Episode 334 | John Brown | PrepTopia Test Prep | Part 2 | The EdisonOS Podcast

Lauren Price, founder of Academic Independence, reveals how her background in educational psychology and brain science shapes her unique approach to test prep.

Wes Carroll, founder of a 30-year-old tutoring practice with a team of 20, reveals his mission to help high-potential students achieve their potential faster.

Rowan Adler, an experienced course creation consultant and entrepreneur, specializes in helping coaches and consultants launch successful online courses.

Gautam Munshi, CEO of Redwood Algorithms specializing in data analytics, shares his entrepreneurship journey & experiences.

Susan Richman, co-founder and director of AP Homeschoolers, shares how she pioneered one of the earliest online AP programs for homeschool students—long before online learning was mainstream.

Annie Tadros, founder and director of MyCollegePrepOnline, shares her candid perspective on the digital SAT and Enhanced ACT, explaining why she remains concerned about transparency despite consistent score accuracy.

Abhimanyu Sharma, founder of Pantheon Prep, questions the digital SAT’s adaptive design—arguing that easier sections are unnecessary and noting that serious test-takers above 1100 never even see the easier version.

Harley Kinberg, a New York City tutor with 15+ years of experience, shares her early worries about recreating digital SAT realism and explains why she reviews both wrong answers and slow correct ones—because taking over two minutes signals the need for a new strategy.

Rhea Wanchoo, co-founder of M&W Education and UC Berkeley neuroscience student serving 20-30 test prep students annually, reveals her psychology-backed approach including the "serial position effect".

Dov Engelberg, founder of Mulholland Prep, shares why he felt “betrayed” by the digital SAT and is skeptical of the “enhanced ACT” push—joking, “When was something enhanced by getting smaller?”—and explains why he avoids using old paper tests for digital SAT prep.

Daniel Benton, Johns Hopkins student and founder of Benton Tutoring who achieved a perfect 1600 SAT score, reveals how he took one test weekly for two months then doubled to twice weekly before his exam.

Dante Dyches-Chandler, founder and CEO of Reach Test Prep, turned taking the ACT six times into inspiration for a gamified app that measures test endurance through adaptive games—adjusting difficulty in real time without traditional diagnostics.