Compass Featured on The Crush Podcast

Davin Sweeney, creator of The Crush podcast and  an Associate Director of Admission at University of Rochester, interviewed Compass co-founder, Adam Ingersoll, about the current state of college admission testing. Davin overcomes his  squeamishness about standardized testing to lead a thought-provoking conversation about the myths and truths of todays college admission tests. Before you check out the show yourself, please read Davins hilarious preface to his interview with Adam: Tests are the worst. Except, see this smiling man here though? He loves them. He loves them because its his job to help kids do better on them. Not exactly for free, per sebut hey, we  all need to feed our kids. And Adam has nine  of them. I mean, four. Five maybe..? Joking aside, Adam is a friend of mine who is not only the co-founder of the leading test prep company  on the west coast, Compass Education Group,  but is also widely recognized as a legitimate expert on the topic of standardized tests for the purpose of college admission (i.e. SAT and ACT). Hes not afraid to challenge conventional thinking on this issue and embrace  the complications presented by forcing 2 million kids a year to endure this modern rite of passage. A lot  is happening  these days as far as college admission testing  goes:  youve got a new SAT, changes to the ACT, more schools each year adding a  test  optional policy to their admissions procedure,  dogs and cats living together  taking the SAT and the ACT, its madness! What to make of it all? So I have my own personal traumas associated with taking the SAT and Adam helps me (kinda) work through them. We talk about the nature of these exams, the changes afoot, he shares his opinions on test optional, and we talk about the prospect of people like me in college admissions taking the SAT for the first time since high school. Strong chance I puke. Davin CHECK OUT THE SHOW