Episode 331 | David Blobaum | Summit Prep | The EdisonOS Podcast

In this episode, David Blobaum, an expert on college admissions and AP strategy, traces how the original purpose of AP exams as a way to earn college credit has quietly evolved into a tool for authenticated proficiency at a time when grade inflation has made high school GPA nearly meaningless. Drawing from data including UCLA's 60 year freshman survey and NAEP proficiency scores, David explains how a landscape where 84 percent of college bound students carry an A average has pushed top schools to rely more heavily on AP scores than ever before.He discusses how the discontinuation of SAT subject tests in 2021 accelerated this shift, why only fours and fives really matter for admissions at top 50 schools, and shares his prediction that in the next five years more colleges beyond the top 50 will begin recommending or even requiring AP exam scores as grade inflation shows no signs of reversing.