YCBK 503: What is a “Do No Harm” SAT/ACT Testing Policy

In this episode you will hear:   (02:30) In The News Vince joins Mark to discuss an article by Stephanie Saul that appeared in the NY Times in mid-December entitled, -2 of 2   (19:32) Question from a listener:  Hillary joins Mark to discuss a question from a student named Alex who wants to know, “what is a “Do No Harm” SAT/ACT testing policy and why are these policies growing in popularity   (49:03) Interview: Rob Franek, Chief Editor of the Princeton Review:  How can you use the research Princeton Review does through surveys every year to better understand the colleges that we are researching?   Preview of Part 3   o   Rob talks about a new question they added, what are the most conservative and most liberal schools; he talks about how they determined this list o   Rob talks about another question they asked, who has the best career services, and he shares who got the best survey results on this one o   Rob talks about who showed up at the top of their survey when they asked about who has the most Greek life? o   I ask Rob about whether it makes sense for a parent or student to check the results out from their survey for multiple years to get access to a few hundred more survey responses o   I ask to elaborate on what else they will get if they pickup the Best 390 Colleges book beside the 50 categories where they list a top 25 schools o   Rob talks a little more about some of the other resources Princeton Review has We close out with our tradition, Rob goes on the hotseat in our lightning round   (01:09:16) College Spotlight: Kevin Newton starts a four part series on Universities Overseas that are Safe to Attend-Part 2 of 4       Speakpipe.com/YCBK is our method if you want to ask a question and we will be prioritizing all questions sent in via Speakpipe. 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