AP Exam Prep Resources
AP exams are just three months away, and students should begin preparing for these exams this month. Last month, we talked about how students can create an AP game plan to get ready for exam prep, including changes to AP exams for 2025 and a month-by-month plan to help students get ready.
AP Exam Prep Planner
Webinar: Beyond Test-Optional: Building a Standout Application in 2025
C2 Education will host a live webinar on Wednesday, February 19, at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT titled Beyond Test-Optional: Building a Standout Application in 2025. We’ll talk about the evolving college admissions landscape and how to craft a strong application in 2025.
The Enhanced ACT is Nearly Here
The Enhanced ACT will premiere in a digital format this April. The test has been touted as being significantly shorter in length and more generous with timing, leading many to believe the revamped test will be easier than the current version—but that likely isn’t true.
The test will be shorter, but not necessarily in terms of total test time. There are fewer questions overall, especially in the English section. However, for students choosing to take the optional Science section, the Enhanced ACT will only be 10 minutes shorter than the current test.
And students should most definitely opt to take the science section. ACT notes that it will be up to colleges to decide whether to require the newly optional Science section. Past precedent suggests that selective schools are likely to require a science score on the new test, so students would be wise to assume that they may well need those Science scores for their college applications.
The pacing is more generous, allowing students more time per question. The ACT has long been known as a sprint, requiring students to work through questions much faster than they need to on the SAT, so this change is at the heart of rumors about the test being easier. And yet, ACT has been very clear that they aren’t changing their concordance tables, meaning that the test will require the same degree of skill and knowledge to achieve a given score as the current ACT requires.
How can the test have a more generous pacing and fewer questions yet still be just as difficult as it has always been?