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Meet Owen, one of the 2018-2019 Test Innovators' Independent School Tuition Scholarship recipients.
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Meet Gavin
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Meet Our 2020 Scholars
We are excited to introduce our 2020 Independent School Tuition Scholars! We selected four students with the greatest overall score improvement and three students with the greatest possible score improvement. Recipients were awarded $1,000 towards tuition at their new school.
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Meet Roger
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When you’re registering for the ISEE or SSAT, you’re going to come across a step that prompts you to enter any schools that you want to have your scores sent to.
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