The Broadview

Testing uncertainty affects college application process

Students adjust to SAT and ACT cancellations due to COVID-19

Gabrielle Guido and Madeline Thiara • August 20, 2020

Availability for standardized testing is causing uncertainty in the college admissions process as students struggle to find open testing locations during the coronavirus pandemic. Even when students sign...

Juniors attend testing workshop

Gray Timberlake, Senior Reporter • January 16, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Juniors participated in a full-day ACT and SAT test preparation day yesterday with Compass Education Group. Compass brought in team members for three sessions, math and science strategies,...

PSAT meeting teaches testing techniques

Adele Bonomi, Senior Reporter • October 5, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Juniors gathered in room 305 today to discuss study strategies and do practice problems for the Practice Scholastic Aptitude Test in preparation for the upcoming exam on Oct. 10. The...

Institutions open doors

Optional tests offer more student access to universities, colleges

Laura Mogannam, Managing Editor • September 27, 2018

Preparing for and taking standardized tests can cost an applicant’s family hundreds to thousands of dollars and dozens of hours, only for a student to receive a score that an admissions representative...

The road to college

Juniors prepare for the college process through college counseling course.

Grace Ainslie, Assistant Sports Editor • February 1, 2017

Faced with the realization that they are more than halfway through with high school and college applications are coming up, juniors have begun to research post-secondary schools and study for entrance...

Community walks for a cause

Alyssa Alvarez, Sports Editor • October 27, 2016

Despite the scheduled ACT college entrance exam and a cross-country meet, the annual Walk for Uganda united Convent High School and Elementary communities on Saturday to raise funds supporting students...

Information night highlights new SAT

Standardized Testing Info Night brought information to students and their parents about the testing process.

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter • November 10, 2015

Freshmen, sophomores and juniors and their families gathered in the Little Theater for the annual Standardized Testing Info Night this evening. “We want to educate parents and students about standardized...

PSAT brings standardized testing to school

Students take standardized test in preparation for SAT.

Grace Ainslie, Senior Reporter • October 14, 2015

Freshmen, sophomores and juniors entered their assigned rooms with only a calculator and pencil this morning to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test. “It was hard because I didn’t know...

Testing your options

October 10, 2013

Alice Jones Managing Editor During her summer job with a lot of free time as a receptionist, senior Niamh Fitzsimons sat with pencil in hand and an SAT book open to the practice sections, skimming...