#1499: “The SAT Adversity Index”

June 07, 2019 00:30:00
#1499: “The SAT Adversity Index”
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#1499: “The SAT Adversity Index”

Jun 07 2019 | 00:30:00

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Show Notes

The SAT will soon feature a new score, your adversity index. Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll talk about what this means for college admissions. We’ll also learn about school based health centers, talk to some robots with vision and spend an Academic Minute preventing someone from hacking into your DNA.  

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