{"id":6616,"date":"2012-10-11T14:36:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T14:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsr-inc.com\/blog\/?p=6616"},"modified":"2012-10-11T14:36:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T14:36:19","slug":"high-school-juniors-take-the-sat-or-act-this-fall-to-gain-an-advantage-with-college-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/high-school-juniors-take-the-sat-or-act-this-fall-to-gain-an-advantage-with-college-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"High school juniors, take the SAT or ACT this fall to gain an advantage with college coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Posting an acceptable score can push prospects to the next phase in recruiting<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6618\" style=\"width: 135px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nsr-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jonathan-Pearce-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6618\" title=\"Jonathan Pearce 3\" src=\"\/\/nsr-inc.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Jonathan-Pearce-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NSR prospects like Jonathan Pearce are coached to take the SAT or ACT sooner than later.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>High school administrators, guidance counselors and teachers often advise their students to\u00a0delay taking the SAT\u00a0or ACT until the fall of their senior year.\u00a0 For most students, that is good\u00a0advice, but for athletes, getting a standardized test score on the record is essential during the junior year.\u00a0 To that,\u00a0we advise all\u00a0juniors anticipating playing college\u00a0sports to take\u00a0the test as soon as\u00a0possible.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the nature of recruiting these days, college coaches\u00a0need to know\u00a0if a potential recruit will meet their school&#8217;s admission standards and if, in the case of NCAA-affiliated institutions, the athlete\u00a0meets the minimum\u00a0academic requirements.\u00a0 The sooner\u00a0an athlete is able to demonstrate that they indeed meet both of those standards, the\u00a0sooner a coach can\u00a0legitimately place them high on their recruiting boards and\u00a0proceed with the recruiting process.\u00a0 Without this assurance, an athlete remains in limbo with coaching staffs and can lose their leverage as a potential scholarship recipient.<\/p>\n<p>We have\u00a0learned over the years that the scores\u00a0earned in the junior year\u00a0do not significantly improve during the senior year.\u00a0 So,\u00a0while logically it may seem obvious that taking a few additional core classes might enhance a student-athlete&#8217;s chances of posting a higher\u00a0SAT or ACT score, the evidence does not show proof of that theory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posting an acceptable score can push prospects to the next phase in recruiting High school administrators, guidance counselors and teachers often advise their students to\u00a0delay taking the SAT\u00a0or ACT until the fall of their senior year.\u00a0 For most students, that is good\u00a0advice, but for athletes, getting a standardized test score on the record is essential &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/high-school-juniors-take-the-sat-or-act-this-fall-to-gain-an-advantage-with-college-coaches\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6616"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6620,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6616\/revisions\/6620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}