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Jenna Greenwood received received a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Colorado, at Boulder and an M.S. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy from Portland State University. Since 2013, I’ve been supporting students as they navigate the higher education system in various different capacities. Early in my career, I did a term of service with AmeriCorps at a college access and retention nonprofit in Minnesota, where I developed an interest in helping students understand the financial aid process. I worked at the University of Oregon as a Financial Aid Counselor, where I developed a deep understanding of the financial aid system. As a Financial Aid Counselor, I advised and processed awards for a caseload of several hundred students, created and oversaw a student-run financial literacy program, and reviewed special circumstance petitions. Currently, I work as an Assistant Director of Programs and Student Engagement in the BOLD Center in the College of Engineering and Applied Scie...

You may have heard that the College Board, which administers the SAT, has recently announced sweeping changes to the exam. We know well that anything related to the SAT can be a real source of anxiety for students and families preparing to navigate the college admissions process. With that in mind, here’s what these changes mean for future college applicants: Who is impacted by the changes? In the U.S. the high school class of 2025 , current 9th graders, are the first who will take both the PSAT and the SAT in its new format. This means high school students in the classes of 2024 and 2023 will not be impacted. Families of 9th grade students and middle school students should continue to keep up with announcements over the next year or two. Outside of the U.S. the new exam will be given for the first time in 2023.  So international students in the class of 2024 should also pay attention to the upcoming changes. What is changing? A few key things are changing: 1. The length of the exa...

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