In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (2:22): Vince joins Mark to discuss an article about how some employers no longer want to hire IVY league graduates-1 of 2 (Length 19 minutes)

This week’s question (21:20): Hillary joins Mark to discuss a question from a anonymous parent who wants to know if colleges in blue states are going to be so much harder to get into than before because of the recent election. (Length 20 minutes)

This week’s interview (41:44): Interview: Ben Neely, Chief Academic Officer, Revolution Prep, topic, “Understanding the new Digital ACT”. Preview of Part 1

• Ben shares his role at Revolution Prep
• Ben shares why the ACT has decided to go digital
• Ben shares some of the reasons he believes the ACT has gone digital that the ACT will never let you know
• Ben shares the timeline of when the ACT is going digital
• Ben explains what he means by a “live beta test”
• Ben explains what the ACT is doing about the Science section
• Ben explains why the ACT is a linear test and not an adaptive test like the new Digital SAT
• Ben explains how the ACT platform differs from the SAT platform (Length 22 minutes)

College Spotlight (1:03:05): Kevin Newton starts a four part series on Universities Overseas that are Safe to Attend-Part 3 of 4

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