SAT Test Now Fully Digital
For the first time in the United States, students taking the SAT college entrance exam this spring will use a computer instead of paper and pencil. The test is now completely online. In the fall of 2021, the College Board (the organization that administers the SAT) tested a pilot version outside the United States. This […]
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Pakistan Appoints First Female Supreme Court Justice Pakistan’s Supreme Court has seventeen members. And as of January 24, 2022, for the first time in history, one of them is a woman. Justice Ayesha Malik was sworn in last Monday in Islamabad. Justice Malik is 55 years old, a mother of three, and has been educated […]
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Poet Makes History at Inauguration At last week’s inauguration ceremony, a young woman named Amanda Gorman caught the nation’s attention when she recited her poem, “The Hill We Climb.” Gorman’s poem presented the challenges facing the country and the importance of moving forward together. It was an historic moment because the 22-year-old is the youngest […]
Test . . . Optional?
Last month, btw took a look at the way many college admission offices are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by canceling their standardized test score requirements, meaning that students don’t need to take the SAT or ACT in order to apply. Now, several other schools have gotten on board with this plan. At the same […]
Adversity Score Faces Adversity
From celebrity parents bribing admissions officials, to debates over whether or not to consider race in admissions, it may seem like the rules for how to get accepted into the nation’s top universities are constantly shifting. One of the most controversial admission tools is standardized testing. Recently, the College Board–the company that administers the SAT–tried […]
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Building the Wall? Few things about Trump’s presidency have been as hotly debated as the border wall he plans to build along the U.S. southern border. In fact, congressional disagreement over funding for the wall earlier this year led to the longest federal government shutdown in the nation’s history. More recently, Trump’s attempt to gain […]
Operation “Varsity Blues”
You’ve probably been told your whole life what you need to do to get into a good college someday: study hard, get good grades, and give back to your community. At the same time, however, a recent court case has revealed that wealthy and celebrity families have been taking a shortcut through this process by […]
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Unemployment Down, Optimism Up The data released each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in particular, is watched very closely by many (btw included) to determine the ongoing state of our economy. September unemployment rate, which has been steadily dropping for several months, fell below 6 percent (5.9) for the first […]
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Update on Ukrainian Crisis btw has been covering events as they unfold as related to the unrest in the Ukraine. What began as a protest against the government on February 18, has escalated into military action. The current government that has been installed is a temporary one, with new elections scheduled for May 25th. But […]