Students planning to apply to Virginia Tech for enrollment in fall 2017 will need to prepare to take the redesigned SAT, scheduled for release March 2016.
The university officially announced that they will only accept ACT and redesigned SAT scores. Virginia Tech is one of the first institutions to reveal its official decision to only accept the redesigned SAT—it is unclear if other institutions will follow suit. Students, parents, and college counselors should make sure to check the standardized test requirements on the websites of each of the schools students intend to apply to before planning out their test preparation timelines.
Here is a short list of other schools who have already made note on their websites that they will accept EITHER the redesigned SAT or the current SAT:
For students who are unfamiliar with the updates coming to the SAT or may not be able to take the current SAT before it changes, we recommend turning to the ACT as a safer option. Why? The ACT is barely changing while the SAT will be drastically different and therefore tougher to prep for. Read more here.
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