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Explain It to Me

Bringing back the SAT

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.47.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Four years after a pandemic pause, some colleges and universities are again requiring applicants to submit standardized test scores. Inside Higher Ed’s Liam Knox and the University of Delaware’s Dominique Baker explain. This episode of Today, Explained was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers, and guest-hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. It originally ran on March 8th, 2024. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Last week, I hosted an episode of another Vox Podcast.

1:10.8

Today explained.

1:12.3

It's all about the SATs and how after a pandemic pause some schools are bringing the test back and why that matters. I learned a lot making this episode and had a blast sitting in the today explained

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host chair. I hope you enjoy listening to it. Do you remember taking the

1:30.4

SATs? I remember it. I can't say I remember it fondly. I remember walking

1:35.9

into the testing site with my perfectly sharpened number two pencils, my

1:39.9

calculator, a lot of butterflies in my stomach.

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