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    Highland Park High School offers a variety of opportunities for students to take college entrance exams, or exams that prepare them for future college entrance exams, throughout their high school career.  Additionally, Highland Park High School offers a variety of Advanced Placement (AP) courses.  These courses provide the foundation for students to demonstrate content specific skills on AP exams.  See below for information related to the SAT, ACT and AP exams.  Use the navigation bar on the left to find more specific information related to testing for all HPHS students.
     
    All colleges and universities accept either the ACT or SAT for college admissions purposes.  Links to these sites are below.  In addition to administering the SAT, College Board also administers Subject Tests and AP examinations.  Students are advised to consider both of these tests as possibilities, the exams test different abilities so students may test better on one or the other.  Contact your student's counselor or consult one of the College Counselors for advice on which test is appropriate for your student.
     
    Click the links below for additional information on the ACT and SAT, as well as Advanced Placement Testing; click the links at left for information on testing dates.
     
    ACT 
    SAT
    AP Testing

    ACT/SAT concordance table

    ACT services for examinees with disabilities

    SAT services for examinees with disabilities

    SAT score choice

    Free Online Test Prep Resources


    There are also a growing number of colleges that do not require standardized testing for admissions purposes, or that have modified testing policies.  For a comprehensive list of these schools check out     www.fairtest.org.