<p>What are the possessive notations the collegeboard looks for?</p>
<p>For example, "Illinois’ " or “Illinios’s”? Or… Chris’s vs Chris’s</p>
<p>When does the apostrophe come directly after the S or when do you add an apostrophe S?</p>
<p>Both are correct. It really just depends on how you write. You can’t be penalized for something like that. I always learned that it’s just an apostrophe, but both are fine.</p>
<p>CB doesn’t care. If you’re talking about the essay, I myself would write “Illinois’s” just because then the apostrophe wouldn’t look like a stray mark and the possessive would be easier to notice for the examiner.</p>