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

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".

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.

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.

Michael from Astute Academics, tutoring 100+ students annually including nonprofit outreach, reveals his brutally honest approach to college admissions.

Austin Parsons, a master’s-trained chemistry tutor, believes the worst stress comes from regret—so he emphasizes early, front-loaded preparation to help students succeed before “last-chance” panic sets in.

Doug Poggioli, a master’s-trained mathematician and longtime teacher in Miami and London, argues that the digital SAT’s short passages weaken assessment by sacrificing insights into character intent and deep comprehension that longer passages provide.

John Heidenreich, a PhD chemist with 35 years in IT who returned to his passion for teaching, shares how a high school physics teacher transformed his life by explaining that "someone would pay me money to solve problems all day."

Jeff Negus, a private tutor with over 11 years of experience, shares how he initially felt skeptical about the SAT's digital shift but grew positive after seeing reduced student anxiety from shorter passages and the elimination of the no-calculator section.