Latest Testprep Podcast Episodes
569. HOW TO PERSIST TO COLLEGE GRADUATION
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - May 07, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsGetting into your best fit school usually feels like the prize at the end of a long and grueling journey, but the next step in the undergraduate adventure has really just begun. Will you emerge victorious, degree in hand? Amy and Mike invited college consultant Beth Howland to share insights int...
568. HOW STUDENTS USE GENERATIVE AI
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - April 30, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe artificial intelligence genie is out of the bottle, and there’s no way to put it back in. All we can do is learn to live with AI as productively as possible. No surprise, today’s youth are leading the charge from middle school to college. Amy and Mike invited ed tech expert Annie Chechitelli...
567. GETTING READY FOR THE AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A EXAM
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - April 26, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take, and AP Computer Science is no exception. Amy and Mike believe that every test warrants smart, serious preparation, so we invited educator Edward Lee to share v...
566. GETTING READY FOR THE AP LITERATURE EXAM
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - April 25, 2024 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take. Amy and Mike believe that every test warrants smart, serious preparation, so we invited educator Christy Shriver to share valuable strategies, insights, and re...
565. GETTING READY FOR THE AP CALCULUS AB OR BC EXAM
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - April 24, 2024 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take. Amy and Mike believe that every test warrants smart, serious preparation, so we invited educator Shayda Moshirvaziri to share valuable strategies, insights, an...
564. GETTING READY FOR THE AP GOVERNMENT EXAM
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - April 23, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take. Amy and Mike believe that every test warrants smart, serious preparation, so we invited educator Dan Corrigan to share valuable strategies, insights, and resou...
563. GETTING READY FOR THE AP PHYSICS 1 EXAM
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - April 22, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take, and AP Physics 1 is no exception. Amy and Mike believe that every test warrants smart, serious preparation, so we invited educators Jennifer Boughton and John ...
562. TESTING POLICIES AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY REVISITED
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - April 16, 2024 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsTheories that standardized testing impeded equity in admissions decisions drove the pandemic-era test optional movement. With a few years of real-world data, we can now examine the accuracy of those theories. Amy and Mike invited student advocate Dr. Yoon Choi to revisit the review of testing po...
561. POWER DYNAMICS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - April 09, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsStudents and their families anxiously awaiting acceptance letters often feel helpless throughout the college admissions process. Little do they realize how quickly the advantage can shift in their favor. Amy and Mike invited educator Debra Landesberg to explore the concept of power dynamics in c...
560. BUSTING MYTHS ABOUT HOW TO PAY FOR COLLEGE
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - April 02, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSome rumors about the costs of college are true. For example, some colleges this year will establish record highs in tuition and fees. But does that mean you can trust everything you’ve heard? Amy and Mike invited educational consultant Ann Garcia to bust some pervasive myths about how to pay fo...
559. IEC PROFILE: Jennifer Stephan
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - March 29, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Dr. Jennifer Stephan. Jennifer has held a variety of roles across top colleges and universities, including professor, academic dean, and board of admissions member, ...
558. IEC PROFILE: Hanna Stotland
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - March 28, 2024 10:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Hanna Stotland, who flunked out of high school, got a G.E.D., and went on to graduate from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Since 1999, she has been an indepe...
557. IEC PROFILE: Carolyn Mulligan
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - March 27, 2024 10:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Carolyn P. Mulligan, who attended Bucknell University, where she graduated with a degree in English Literature. She has been proud to have been a counselor for many ...
556. IEC PROFILE: Alyson Campbell
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - March 26, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Alyson Campbell, a member of Estrela Consulting, a boutique college planning firm in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area. She has worked in various aspects of higher edu...
555. IEC PROFILE:Tracy Sullivan
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - March 25, 2024 10:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Tracy Sullivan. Tracy, co-founder of College 101 Admissions Consultants, lives in Wrentham, MA with her husband Jim, who is a scientist (very helpful during COVID-19...
554. HOW COLLEGES ADMIT BY MAJOR
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - March 19, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsApplicants often look at the requirements and selectivity of a school as standard for every one of its courses of study, only to find that certain programs are WAY harder to get into than others. Amy and Mike invited educator Lisa Marker-Robbins to explain how colleges admit by major. What are...
553. WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE GRE IN 2024 with educator Vince Kotchian
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - March 12, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe GRE General Test may be the world’s most widely used admissions test for graduate & professional school, which makes the assessment important to anyone considering graduate, business, or law school. Amy and Mike invited educator Vince Kotchian to share details on what to know about the GRE i...
552. RESOURCES FOR THE DIGITAL SAT
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - March 05, 2024 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsA new test creates new opportunities and requires new study aids. Now that the SAT has gone digital, where should students and educators be looking for prep and practice material? Amy and Mike invited educator Laura Whitmore to explore the options for resources for the digital SAT. What are fi...
551. HOW TO CHOOSE A COLLEGE COUNSELOR
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - February 27, 2024 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsConsidering how exponentially complex the college admissions process has become in the last decade, the decision to work with an independent college counselor makes sense. The bigger question is, “Which one?” Amy and Mike invited educational consultant Julie Kim to explore considerations on how ...
550. STATE OF TEST OPTIONAL ADMISSIONS IN 2024
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - February 20, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn the wake of the 2020 global pandemic, every U.S college and university announced test-optional or test-blind admissions, leading some pundits to predict that the influence of standardized test scores in admissions decisions was over. Based on recent announcements from a suite of public and pr...
549. TEST PREP PROFILE: Jeffrey Dalton
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - February 16, 2024 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Jeffrey Dalton, who graduated from New York University in 2006 with a Bachelor's in Linguistics and Languages. After college, he taught English in Lahore, Pakist...
548. TEST PREP PROFILE: Anna Moss
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - February 15, 2024 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Anna Moss, the founder of Mind the Test LLC, a tutoring company that empowers learners by teaching test prep and academics paired with lifelong research-based stu...
547. TEST PREP PROFILE: Ari Freuman
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - February 14, 2024 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Ari Freuman, the Founder and Lead Tutor at Ivy Tutor. He began his tutoring career in 2013, serving students in New York City and Northern New Jersey. As a tutor...
546. TEST PREP PROFILE: Nikki Rooks
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - February 13, 2024 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Nikki Rooks, a lifelong learner with a love for helping students build confidence and achieve their academic goals! After changing majors a few times, she graduat...
545. TEST PREP PROFILE: Paul Oberman
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - February 12, 2024 13:15 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsReady to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Paul Oberman, who has been involved with education since 1989 as a teacher, principal, and head of school. He has been at boarding schools and day schools, Catho...
544. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE BETTER FAFSA
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - February 06, 2024 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe most massive revision ever to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid burst into the new year like a brick through a window–everyone is talking about it, but nobody is happy. Amy and Mike invited financial aid advisor Ed Recker to review the latest news and timelines to date along with ...
543. COLLEGE READINESS ADVICE FROM A COLLEGE PROFESSOR
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - January 30, 2024 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsToo many students think that getting into a college implies a guarantee that they’ll be successfully getting out with a degree. Reality suggests otherwise, but teens can tilt the odds in their favor even while still in high school. Amy and Mike invited educator Michael Ermann to share college re...
542. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Anti-Boring Learning Lab
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - January 26, 2024 14:30 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsSPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Anti-Boring Learning Lab The community of educators obsessed with sharing the science-backed study skills and executive function strategies every student needs to thrive with educator Gretchen Wegner. What are five things you will learn in this episode? What is the story ...
541. NAVIGATING THE COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ADMISSIONS
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - January 23, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe various flavors of computer science and engineering majors tend to be among the most popular and potentially lucrative for incoming students. No wonder they’ve also become some of the most selective programs to get into! Amy and Mike invited college dean Jennifer Stephan for guidance in navi...
540. HOW TENNIS AND TEST PREP ARE SIMILAR
Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Industry Podcast - January 16, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 37 ratingsBillie Jean King described tennis as a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility. In a lot of ways, taking a high-stakes exam feels the same way. Amy and Mike invited educator Scott Greenspan to explore how tennis and test prep are similar. What a...
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