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Secrets Uncovered SAT and ACT with Jean Burk
\nPodcast #59
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\nDid you know some deep down, low and dirty secrets to the SAT and ACT that the test makers don't want you to know? In this episode, Jean Burk continues to reveal information that will help you gain a higher score on the tests used for college entrance. This is the last podcast in the series of secrets uncovered. To obtain all twenty-three, listen to podcast one here and podcast two here,\xa0and three in the series, here.
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\nShow Notes: Secrets Uncovered for the SAT and ACT
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\nThe number one complaint is Nobody told me, or they told me the wrong information!\xa0There are so many missed amazing opportunities because of the wrong information that was given \u2013 use accurate sources \u2013 find out the truth \u2026when it comes to your student.
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\nACT is the American college test
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\nSAT use to mean -\xa0Scholastic Aptitude Test - now it just means SAT
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\n \t* The SAT partnered with two big companies \u2013 first of all the college board needed to stay relevant \u2013 partnered with Kahn academy \u2013 online education site to offer free press prep to college students. Collegeboard claim all you need to do well study high school information (not true) \u2013 also combat the misconception that only the rich can afford college prep programs. Therefore, they did the partnership. Since they are standardized tests. You will not learn short cuts and strategies to ace the tests. Kahn academy is great for various subject matters.
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\nACT teamed up with Kaplan for 8-11th graders \u2013 some students can qualify for fee waivers. It is full of ads for Kaplan programs \u2013 introduces core concepts to ACT \u2013 encourage social interaction with social media \u2013 take your weak points to your counsellor for advice. Not going to help students raise their scores.
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\n \t* New college entrance test emerged that is a game changer \u2013 CLT \u2013 Classic Learning Test \u2013 Jeremy Tate - Jean met with him \u2013 this test is an alternative. This test is taken at a proctored environment on the student\u2019s own device \u2013 same date results. The richness of the western intellectual traditions. Not aligned with Common Core standards. Every week more colleges adopt this test. They would like 10% of the market. Sept, Nov, Feb, May \u2013scholarship money is attached to the test
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\n \t* Math
\n \t* Reading
\n \t* Writing
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\n120 questions \u2013 one minute per question. You can move back and forth among sections! You can start with the section you are good on and spend more time on other sections not your best area. Partnered with College Prep Genius \u2013 they commit to moral reasoning and intellectual purist
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\nwww.cltexam.com -- clt9 or clt10 \u2013 similar to PSAT
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\n \t* Don\u2019t be fooled by test optional labeled schools \u2013 SAT and ACT dropped from college entrance equation. However, these articles failed to mention or writer\u2019s left out these schools that are not requiring SAT or ACT are specialized schools. They have their own entrance exams. If a student is looking to get scholarship money \u2013 still need to turn in an ACT or SAT for money.
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\nUS news and world report \u2013 Princeton or Havard -\xa0CollegePrepGenius.