
by LA4college | Jun 15, 2022 | NCAA, Recruiting, Sports
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...
by LA4college | Feb 7, 2022 | International, Testing
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...
by LA4college | Sep 15, 2021 | International, Sports
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...
by LA4college | May 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by LA4college | Feb 16, 2021 | Testing
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...
by LA4college | Jul 16, 2020 | NCAA, Recruiting, Sports
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...
by LA4college | Apr 21, 2020 | International, NCAA, Recruiting, Sports
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...
by LA4college | Sep 5, 2019 | Clients, International, Sports
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...
