About this episode

This episode highlights The Gauntlet, a rigorous SAT prep platform designed to improve student scores through challenging materials and innovative management tools.

The Gauntlet: Harder Questions, Higher Scores What are five things you will learn in this episode? What's the story behind The Gauntlet, and what problem inspired it? How does The Gauntlet solve the challenge of managing prep material and what's actually in the library? How does the new tutor dashboard streamline day-to-day student management? What is The Gauntlet's pricing model, and how does it alleviate changes in student utilization. For tutors who are already invested in different resources, what makes The Gauntlet worth trying? ABOUT THE GAUNTLET From the very first student he tutored, John McDowell has been on a single mission: get his students the highest scores possible. That obsession exposed a problem he couldn't ignore—free and official prep materials simply weren't hard enough. A student returning from test day complaining that the test was "much harder than the practice tests" isn't just a letdown; it's a bad rap for a tutor. So he built the answer himself: The Gauntlet Today, The Gauntlet offers the most rigorous SAT prep in existence, anchored by The Gauntlet book series on Amazon: a Math Challenge, a Verbal Challenge, and now a Vocabulary Challenge built from the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Amy Seeley, Mike Bergin

Topics covered

• SAT prep
• tutoring
• education technology
• test preparation
• student management

Keywords

• SAT prep
• The Gauntlet
• tutoring
• test scores
• education

Sponsors

The Gauntlet

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Gauntlet book series, Math Challenge, Verbal Challenge, Vocabulary Challenge

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