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During World War I, many soldiers and sailors wrote messages in bottles. One was recently found!
Read challenging and interesting materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT #SendingOutAnSOS
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Read challenging and interesting materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT #SendingOutAnSOS
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109-Year-Old Messages in a Bottle Written by Soldiers Heading to Fight in World War I Discovered on Australian Beach
The two letters survived the past century inside a Schweppes-brand bottle, which Debra Brown found on Wharton Beach in early October
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
During World War I, many soldiers and sailors wrote messages in bottles. One was recently found!
Read challenging and interesting materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT #SendingOutAnSOS
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Read challenging and interesting materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT #SendingOutAnSOS
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A building in Peru provides evidence that Incan builders designed a structure that could amplify sound. Read interesting materials to prepare for the exams and life. #SmithsonianSunday #ReadingIsFundamental #TestPrep #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT
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This Inca Building—the Only Surviving Structure of Its Kind—Might Have Been Designed to Amplify Sound and Music
Researchers will use 3D modeling to assess what the "carpa uasi" in Huaytará, Peru, originally looked like and how sound traveled through it
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November 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A building in Peru provides evidence that Incan builders designed a structure that could amplify sound. Read interesting materials to prepare for the exams and life. #SmithsonianSunday #ReadingIsFundamental #TestPrep #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT
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The College Board site is among those affected by the AWS outage. Follow the guidelines and information they're posting at zurl.co/DLICa
Also potentially affected are in-school tests, including SAT and PSAT. Check with your school for information specific to you. #SAT #PSAT
Also potentially affected are in-school tests, including SAT and PSAT. Check with your school for information specific to you. #SAT #PSAT
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October 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The College Board site is among those affected by the AWS outage. Follow the guidelines and information they're posting at zurl.co/DLICa
Also potentially affected are in-school tests, including SAT and PSAT. Check with your school for information specific to you. #SAT #PSAT
Also potentially affected are in-school tests, including SAT and PSAT. Check with your school for information specific to you. #SAT #PSAT
Wondering about score availability for the PSATs given this month? If you took it by October 10th, expect scores on the 23rd. If you took it by October 14th, you'll see scores on November 6th, and any testing date after means scores come out on November 13th. #ScoreRelease #PSAT
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Score Release Dates for Students and Educators – SAT Suite | College Board
Find out when scores will be released for all assessments in the SAT Suite,
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October 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wondering about score availability for the PSATs given this month? If you took it by October 10th, expect scores on the 23rd. If you took it by October 14th, you'll see scores on November 6th, and any testing date after means scores come out on November 13th. #ScoreRelease #PSAT
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The U.S. Constitution has been successfully amended 27 times, but there have been thousands of attempts. This week's #SmithsonianSunday article explores some of these efforts. Read challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE
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Twelve Failed Constitutional Amendments That Could Have Reshaped American History
These proposals sought to change the United States' name, abolish the presidency and the vice presidency, and set a limit on personal fortunes, among other measures
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October 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The U.S. Constitution has been successfully amended 27 times, but there have been thousands of attempts. This week's #SmithsonianSunday article explores some of these efforts. Read challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE
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Princeton follows Auburn as the second school to reinstate its testing requirement for the high school Class of 2027. This also leaves Columbia as the only school in the Ivy League that has not reverted to the traditional approach. #Admissions #TestRequired #ClassOf2027
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Princeton to require SAT or ACT scores for applicants starting fall 2027, dropping test-optional policy
Princeton will require undergraduate applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores beginning with the 2027–28 admission cycle, the University announced Thursday. The decision will end a seven-year stint of test-optional undergraduate admissions that began during the pandemic.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Princeton follows Auburn as the second school to reinstate its testing requirement for the high school Class of 2027. This also leaves Columbia as the only school in the Ivy League that has not reverted to the traditional approach. #Admissions #TestRequired #ClassOf2027
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New information on the behavior of their magnetic fields is teaching us more about the properties of black holes. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #SmithsonianSunday #ReadingIsFundamental #TestPrep #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT
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October 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
New information on the behavior of their magnetic fields is teaching us more about the properties of black holes. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #SmithsonianSunday #ReadingIsFundamental #TestPrep #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT
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It's always fun to read about the merger of new tech and old media. This week's #SmithsonianSunday article teaches us that some older new tech is making way for something else at The Louvre. Read challenging materials to prepare for the tests and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental
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The Louvre Stops Renting Out Nintendo 3DS Consoles, Which Helped Visitors Navigate the Massive Museum for 13 Years
Available since 2012, the handheld gadgets are being retired in favor of a new system—but so far, the Paris museum hasn't revealed any details about the replacement
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September 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It's always fun to read about the merger of new tech and old media. This week's #SmithsonianSunday article teaches us that some older new tech is making way for something else at The Louvre. Read challenging materials to prepare for the tests and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental
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The historiography of the life of Mary Washington has taken many turns. Today's #SmithsonianSunday article takes it on. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT
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The Reinvention of George Washington's Mother, From Paragon of Virtue to Greedy Shrew to Widow Striving for Independence
A new biography examines how 19th-century Americans remembered Mary Ball Washington, who raised the future president largely on her own after her husband’s death in 1743
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September 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The historiography of the life of Mary Washington has taken many turns. Today's #SmithsonianSunday article takes it on. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE #LSAT
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History shows us how the past shapes the world we live in. In today's #SmithsonianSunday article, we see experts bringing letters from the past to their rightful recipients. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental
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A Batch of Undelivered WWII Letters Intended for Japanese Soldiers Ended Up in an Oregon Museum Decades Later. Now, Experts Are Returning the Lost Correspondence to Their Families
An organization devoted to returning artifacts as a way to heal the emotional wounds left by the war is helping the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum send these deeply personal items to the writers' descendants
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September 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
History shows us how the past shapes the world we live in. In today's #SmithsonianSunday article, we see experts bringing letters from the past to their rightful recipients. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental
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The persistence required for success in Test Prep is nothing compared to Akuzawa's. When I'm his age? I'm not sure if I want to do what he's doing. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #SmithsonianSunday #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental
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This 102-Year-Old Man Just Became the Oldest Person on Record to Summit Japan's Mount Fuji
Kokichi Akuzawa is an experienced climber who trained for his journey up the mountain by walking for one hour every morning
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August 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The persistence required for success in Test Prep is nothing compared to Akuzawa's. When I'm his age? I'm not sure if I want to do what he's doing. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #SmithsonianSunday #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental
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In the popular imagination, there are many myths about Davy Crockett. This week, on #SmithsonianSunday, we get a concise, thorough, and real biography. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE
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How Davy Crockett, the Rugged Frontiersman Killed at the Alamo, Became an Unlikely American Hero
During his lifetime, Crockett—who went by David, not Davy—shaped his own myth. In the 20th century, his legacy got a boost from none other than Walt Disney
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August 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In the popular imagination, there are many myths about Davy Crockett. This week, on #SmithsonianSunday, we get a concise, thorough, and real biography. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE
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LSAC has suspended LSAT testing in China due to rampant cheating. Those living in China can still travel to take the test. It's imperative that LSAC provides proper security, otherwise the exam itself is of greatly diminished value. Stay tuned... #LSAT #LawSchoolAdmissions
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Temporarily Suspending Online LSAT Testing in Mainland China | The Law School Admission Council
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August 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
LSAC has suspended LSAT testing in China due to rampant cheating. Those living in China can still travel to take the test. It's imperative that LSAC provides proper security, otherwise the exam itself is of greatly diminished value. Stay tuned... #LSAT #LawSchoolAdmissions
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A few decades ago, thieves stole part of a manuscript penned by Hernán Cortés. Now it's been returned to Mexico, the rightful owner. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #SmithsonianSunday #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE
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FBI Returns Long-Lost Manuscript Signed by Hernán Cortés in 1527 to Mexico's National Archives
The document, which vanished decades ago, includes logistical details linked to the travels of the Spanish conquistador, who had conquered the Aztec Empire several years earlier
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August 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A few decades ago, thieves stole part of a manuscript penned by Hernán Cortés. Now it's been returned to Mexico, the rightful owner. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #SmithsonianSunday #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #SAT #ACT #GRE
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I'm proud to be a member of the National Test Prep Association, the leading professional organization in Test Prep. Here's my NTPA colleague Jim Wismer providing some key information on recent changes in the #SAT and #ACT on WUSA9 in Washington, DC. #TestPrep #UpToDate #NTPA
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What you need to know about standardized testing
Jim Wismer from National Test Prep Association shares what you need to know about the digital SAT and the new enhanced ACT.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Love the music in Jaws or the Star Wars series? Then you may enjoy the composition that is the focus of this week's #SmithsonianSunday piece, written by John Williams. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams!! #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #Music
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John Williams, the Famous Composer Known for 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars,' Debuts First Piano Concerto at Age 93
The renowned composer has scored many of the most famous films of our time. But until this summer, he had never attempted a concerto for piano
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August 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Love the music in Jaws or the Star Wars series? Then you may enjoy the composition that is the focus of this week's #SmithsonianSunday piece, written by John Williams. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams!! #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #Music
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Plainview residents! The district is again hosting Plainview-only SAT administrations. Please note:
1. Registration for these dates is through a special site, not College Board.
2. The score release for the October test is 11/6, AFTER the Early Decision/Early Action deadlines for many schools.
1. Registration for these dates is through a special site, not College Board.
2. The score release for the October test is 11/6, AFTER the Early Decision/Early Action deadlines for many schools.
August 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Plainview residents! The district is again hosting Plainview-only SAT administrations. Please note:
1. Registration for these dates is through a special site, not College Board.
2. The score release for the October test is 11/6, AFTER the Early Decision/Early Action deadlines for many schools.
1. Registration for these dates is through a special site, not College Board.
2. The score release for the October test is 11/6, AFTER the Early Decision/Early Action deadlines for many schools.
Auburn has completed its shift to requiring submission of an SAT or ACT score. They're the first school to make an announcement specific to the Fall '27 cycle; watch this space for info as other schools update policies. #Admissions #TestPrep #TestRequired #ClassOf2027
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Prospective Students | Test-Optional | Office of Undergraduate Admissions 2025
Auburn is a choice. A choice to become part of something bigger than yourself. To demand the very best out of yourself and for yourself. A choice to live to a higher code, to push forward, do good, and sink your teeth into the problems the world needs solved. Auburn is a choice you won’t regret.
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August 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Auburn has completed its shift to requiring submission of an SAT or ACT score. They're the first school to make an announcement specific to the Fall '27 cycle; watch this space for info as other schools update policies. #Admissions #TestPrep #TestRequired #ClassOf2027
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This week's #SmithsonianSunday article explores the career and worldview of one of my favorite artists: Johnny Cash. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #TheManInBlack
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Seventy Years Ago, Johnny Cash Recorded 'Folsom Prison Blues' and Became a Folk Hero for the Ignored and Downtrodden
A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the song
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August 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This week's #SmithsonianSunday article explores the career and worldview of one of my favorite artists: Johnny Cash. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life. #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #TheManInBlack
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Studying for the #SAT? Here's some info to include in your planning: the Bluebook app will be shut down this Thursday, July 31st. #CollegeBoard won't say more than they're preparing an "update." Meaning what exactly? We'll avoid speculation in this space. #Bluebook #WhatNow
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Bluebook Digital Testing | College Board
Bluebook is a new digital testing application that makes test day easier and faster for students and proctors.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Studying for the #SAT? Here's some info to include in your planning: the Bluebook app will be shut down this Thursday, July 31st. #CollegeBoard won't say more than they're preparing an "update." Meaning what exactly? We'll avoid speculation in this space. #Bluebook #WhatNow
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The more we learn about George Washington, the more we can understand why he was seen as the only and obvious choice for Commander-in-Chief, and later, President. Read challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life! #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #FirstInEverything
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Archaeologists Discover Site Where George Washington Stopped a Friendly Fire Incident by Blocking Muskets With His Sword
In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish in Pennsylvania
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July 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The more we learn about George Washington, the more we can understand why he was seen as the only and obvious choice for Commander-in-Chief, and later, President. Read challenging materials to prepare for the exams and life! #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental #FirstInEverything
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For those justifiably concerned about the bizarre approach taken by New York State to the Biology and Earth Science #Regents exams, your teachers' union is stepping up to help prevent future snafus. Included here is a link to the statement posted by #NYSUT President Melinda Person.
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NYSUT Statement on 2025 Regents Exams Issues
NYSUT President Melinda Person released the following statement regarding reported issues with the 2025 New York Regents exams, specifically the Biology and Earth Science exams.
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July 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For those justifiably concerned about the bizarre approach taken by New York State to the Biology and Earth Science #Regents exams, your teachers' union is stepping up to help prevent future snafus. Included here is a link to the statement posted by #NYSUT President Melinda Person.
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#LSAT Students: Please note that the LSAC site is currently down through early Monday morning. Don't take the entire weekend off; instead, make use of the other study aids available to you, including any third-party sites to which you have access.
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The Law School Admission Council | LSAC
Start your Law School journey with LSAC, a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting quality, access, and equity in law and education.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#LSAT Students: Please note that the LSAC site is currently down through early Monday morning. Don't take the entire weekend off; instead, make use of the other study aids available to you, including any third-party sites to which you have access.
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Classical music fans know the name Stradivarius. This week's #SmithsonianSunday article is a report on the rediscovery of one of his violins previously thought to be lost or destroyed. Read challenging works to prepare for the exams and life! #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental
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Have Eagle-Eyed Experts Found This 316-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin That Was Looted During World War II?
Eight decades after the 1709 violin known as the "Small Mendelssohn" disappeared, experts think they've located it in Japan
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July 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Classical music fans know the name Stradivarius. This week's #SmithsonianSunday article is a report on the rediscovery of one of his violins previously thought to be lost or destroyed. Read challenging works to prepare for the exams and life! #TestPrep #ReadingIsFundamental
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The Etch A Sketch was a toy to me. For some, it's a tool to create true art. This week, #SmithsonianSunday affords us a look at its dual role in our culture. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the tests and life. #TestPrep ReadingIsFundamental #EtchASketch
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July 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Etch A Sketch was a toy to me. For some, it's a tool to create true art. This week, #SmithsonianSunday affords us a look at its dual role in our culture. Read interesting and challenging materials to prepare for the tests and life. #TestPrep ReadingIsFundamental #EtchASketch
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