In this week’s episode you will hear

In the News (1:57): Vince joins Mark to discuss an article about how some employers no longer want to hire IVY league graduates-2 of 2 (Length 16 minutes)

This week’s question (17:55): Lisa and Lynda answer a Speakpipe question from a listener who wants to know, what resources are available for trans students to help them with the college process. (Length 11 minutes)

This week’s interview (28:05): Interview: Ben Neely, Chief Academic Officer, Revolution Prep, topic, “Understanding the new Digital ACT”. Preview of Part 2

• Ben shares his opinion on whether the ACT can be ready with their technology
• Ben talks about how making the Science section optional will impact the composite score
• Ben talks about how tricky the new rollout is when it comes to looking at superscores
• Ben and Lynda discuss whether the student can take the science section and then make just that section optional
• Ben discusses what the college folk are thinking
• Ben and Lynda discuss how is a student going to know whether the ACT or the SAT is their better test when there is so much still unknown about the new ACT
• Ben explains what a concordance study is, and he explains why both the ACT and the SAT are reluctant to do another concordance study
• Ben explains other changes to the math section and reading section
• Ben discusses the challenge of getting practice tests (Length 17 minutes)

Mark’s recommended resource of the week : N/A

College Spotlight (45:52): Kevin Newton starts a four part series on Universities Overseas that are Safe to Attend-Part 4 of 4

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