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MWHS Wildcat News 10.27.23

Logan Moseley and Makayla Potter
October 27, 2023
OnToCollege provides one of the best ways to prepare for the ACT, as their videos are shown throughout the school year. On the website, you can also take practice tests, and learn all the secrets to succeeding on the ACT. “It’s nerve-racking for sure, but I feel confident,” sophomore Jacob Larson said. “The PSAT is going to help a lot with how I feel next year with the ACT.”

Test stress season

Jacob Hargens, Staff Reporter
September 29, 2023
Standardized test are starting to become irrelevant in the college application process. The test only create unneeded stress among high school students.

Stresting

Alexis Bahensky, Opinions Editor
March 23, 2022
Seniors Andrew Kenny and Drew Hinton — both members of the 32 and Above Club — hold a plaque for being National Merit Finalists. Some take the ACT once, others retry to achieve their desired score or get a feel for the kind of pressure they may be under. “I took it once in October before we had to take it together as a class,” Kenny said. “I wanted to know what it was like before we had to take it.”

Above and beyond

Emma Baker, Editor-in Chief
May 7, 2021
Junior Annabelle Harshbarger studies in the library. This was days after taking the pre-ACT. I use the ACT test prep books because theyre a really good resource to use to prepare for the test, Harshbarger said. Hopefully itll help me to do better when I take the real ACT.

ACT scores don’t determine students’ worth

Olivia Edwards, Staff Reporter
October 13, 2020

ACT taken during senior year

Jenna Reynolds, Brenna Batchelder, Joseph Ebmeier, and Jonathan Jimenez
October 9, 2020

MWHS Wildcat News 10.09.20

Edison Geiler and Jenna Reynolds
October 9, 2020
Nebraska Wesleyan is the first school in Nebraska to have a test free option when you apply. Due to the pandemic, the University of Nebraska is not requiring test scores but if students have scores they can use it for scholarship money.

College prep books are no longer needed

Haden Batchelder, Staff Reporter
May 8, 2020
Many universities are dismissing or making these standardized tests optional for the 2021 enrollment.

Colleges cancel scores

Paige Fortney, Staff Reporter
May 8, 2020
Sarah Carron is writing down vocab words for Spanish class. She does her work to the best of her ability in all classes and strives to get good grades. “ We were copying down vocab words onto a note sheet to help us get used to using them,” Carron said. “Then we used the new vocab to help us fill out a crossword puzzle.

A long lasting honor

Garrett Wilcoxen, Staff Reporter
October 3, 2019
Each year, a new group of students flock into testing rooms to take the ACT or the SAT. This chart shows the SAT scores of students in relation to the amount of income of their family. There is about a 20 point gap between each level except for the first two and last two groups. In both of those areas, there is about a 100 point leap.

Test-optional fixes admissions

Anna Blumenthal, Staff Reporter
October 3, 2019
Extended QT for scholars

Extended QT for scholars

Cody Bennett, Assisstant Striv Producer
April 3, 2019
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