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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

As college application season rolls around, the question of how CollegeBoard managed to have such a chokehold on the American education system is once again on the rise.

How the College Board took over American education

Alex Cotterel and Crystal Zhu October 6, 2025

Freshman year: prep for the PSAT. Sophomore year: take the PSAT. Junior year: take the SAT and PSAT again. All four years: take AP exams. College Board’s programs are so pervasive that they appear...

Early AP exam registration disproportionately impacts low income students, with its far-reaching consequences ultimately harming students regardless of socioeconomic status.

Early AP Registration hurts student performance

Youqi Huang, Copy Editor October 7, 2020

The College Board moved registration from Spring to mid-November for the 2019-20 AP exams in an attempt to boost student performance, aiming to inspire students to apply themselves in their classes because...

Collegeboard made changes to the AP exam to accommodate for COVID-19

CollegeBoard modifies AP exam procedures

Kaylin Li and Audrey Wong April 3, 2020

Due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, CollegeBoard is modifying the procedures for the Advanced Placement (AP) exams, including allowing students to take the exam online at home, as well as offering...