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Testing timelines collapse, and many colleges adopt test-optional policies as SAT/ACT logistics move online and at-home formats replace proctored exams. Counselors use Zoom to gauge student emotions and run online parent events while tracking continuously changing testing calendars, limited capacity, and postponed administration dates. 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After the collapse of the testing calendars, hundreds of colleges switched to testoptional for the coming admission cycle, including the eight Ivy League institutions. Advanced Placement (AP) exams, once two to three hour grinds, became 45-minute open-book at-home tests.  \nCollege counseling work was also turned upsidedown. During the springtime period of remote learning, counselors gauged the emotions of adolescents via Zoom interfaces, held online parent nights, and answered questions about ever-shifting testing calendars.  \nSUMMER TEST PREP  \nAlthough many colleges and universities have gone test-optional, college counselors are still generally advising students to test. The reality is that, as long as tests are still being offered, there’s something to be gained by students scoring well on them.“We want students to have that data point,”said Dalton.  \nDespite saying she wishes the tests didn’t exist at all, Tela Thigpen, director of college success at the charter school Freedom Preparatory Academy (TX), agreed.“High test scores will help elevate our students’choices,” she said.  \nAt Freedom Prep, students experienced numerous postponements to the school’s state-sponsored ACT testing date—from March 31 to April 21 and then to May and now to September. It was incredibly frustrating but “maybe a blessing in giving students more preparation time,” said Thigpen.  \nThat is, if students can eventually test. As of early August, the College Board and ACT have testing calendars for the summer and fall jam-packed with dates, including seven ACT testing dates in just September and October. Yet the increasing number of virus cases is endangering the testing slates.  \nThe College Board website warns that students “may encounter unexpected closures” and that testing capacities at sites are limited because of social distancing requirements. Already, ACT has had problems re  \nintroducing test administrations.  \nOn July 20, 1,400 prospective ACT test-takers were unable to test when  \nAlthough many colleges and universities have gone test-optional, college counselors are still generally advising students to test. The reality is that, as long as tests are still being offered, there’s something to be gained by students scoring well on them.  \n21 test centers closed ahead of the test date, although 88,000 students did successfully test at more than 1,100 sites around the country, according to an ACT statement.  \n‘HORRIBLE’ FOR JUNIORS  \nAt Baltimore City College (BCC), a selective public magnet school with a record of sending more than 90 percent of its graduating students to baccalaureate-granting colleges, the spring months are traditionally a time when juniors are deep into college admission work. By the end  \nDanny Tejada, the director of college counseling at Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School in St. Louis, said he couldn’t have predicted this drastic change. “I took for granted the fact that if I didn’t hear from a student, I could go and get th","cbCaiiCYRXfU6E0l","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiCYRXfU6E0l","pdf",244829,"English","# Into the Unknow\n## Remote learning and canceled visits\n## Test-optional policies and exam disruptions\n## Counseling changes and junior-year uncertainty","[{\"question\":\"How did COVID-19 change the college admission process for students in 2021?\",\"answer\":\"Schools moved to remote learning, in-person visits were abandoned, and testing calendars were wiped out, leading many colleges to adopt test-optional policies.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do counselors still encourage students to take standardized tests even when schools go test-optional?\",\"answer\":\"They advise testing because if tests are offered, strong scores provide useful data points for students’ admissions profiles.\"},{\"question\":\"What challenges did junior students face when college counseling and application steps moved online?\",\"answer\":\"Reduced constant interactions and structure slowed progress on application tasks, and gaps like unreliable internet access made remote transition more difficult for some students.\"}]","THE JOURNAL OF COLLEGE ADMISSION - Into the Unknow | PDF",13]