El Estoque

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

s sophomore Keshav Taneja receives his scores for the PSAT exam, he looks forward to ways in which he can prepare to take the next big test: the SAT. Taneja is hoping to perform well through the use of...

An Overview of the ACT

Mallika Singh • April 17, 2017

uch like the SAT, the ACT, or American College Testing, has had a few changes since it was first administered in 1959. From small changes like allowing calculators to more drastic ones like completely...

An Overview of the SAT

Mallika Singh • March 9, 2017

he SAT has gone through many changes over the years. The change of the format and scoring in 2016 was certainly not the first time the SAT has been revised. Take a look at how the SAT has evolved from...