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Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
Welcome to THE college admissions industry podcast! Join Mike Bergin and Amy Seeley as they discuss the latest issues in testing, admissions, learning, and education with leading experts. Tests and the Rest is perfect for parents, students, counselors, educators, test prep professionals, college consultants, and just about anyone engaged in the college admissions process. You can subscribe to this podcast or stream it online via any podcast app, including iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify…
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- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
595. TEST PREP PROFILE: Kate Fisher
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Kate Fisher, who grew up in…
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599. TEST PREP PROFILE: Sara Kohn
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Sara Kohn, who was raised in…
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594. IS ROTC FOR YOU?
Many young adults grapple with the decision to either pursue undergraduate education or enter a branch of the U.S. military. Why choose when doing both can pay…
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593. THE ROLE OF TEST SCORES IN COLLEGE MERIT AID
We all know that getting into and paying for college represent two very different challenges. But what if you could focus on factors that improve your odds of…
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592. MAKING YOUR COLLEGE ESSAYS COUNT
As short as college application essays have to be, they still contribute heavily to holistic admissions decisions. Don't waste a single word! Amy and Mike…
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591. ADMISSIONS NOTES FOR THE HS GRADUATING CLASS OF 2025
Every year, the conventional wisdom about getting into college gives way to painful, new truths and exciting, new opportunities. Amy and Mike invited…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
590. HOW TO PREP FOR THE DIGITAL PSAT
Every October, the PSAT is administered in high schools. Even though the test has no bearing on admissions, college-bound students should still take–and…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
589. THE ROLE OF RAPPORT IN EDUCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
When learners work with teachers, tutors, consultants, and coaches, developing domain mastery and a strategic plan is an obvious component of success. Less…
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588. BIG CHANGES TO AP TESTS IN 2025
Advanced Placement courses have set the standard for accelerated subject studies in many high schools, but next year's offerings may look very different from…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
587. SHOULD I APPLY EARLY DECISION OR EARLY ACTION?
SHOULD I APPLY EARLY DECISION OR EARLY ACTION? When applying to highly selective schools, every advantage makes a difference. Why, then, would a student pass…
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586. WHAT DOES THINKING CRITICALLY IN COLLEGE MEAN?
The standard high school education covers a broad and deep array of state-mandated subjects but doesn't necessarily cultivate strong critical reasoning skills…
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585. HOW PREPARATION AND MINDFULNESS GO TOGETHER
Some people embrace practice and coaching in order to be ready for a certain moment, while others train to be fully present in any moment. When it comes to the…
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584. USING THE DESMOS CALCULATOR IN DIGITAL TESTING
Powerful graphing calculators can provide potent math problem solving advantages for students that know how to use–and can afford–them. What is the impact…
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583. THE VALUE OF THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS
When Ralph Waldo Emerson suggested that it's the journey, not the destination, that matters, he may not have had higher education in mind. That said…
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582. THE NEED FOR TESTING SITES IN CALIFORNIA
California is the most populous American state with a veritable cornucopia of exceptional and reasonably well-funded high schools. Why, then, do Californian…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
581. COLLEGE DOCUMENTATION FOR HOMESCHOOLERS
The bespoke nature of homeschooling can be a great advantage for tailoring education to a student's individual needs. However, those differentiated programs…
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580. THE PARENT TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE
We focus so much on our teens getting through high school and into college yet spend little time looking at the space between or how everyone involved needs to…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
579. A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO TEST TAKING
When the most important exams in our lives tend to be meticulously crafted instruments based research, statistics, and standards, a sloppy and spontaneous…
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578. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRANSFERRING
While choosing a college feels like one of the biggest decisions of your life, choosing to leave one may be even more difficult. That said, swapping the wrong…
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577. TEST PREP PROFILE: Alex Pint
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Alex Pint, the owner and…
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576. TEST PREP PROFILE: Remy Zaken Andersen
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Remy Zaken Andersen. Remy is…
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575. TEST PREP PROFILE: Jason Hankins
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Jason Hankins, who graduated…
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574. TEST PREP PROFILE: Loni Lebanoff
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Loni Lebanoff founded CogniTutor…
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573. TEST PREP PROFILE: Mike Settele
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Mike Settele, the founder of…
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572. HOW TO GUARANTEE CAREER SUCCESS AFTER COLLEGE
An undergraduate education should never be mistaken for a job training program. That said, gainful employment is usually the obvious expectation after…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
571. WHO SHOULD TAKE THE CLT?
Now that we're moving back to more of a test-required college admissions paradigm, the pressing question for most students regards which test to take. In some…
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570. TOOLS AND TIPS TO BUILD YOUR EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE
For many teachers, tutors, counselors, and coaches, the actual delivery of insight, expertise, and service comes easy. Creating and maintaining business…
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569. HOW TO PERSIST TO COLLEGE GRADUATION
Getting 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…
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568. HOW STUDENTS USE GENERATIVE AI
The 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…
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567. GETTING READY FOR THE AP COMPUTER SCIENCE A EXAM
The Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take, and AP Computer…
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566. GETTING READY FOR THE AP LITERATURE EXAM
The Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take. Amy and Mike believe…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
565. GETTING READY FOR THE AP CALCULUS AB OR BC EXAM
The Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take. Amy and Mike believe…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
564. GETTING READY FOR THE AP GOVERNMENT EXAM
The Advanced Placement exams represent some of the most challenging subject-specific standardized tests a high schooler might ever take. Amy and Mike believe…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
563. GETTING READY FOR THE AP PHYSICS 1 EXAM
The 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…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
562. TESTING POLICIES AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY REVISITED
Theories that standardized testing impeded equity in admissions decisions drove the pandemic-era test optional movement. With a few years of real-world data…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
561. POWER DYNAMICS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
Students and their families anxiously awaiting acceptance letters often feel helpless throughout the college admissions process. Little do they realize how…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
560. BUSTING MYTHS ABOUT HOW TO PAY FOR COLLEGE
Some 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…
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559. IEC PROFILE: Jennifer Stephan
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Dr. Jennifer Stephan. Jennifer…
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558. IEC PROFILE: Hanna Stotland
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Hanna Stotland, who flunked out…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
557. IEC PROFILE: Carolyn Mulligan
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Carolyn P. Mulligan, who…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
556. IEC PROFILE: Alyson Campbell
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Alyson Campbell, a member of…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
555. IEC PROFILE:Tracy Sullivan
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Tracy Sullivan. Tracy…
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554. HOW COLLEGES ADMIT BY MAJOR
Applicants 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…
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553. WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE GRE IN 2024 with educator Vince Kotchian
The GRE General Test may be the world's most widely used admissions test for graduate & professional school, which makes the assessment important to anyone…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
552. RESOURCES FOR THE DIGITAL SAT
A 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…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
551. HOW TO CHOOSE A COLLEGE COUNSELOR
Considering how exponentially complex the college admissions process has become in the last decade, the decision to work with an independent college counselor…
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550. STATE OF TEST OPTIONAL ADMISSIONS IN 2024
In 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…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
549. TEST PREP PROFILE: Jeffrey Dalton
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Jeffrey Dalton, who…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
548. TEST PREP PROFILE: Anna Moss
Ready 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…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
547. TEST PREP PROFILE: Ari Freuman
Ready 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…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
546. TEST PREP PROFILE: Nikki Rooks
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry? MEET OUR GUEST Meet Nikki Rooks, a lifelong…
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545. TEST PREP PROFILE: Paul Oberman
Ready 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…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
544. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE BETTER FAFSA
The 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…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
543. COLLEGE READINESS ADVICE FROM A COLLEGE PROFESSOR
Too 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…
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542. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Anti-Boring Learning Lab
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Anti-Boring Learning Lab The community of educators obsessed with sharing the science-backed study skills and executive function strategies…
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541. NAVIGATING THE COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ADMISSIONS
The various flavors of computer science and engineering majors tend to be among the most popular and potentially lucrative for incoming students. No wonder…
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540. HOW TENNIS AND TEST PREP ARE SIMILAR
Billie 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…
- Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
539. HOW CAN TUTORS USE AI?
Every innovation in technology eventually impacts education, yet artificial intelligence already seems poised to transform the way people learn and teach at…
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538. ALL ABOUT DIGITAL SAT READING & WRITING
The digital SAT may look like the future of standardized admissions tests, but the exam continues a long tradition of verbal priorities. The more things…
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537. WHAT DO TRULY TEST OPTIONAL COLLEGES FOCUS ON?
Admissions factors in college applications often boil down to grades plus tests and then the rest. What happens when the influence of standardized scores is…