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Solution Skills Inc. <[email protected]> Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 6:00 AM

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OMG! It's Almost August!

A new school year awaits...
 

 
Contents
 
SolutionSkills' End-of-Summer Programs
 
SAT and ACT News and Dates
 
2023-24 Test Prep Classes Now Available
 
The Road to College
 
College Admissions Trivia
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Get Important College Admissions Stuff Done

Before School Starts...and FREE!
 
SolutionSkills is offering a series of free workshops for
seniors to assist in their college admissions adventure! 
Starting tomorrow, July 26th, the Getting Started with your
College Essay  workshop will be held from
2:30pm-4:30pm at the Solution Skills Office in
Suite 200C on 545 E Tennessee Street. It is free but with
limited spaces available. Then on Thursday July 27th, as a
follow-up, the Building your Activities Resume workshop will
be held at the same time and place, free of charge.
 
Please call our office now to reserve a space or send us an
email at [email protected]. We will take students
through the basics of each topic allowing for students to get
organized, started and on their way to finishing these
important parts of the college application.
 
Next week, we will offer a fee-based activity as well as
another free workshop that may be of interest to you! First,
on August 1st, the FSU SuperTour will be taking place. For
those that are interested, it will take place from 9:30am -
1:30pm, and will feature looks at residence halls, the new
Student Union, as well as other locations, and will conclude
with a lunch at Sewanne Hall. All the while, they will be
learning much about what awaits them in their future college
experience! Cost to register is $99 with all expenses
(including the meal) included.
 
Finally, on August 3rd, we will be holding a free workshop
for seniors to start or work on their college applications
and the steps and preparation they will need to take to get
them done well. This will also be from 2:30pm - 4:30pm at
our office location.
 

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Important Dates & Deadline This Friday, July 28th

 
It is the regular registration deadline for the
first SAT for the school year on August 26th.
Go to www.collegeboard.com now to register.
There are plenty more dates this year after this one but
don’t pass this August test date up if your student needs to
take or re-take the SAT!
 

Scores for the July 15th ACT Will Become

Available
 

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Those students who took the July ACT should expect their
scores to become available on or after this date.
To register for the next ACT in September, go to
www.act.org.
 

More SAT and ACT News

 
Registration for all 2023-24 school year ACT and SAT test
dates is now open! This means you can sign up your
student now for any of the dates the SAT or ACT is given in
the new 2023-24 school year. Test centers vary from one
date to the next with many filling up rapidly. Check the chart
below for all SAT and ACT test dates for the upcoming
school year:
 

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Fall SAT and ACT Prep Classes Now Posted

 
SolutionSkills full slate of prep classes for the fall
semester are now posted on our website for both the SAT
and ACT. You may browse this section to view the different
dates and formats our classes are presented in. There are
many lengths and variations to choose from, and classes
are arranged to end just before the test dates this fall. To get
a look at these prep class dates and options, please refer to
the document below or go to the respective page for either
test on our website:
 
SAT: https://www.solutionskills.com/sat/
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SAT Changes Coming

 
As you may have heard before, big changes are in store
this school year on the SAT (and PSAT) front. Beginning
with this fall’s PSAT in October, the College Board will be
making its big transition from paper and pencil to digital
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testing. In March of 2024, all SAT administrations will be

online going forward. The new version of the test will be
shorter, will consist of two sections each for math and
English, and will be adaptive according to the answers
given. Scores will be available only days after the
completed test, not weeks. Much more info on these major
changes to the SAT will be reported on in future issues of
this newsletter.
 

FSU Admissions Rep Packs Oven Park

 
It was another full house at Dorothy B. Oven Park last week
when a group of parents and students were treated to
information overload from FSU admissions rep, Mr. Michael
Alberto. Hosted by SolutionSkills, this free informational
event disseminated plenty of timely admissions information
to parents and their college bound students. All aspects of
getting into competitive colleges were discussed with plenty
of questions from the audience along the way. The role of
grades, high school courses, SATs and ACTs, the college
essay, and activities resume were all explained in great
detail, giving those in attendance the very latest information
on how to boost chances of getting into competitive schools
like FSU and UF.  One change that was cited was that
students can now data enter their test scores and course
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grades on the application and not have to wait for them to

be delivered by the testing companies or from their school.
Scores and grades are officially verified later in the process.
 
Many questions were asked on the topic of what makes an
application stand out or how to find out about other
important programs like residence halls and honors
programs. New changes with the SAT going digital was
mentioned by the workshop host, Randy Vickers, owner of
SolutionSkills. This include facts like the PSAT, given in
October this fall, will also be a digital format, signaling the
first major change to the SAT in many years.
 
It was also emphasized to the parents and students the
importance of doing things early and being informed on any
new wrinkles in the college admissions process.
 
The next edition of Road to College is now being planned
with dates and program information confirmed once future
speakers are scheduled.
 

BONUS - College Admissions Trivia

 
How much do you know about college admissions? Test
your knowledge with a few of these questions! Answers will
be included in the next newsletter.
 
 
1. A high GPA and strong test scores are the only things that
really matter in a college admissions decision.
 
A) True
B) False
 
2. The grades 4-year colleges consider most important in
high school are:
 
A) Those in 11th and 12th grade.
B) Those in 10th and 11th grade.
C) Those in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade.
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D) All high school grades.

 
3. The Common Application platform lets students apply to
multiple colleges at once.
 
A) True
B) False
 
4. The ACT exam consists of:
 
A) Four parts (English, math, natural science, and social studies)
B) Two parts (verbal and math)
C) Four parts (English, math, reading, and science reasoning)
D) None of the above
 
5. Under the Common Application, students must submit
their answer for one standardized personal essay that
uniformly applies to all colleges and universities.
 
A) True
B) False
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THAT'S ALL FOR THIS ISSUE.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
 

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