Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though the SAT essay is no longer a formal requirement for many colleges, preparing for and taking this portion of the SAT can ...

The essay portion of the SAT and ACT is technically optional, but that doesn't mean you should write it off. Many colleges require applicants to provide their essay results from one of the exams, ...

As part of a major overhaul of the SAT college entrance exam, test-takers starting in 2016 will no longer be required to write an essay, the College Board announced Wednesday. However, an ...

With just two months to go before the much-heralded new SAT is given, a team of English professors and psychometricians is poring over sample essays to determine what kind of writing should be ...

Universities across the country and Texas remain unsure how to use the SAT's handwritten essay, which debuted three months ago as a part of a revamped test. Several institutions, including the ...

This week, the College Board announced changes to the way it administers its standardized tests to university applicants in the United States. The board is dropping the optional essay component of the ...

Writing, Audrianna Galvin says forthrightly, has never been her strong suit. So the teenager was more than a little anxious when makers of the SAT college entrance exam announced in 2002 that a ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The SAT's optional essay and subject tests have been nixed by the College Board, the latest step away from standardized testing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. "As students and ...