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Insights and Strategies on Standardized tests to improve student's scores. Join us as we explore proven test prep methodologies through the eyes of top tutors, score improvement specialists, and industry leaders.
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Episode 339 | Gus Elmashni | Ivy Advantage | Part 2 | The EdisonOS Podcast (opens the original)
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In this episode, Gus Elmashni, an experienced test prep coach, breaks down what families still get wrong about both the SAT and ACT, from not knowing the SAT is now digital and adaptive, to misunderstanding the test optional versus test required landscape, to assuming the SAT is still heavy on vocabulary the way it was decades ago. Drawing from his work with students in California, Gus explains why the ACT can be more unforgiving than the SAT because one weak section drags down the entire compos
Episode 338 | Hannah Pinter | Impact Tutoring | The EdisonOS Podcast (opens the original)
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In this episode, Hannah Pinter, founder of Impact Tutoring , shares how her belief in the zone of proximal development, the gap between what a student can do alone versus what they can do with the right guidance, shapes every session she runs, and why one on one tutoring creates the ideal environment for students to build not just academic skills but genuine confidence and intrinsic motivation. Drawing from her work with middle and high schoolers in the Seattle area, Hannah explains why she enco
Episode 337 | Lizz Wilson | Lizz Wilson Tutoring | Part 2 | The EdisonOS Podcast (opens the original)
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In this episode, Lizz Wilson, an AP specialist in math and science, breaks down what separates students who score a five from those who just get by, pointing to early preparation starting around January, daily practice with flashcards, time management across multiple AP exams, and the habit of reviewing FRQ scoring guidelines to understand how graders think. She explains how to choose between AP Calculus AB and BC and AP Physics 1 and C based on a student's grade level, math foundation, future a
Episode 336 | Arthur & Leigh Smith | Arthur Smith Advising | Part 2 | The EdisonOS Podcast (opens the original)
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In this episode, Arthur Smith, founder of Arthur Smith Advising and former dean of admissions at Cornell University, and Leigh Smith, a test prep specialist with more than ten years of experience, break down two of the most misunderstood tools in a student's college prep journey, the PSAT and the AP exam. Arthur explains why AP courses signal ambition to admissions committees, why students who take the course should almost always take the exam, and why students at schools with fewer AP offerings
Episode 335 | Arvin Vohra | Vohra Method Tutoring | The EdisonOS Podcast (opens the original)
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In this episode, Arvin Vohra, founder of Vohra Method Tutoring , shares how his core philosophy of bringing rigorous Socratic style teaching into a group class setting has guided everything he has built, and why he now believes the SAT and ACT have become, in an age of AI inflated grades, the only truly reliable measure of student ability. Drawing from years of working with students across all score levels, Arvin explains why he advises students to prepare for both the SAT and ACT rather than pi
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