Every national SAT and ACT date remaining in 2026 for LA & Ventura Counties, plus registration deadlines and how PSAT/PreACT scheduling works.
What the scoring scales, percentiles, and the National Merit Selection Index actually mean — and what's worth focusing on.
Current SAT/ACT policy at UC, CSU, Stanford, USC, and other schools our families ask about most.
Application deadlines for UC, Cal State, Stanford, USC, LMU, Pepperdine, USD, and more.
What UC and CSU actually require, subject by subject, with a grade-by-grade planning worksheet.
Plain-English definitions for EA, ED, REA, RD, and the rest of application-season vocabulary.
Which form to file, key 2027-28 dates, and exactly what to gather before you start.
Confirmed fairs, testing windows, and application milestones for the rest of 2026, plus where local events get announced.
The official prompts, word limits, and how students actually choose between them.
We've built a free Academic Roadmap for college-bound students in grades 8 through 11, based on the milestones that selective universities, including UC campuses and top private schools, look for in applicants from California.
The checklist walks through the academic benchmarks by grade level: what courses your student should have completed, what standardized test preparation should be underway, and what your student's transcript should look like at each stage of the college application process.
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