Fresh New Going to College Content - for the test-takers

Now that we have your attention, let's point out some of the stuff that you should already know about...but may not know about because, well, stuff changes so quickly.

1 - SATs and ACTs are increasingly less important. Want proof. 775 schools, per the folks at FairTest.org are now "test optional."

2 - Does this mean you should blow off the tests? Not necessarily. But you should take a look at whether your hit list of schools is covered here.

3 - Test optional means, well, just what it sounds like. Sure if you get high scores and think that'll help you stand out, by all means have them sent. If not, don't.

It's been widely reported that George W. Bush got an 1160 under the old scoring system. You can decide whether that's a predictor of success or impacted his ability to get into Yale.