Naviance Family Connection is a valuable resource for juniors and seniors. In junior year students receive instructions on how to log in and use the site. Their families may log in, too.

Naviance may be used to help build a list of colleges that matches a student’s individual profile, and its database stores acceptance statistics on prior Beaver students so that students may better understand their likelihood of admission to a range of schools. Beaver college counselors train students on how to interpret the Naviance data and on how best to use this resource as one means of building a balanced college list. Naviance also offers the Method online test preparation service to help students practice for the SAT and ACT tests.

Thank you so much for planning a visit to the Beaver campus. Please note, this year we are accepting virtual visits and in-person visits at different times this year. RepVisits will be updated with any changes.

To schedule your visit, please use RepVisits. You can email Associate Registrar Brittany Healey at registrar@bcdschool.org with any questions. We mainly book visits throughout September, October, and early November.

We look forward to hosting you!

The school provides students with appropriate support and preparation for any test recommended by the school or typically required by colleges. Increasingly, colleges are re-examining their standardized testing policies, and many colleges no longer require particular test scores from applicants; a list of these colleges can be found on the website of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, www.FairTest.org. As policies may change, students should research the specific testing requirements of colleges to which they might be applying.

Register online for tests

• SAT Dates & Registration
• ACT Dates & Registration
• TOEFL Dates & Registration

Test Preparation & Support

There are a number of affordable online options for students to prepare themselves to take the SAT, ACT or practice PSAT tests. The College Board and ACT websites both offer online courses and (free) practice tests. In addition, juniors and seniors have access to the Method online SAT and ACT prep through Beaver’s Naviance college resource site.

We partner with Summit Educational Group to offer small group SAT and ACT prep classes in winter to spring of junior year

In addition, Beaver provides a continuously updated list of standardized test-prep providers at a range of price points and locations (including online).

College Board Tests (PSAT, SAT & AP)

Four major types of tests for high school students are administered by the College Board: the PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test); the SAT Reasoning Test; the SAT Subject Tests; and Advanced Placement Examinations.

Beaver sophomore and juniors have the opportunity to take a practice PSAT. Sophomores take the test to familiarize themselves with the test format. Juniors use scores to construct initial college plans and to anticipate work on SAT or ACT preparation. Results of these tests are not sent to colleges.

The SAT Reasoning Test is typically taken in the spring of junior year and also in the fall of senior year. Most colleges require applicants to submit scores from either this test or the ACT test (see below).

The College Board offers SAT Online Prep & Practice Tests on its website.

ACT Test

The ACT program is an increasingly popular alternative or supplement to the College Board testing program and now claims to be the “most widely accepted college entrance exam” in America.

The PLAN test is given in the sophomore year and follows the same testing format as the EXPLORE test. Results are used to help individual students develop leaning goals as well as to facilitate early-stage college counseling. Like the EXPLORE, the PLAN also provides a projected score range for students’ ACT testing.

The ACT test is typically taken in the spring of junior year and/or in the fall of senior year. Students must register to take the ACT off-campus. In addition to the same test areas used in the EXPLORE and PLAN (English, reading, mathematics, and science), there is also an optional Writing test that juniors and seniors are recommended to take. Most colleges require scores from either this test or some combination of SAT tests for admission, although many colleges accept ACT test scores in lieu of SAT Subject Test scores.

The ACT offers ACT Online Prep & Practice Tests on its website.