Power Dynamics In College Admissions, How And Why To Manage Your Proctor, and What Do Colleges Know About Applicants?
Hello listeners! Listen to this week's Tests and the Rest and learn more about who has all the power in college admissions.
LAST WEEK
561. POWER DYNAMICS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
Students and their families anxiously awaiting acceptance letters often feel helpless throughout the college admissions process. Little do they realize how quickly the advantage can shift in their favor. Amy and Mike invited educator Debra Landesberg to explore the concept of power dynamics in college admissions.
What are five things you will learn in this episode?
Why are power dynamics worth considering in the admissions process?
Who holds the most power before applications are submitted?
Who holds the most power once applications are submitted?
Who holds the most power once acceptance letters are sent?
How can applicants remain balanced throughout the admissions process?
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397. HOW AND WHY TO MANAGE YOUR PROCTOR
As if taking high-stakes exams wasn’t stressful enough, test takers today don’t just need to contend with fantastically challenging content and rigorous time constraints. Some days, even the parts of the test experience that you take for granted work against you. Amy and Mike invited educator Rob Pollak to explore how and why to manage your proctor.
What are five things you will learn in this episode?
What exactly is the role of a test proctor?
How does the professionalism of the proctor influence performance?
What happens when proctoring goes wrong?
What can or should students do when a proctor compromises a test?
Why are proctored practice tests so valuable in practicing?
285. WHAT DO COLLEGES KNOW ABOUT APPLICANTS?
The odds that any individual college applicant will accept, enroll, and persist to graduation may not mean much to a given institution, but those same numbers for the entire applicant pool mean everything. No wonder schools track every applicant interaction so carefully! Amy and Mike invited educational consultant Matthew Herr to clarify how much colleges really know about applicants.
What are five things you will learn in this episode?
What is the purpose of an enrollment management CRM like Slate?
How much does a school really know about its applicants?
How is this data beneficial to the student and to the school?
What differentiates this accumulated information from “demonstrated interest”?
What should students do to display strong digital demonstrated interest?