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Hey guys and gals! We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to bring you some new progress dashboards and I’ve got great news—we’re live!  We now have a top-level SAT Prep dashboard to track all of your study guide, quiz, and simulated exam progress.  We also have a detailed dashboard for each of the SAT practice quiz and test sections.

6/05/2012
The College Board, after receiving a special from the National Society for the Gifted and Talented at Amherst College for a summer test, initially approved the administration of the test but had to back track suddenly after critics said the timing and location favored the elite. The pilot program, meant to test a summer alternative, was only to be available to 50 students who took a $4,500 program. The College Board recently canceled the test citing concerns about equity and access to education.

See more at LA Times.

In an effort to prevent test cheating, new measures are being trialed at certain test locations. These include: the elimination of “stand-by” testing, a photo ID requirement, and the test center will have a photo roster to reference.

More at Lansing State Journal

March 9, 2012

This article is to help those of you who are just beginning to navigate your way through the various SAT course options and find the option most suitable for you. SAT courses come in many flavors. In the table below, you’ll find the main categories of SAT prep instruction you’ll find in the marketplace, their average cost and a high-level view of the structure of their offerings.

February 1, 2012

You might wonder just how important your SAT scores are in the world of education. They are important enough that some students have been known to hire SAT stand-ins in order to increase their chances of being accepted at a top tier college. Now we’re finding that one senior staff member of a California college has found a way to cheat as well. This senior administrator at Claremont McKenna College used falsely inflated test scores year over year to hand off to publications such as U.S. News and World Report in order to boost their own schools ranking.

CBS News reports a senior staff member of Claremont College has taken full responsibility for falsifying scores by as much as 10 to 30 points each year for as far back as 2005. He has since resigned.

The October SAT test is one month away!

Here are a couple of things to get you started:

• SAT Prep Course
• SAT Study Plan
• SAT Test Taking Tips

Be sure to sure to register for the test here by September 9th. Late registration ends September 21st.

Apple featured our web app August 5th and awarded it with the Staff Pick!

Included is a comprehensive list of 5000 terms, plus a Smart 250 List for the most frequently used vocabulary found on the SAT.

Download our SAT Vocabulary app to your iPhone or iPod Touch by visiting http://mobile.domesatreview.com and saving it to your home screen.

DOME SAT Vocabulary Flash Cards for iPhone - Free

Study SAT Vocabulary on the go from your iPhone or iPod. Included is a comprehensive list of 5000 terms, plus a Smart 250 List for the most frequently used vocabulary found on the SAT.

Our application was built specifically for the mobile web, but runs like an iPhone app! Simple screen taps change cards, and with support for HTML5, you don’t need to be online! Just save the stacks as bookmarks to your home screen!

From your mobile phone, just type in mobile.domesatreview.com!

Fall Junior Year:

1. Research the schools you’re interested and start to aggregate the information you need for decision-making.
2. Check the test dates for the SAT/ACT and register for a spring test date.
3. Start thinking about how you will pay for college – you may want to start exploring scholarship opportunities.
4. Now is the time to really hit the books and show a strong junior year of academics. This is also when you want to start studying for the SAT test – early preparation is key!

Spring Junior Year:

1. You’ve been studying for the SAT at a nice pace since the Fall. Now is the time to make an official score of it!
2. Add some achievement tests to your record. If you’ve been taking Advanced Placement classes, be sure you take the associated tests.

The disparity in SAT scores by income and ethnicity was a major factor in our decision to offer our SAT Prep material for free.

To illustrate this disparity we looked at the College Board’s 2009 California demographic research study and parsed out the data showing scores by income and ethnicity, and then added an aggregate mean for additional review. This data shows that test-takers with family incomes of less than $20,000 a year had a mean score of 1310 while test-takers with family incomes of over $200,000 had a mean score of 1715, a difference of 405 points. Further calculations showed a 40-point average score increase for every additional $20,000 in income. Comparing the scores by income against the scores by ethnicity one can further extrapolate which ethnicity is able to spend more on SAT test preparation.

Lets look at some of the data below: