Tests and the Rest: College Admissions Podcast
Welcome to THE college admissions industry podcast! Join Mike Bergin and Amy Seeley as they discuss the latest issues in testing, admissions, learning, and education with leading experts.
Tests and the Rest is perfect for parents, students, counselors, educators, test prep professionals, college consultants, and just about anyone engaged in the college admissions process. You can subscribe to this podcast or stream it online via any podcast app, including iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn Radio.
YOUR HOSTS
Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros and Leap.
Between the two of us, expect over 60 years of industry insight, expertise, insider news, and a bit of sarcasm.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 673
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
393. TEST PREP PROFILE: Emily Raphael
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry?
MEET OUR GUEST
Emily Raphael is the mom in Testmom, the company she founded (she was ver…
392. TEST PREP PROFILE: Luis Smith-Rosario
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry?
MEET OUR GUEST
Meet Luis Smith-Rosario, owner and founder of Hartford County Connecticut…
391. TEST PREP PROFILE: Patricia Brown
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry?
MEET OUR GUEST
Meet Patricia Brown, a native of the East Coast (New Jersey, Philadelphia…
390. TEST PREP PROFILE: Andre Kiss
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced professional in the test prep industry?
MEET OUR GUEST
Andre Kiss started Critical Point Test Prep nine years ago, after falling…
389. FINANCIAL LITERACY ESSENTIALS FOR STUDENTS
One of the great challenges of modern education is finding ways to teach students everything they should know along with everything they must know. Unfortunately, while understanding saving, spending…
388. EFFECTIVE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
We all expect K-12 schools to run smoothly, supportively, and safely while providing the highest levels of educational excellence. How much, though, do most of us know about the roles of principals a…
387. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Integrated Acceleration System
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Integrated Acceleration System
The Ultimate Resource for Grade-Skipping, Subject Acceleration, and Early Entrance with researchers Susan Assouline and Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik
What ar…
386. HOW TO TELL THE IVIES APART
Ivy League colleges and universities may share a certain level of selectivity and academic rigor, but they also differ in surprisingly significant ways. Amy and Mike invited educational consultant Ma…
385. NEW INSIGHTS INTO LITERACY
Reading, we’ve long understood, is fundamental. Where we lack consensus, however, seems to be on what the fundamentals of reading are. Amy and Mike invited educator Dr. Linda Hirsch to share new insi…
384. WHAT IS THE SSAT?
If you find the news that many high schools require admissions tests surprising, you’ll be even more shocked to learn just how many different exams there are! As part of our series on HS admissions t…
383. SHOULD YOU PREPARE FOR THE PSAT?
The PSAT high schoolers take in October of 11th grade has no bearing on college admissions, but that doesn’t mean the test isn’t worth taking or prepping for. Amy and Mike invited educator Brian Stew…
382. IEC PROFILE: Kate Sonnenberg
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant?
MEET OUR GUEST
Kate Sonnenberg is the founder of KS College Success and a college admissions…
381. IEC PROFILE: Marcy Fischer
The fascinating independent educational consultant we want to profile today is Marcy Fischer. We’re so glad to be speaking with you today, Marcy. How are you doing?
What will you learn about our gue…
380. IEC PROFILE: Ibrahim Firat
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant?
MEET OUR GUEST
Ibrahim Firat has been an IEC for 17 years. His recent positions include entr…
379. IEC PROFILE: Tara Niemi
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant?
MEET OUR GUEST
Meet Tara Niemi, founder of Plan College With Me. Tara is an Independent Educ…
378. IEC PROFILE: Lisa Barret
Ready to learn the history, philosophy, and practice of an experienced independent educational consultant?
MEET OUR GUEST
Meet Lisa Barrett, a former professor and administrator at Columbia Universit…
377. HOW TO BECOME A RIDICULOUSLY EFFECTIVE STUDENT
Learning does not just happen but represents, instead, a skill set that should be improved and refined by anyone seeking any kind of education. Amy and Mike invited author Brad Smith to explore how t…
376. NEW SAT TEST SPECIFICATIONS with educators Neill Seltzer and Sonya Muthalia
Ever since a move to a new digital adaptive SAT was announced, College Board has provided admirable transparency at every step of the transition so far. What do we know about the big changes, and wha…
375. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: CSP Worx
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: CSP Worx
How to create a more robust learning experience for students and the tutors who work with them with educator Sapneil Parikh and developer Ulani Fisher
What are five things…
374. HOW TO BREATHE DURING STRESSFUL ACADEMIC SITUATIONS
Public speaking, steep heights, and high stakes exams share at least one element in common: they really stress some people out! Luckily, response to all kinds of anxiety can be managed through easy, …