Programs Help Students Unravel College Test Requirements

BIRMINGHAM, MI – A Birmingham company is offering a series of programs to help college-bound juniors and seniors prepare for college entrance exams.

The Student Connection programs are designed to help students work through the changes in Michigan public school testing that take effect this year. For the first time, public school juniors will be required to take the SAT college board exam. In the past, juniors took the ACT college exam.

Colleges use test scores in determining admissions and granting scholarship awards.

The new programs at The Student Connection include free college entrance tests and free test analysis, as well as in-depth personalized tutoring services, and new drop-in workshops for college bound students.

Also included are new programs for Michigan high school juniors taking the mandatory SAT and all students taking the optional ACT entrance examination.

“Students and families are confused about the college testing this year,” Brigid Godvin, academic director of The Student Connection, said in a news release. “In the past, the choice of taking the ACT versus taking the SAT was fairly straightforward, roughly based on the geographic location of colleges and universities to which one wanted to apply.

“But this year, the SAT is being administered to all Michigan public school juniors. Most will take the ACT as well. Complicating the matter, there are significant differences between the two tests.”

The Student Connection tutors have taken and analyzed the new SAT and report that it is different than what students have prepared for in the past. Because Godvin and her team want to be a one stop resource for students looking at college, they have created a number of free and fee based programs for Test Prep.

Services are offered at both locations of The Student Connection, 770 Forest Ave., Birmingham and by phone at (248) 594-3410; and at 42627 Garfield Road, Suite 211, Clinton Township,and by phone at (586) 741-8706. Information about all services and online registration is found here.