El Estoque

How well does MV prepare us for the SAT?

Trisha Sannappanavar, Staff Writer • September 26, 2023

The SAT, or Standard Aptitude Test, dates back to 1926 and was invented by Carl Brigham, a psychology professor at Princeton University. The SAT was put in place to find talented applicants in academically...

Testing the digital divide

Meggie Chen, Alan Tai, Jillian Ju, Anika Ramachandran, Arushi Singh, and Ethan Yang • September 1, 2023

Examining how changes to the PSAT and SAT will affect MVHS

Study season

April Wang and Lillian Wang • April 27, 2022

Juniors take on second semester testing

The College Board announces new format for the SAT

Tanish Mendki • January 27, 2022

Explaining the changes made to the standardized test

College Board cancels SAT Subject Tests and SAT optional essay

Devin Gupta and Jefferson Le • January 30, 2021

On Jan. 19, 2021, the College Board announced in a blog post that it would no longer be offering SAT Subject Tests in the U.S. Additionally, the SAT optional essay would no longer be included for test...

Taking the test: COVID-19 edition

Tanish Mendki, Riya Ravuri, and Suraj Gangaram • October 20, 2020

Exploring the importance of the SAT and ACT during a pandemic

The College Board: Not so Non-Profit

Shreshta Ranganathan, Opinion Editor • June 2, 2020

376. I spent a total of 376 dollars this year alone in order to register for 4 AP tests. When I paid my $376, I was told that I would be taking a two to three hour-long exam at Monta Vista High School....

CSUs and UCs suspend standardized testing requirements

Lance Tong • May 22, 2020

Exploring perspectives on how changes to college application requirements will impact MVHS students

ACT superscore invokes mixed reactions in MVHS community

Shuvi Jha • November 20, 2019

MVHS community reacts to the new superscore policy starting September 2020

Short end of the stick: Why the Affirmative Action policy should not be shunned

Andrea Perng and Annie Zhang • May 22, 2019

Navigating the purpose of race-based college admission policies

Fun in the sun

Helen Chao and Stuti Upadhyay • August 30, 2018

un, warmth, freedom, friends and free will: this is how math teacher Katie Collins describes summer. She repeats the final words three times. However, Collins mentions how these qualities seem to be absent...

A Two Part Process: How MVHS students are using the PSAT to prepare for the SAT

Aditya Dash • February 1, 2018

Sophomores at MVHS share how they are preparing for the SAT.