Lake Zurich High School Student Media

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Lake Zurich High School Student Media

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Lake Zurich High School Student Media

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PrepScholar is a platform that offers prep courses for standardized tests. When I found out that I was taking the digital SAT this year, I was able to switch from the SAT course to the DSAT course to better prepare.

A look at the SAT through a digital lens

Grace Sun, Secretary
October 4, 2023
Starting in 2024, The College Board is trading out the bubble sheets for a computerized test. The test will now be shorter and administered online.

The SAT to go digital in 2024

Sashrika Shyam, Staff Writer
February 28, 2022
The PSAT exam is taken via scan-tron and administered by the College Board. Students begin to take the PSAT their freshman year at LZHS.

To PSAT or not to PSAT?

Sashrika Shyam, Staff Writer
December 12, 2021
For the 2021 digital AP exams, the College Board has made a few changes from last year’s exams. “This year with digital, they are not allowing you to write out essays or write out answers, like last year, when you were able to write them out and upload them with your phone - that's not allowed this year," Laura Will, Testing Assessment Coordinator, said. Everything has to be typed out, so it just mirrors the paper exam.”

College Board offers an online, in-person option for AP exams

Sasha Kek, Secretary
May 24, 2021
333,768 students world-wide could not submit their exams according to College Board data. Of the 1,302 exams that LZHS students took, about 36 could not be submitted due to technical issues.

The unlucky 2%

Sasha Kek, Secretary
August 26, 2020
A student looks on the College Board website for updates on AP exams. “I look at College Board videos [to study for the exam], which help when I can't contact my teacher or just want to get more information on a certain topic," Ratana Khek, sophomore AP European History and Computer Science student, said.

College Board revises AP exams

Sasha Kek, Staff Writer
April 20, 2020
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