DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University will no longer require applicants to submit SAT essay or ACT writing scores. Officials said submitting these scores will be optional but are still recommended. "We also ...

WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Changes to the annual test were announced at an event in ...

The SAT will no longer require an essay section, according to an announcement yesterday from the College Board about the 88-year-old test’s redesign. The new SAT will return to a score out of 1600, ...

Applicants hurrying to polish their early decision applications to Brown by the Nov. 1 deadline are among the last applicants who will be required to submit SAT or ACT essays. The Office of Admission ...

Currently, to apply to college in Michigan, students must include their SAT exam scores – along with the SAT essay – in their transcripts as part of the annual Michigan Merit Exam, which is ...

With college application due dates looming in the near future, many high school seniors are scrambling to take the SAT just one more time. A new phenomenon on the test, the "writing section," has now ...

According to Jeff Rubenstein of Princeton Review, here's how the real SAT essay will be graded: Two graders will read the essay and give it a score from 1 to 6. The two scores will be added together.