Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWHAT DO TRULY TEST OPTIONAL COLLEGES FOCUS ON?
Season 1 Episode 537
Admissions factors in college applications often boil down to grades plus tests and then the rest. What happens when the influence of standardized sc…
2 years, 9 months ago
ALL ABOUT THE AMERICAN MATH COMPETITION
Season 1 Episode 536
Mathematics is one of the fundamental tools for understanding the universe, nothing less than the science and study of quality, structure, space, and…
2 years, 10 months ago
MAKING TIME VISIBLE
Season 1 Episode 535
Bill Watterson observed that there is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do. With the right scheduling habits, though, maybe there can …
2 years, 10 months ago
CHOOSING BETWEEN THE DIGITAL SAT AND THE ACT
Season 1 Episode 534
Now that college admissions is moving back into a test-preferred environment, students don't have to struggle with the choice of whether or not to ta…
2 years, 10 months ago
HOW IMPORTANT IS GPA IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS?
Season 1 Episode 532
We all know that the first and most influential item in a college application is the academic record, right? But, at a time when everything else in t…
2 years, 10 months ago
ALL ABOUT DIGITAL SAT MATH
Season 1 Episode 532
Since its inception, the SAT has challenged math conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. What, if anything, has changed on the new digit…
2 years, 11 months ago
WHEN IS DUAL ENROLLMENT A GOOD OPTION?
Season 1 Episode 532
Earning valuable college credit while fulfilling high school requirements sounds too good to be true, and yet many teens do exactly this every year. …
2 years, 11 months ago
HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIPS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Season 1 Episode 530
We often hear that internships are a smart option for teens whether they have clear career aspirations or not. What we don't hear are all the details…
2 years, 11 months ago
HOW TO PAY FOR COLLEGE
Season 1 Episode 529
That old truism about needing to have money to make money wasn't necessarily coined with college in mind, but unlocking the long-term economic benefi…
2 years, 11 months ago
BREAKING THROUGH TEST SCORE PLATEAUS
Season 1 Episode 528
Students, parents, and even teachers sometimes fall prey to the misconception that academic improvement follows a perfectly linear path with each per…
3 years ago