Mixed Reaction to Test Optional in College News Fit to Digest. July 26, 2021.

Episode summary introduction: Making sense of the College News of the week curated by Alma Matters. Coronavirus continues to drive the news. Shveta Bagade, College Counselor gives us her take on the news. Topics discussed in this episode: Mixed reaction to Test Optional [] Financial Aid Applications Drop [] UCs make record number of Admissions [] Int’l Students & Need Blind Aid [] Our Guest: Shveta Bagade, College Counselor based in Silicon Valley California. Resources referred to in this episode: Curated News at Alma Matters [0:11] Inside Higher Ed [] USNews [] University of California [] US News (Need Blind) [] Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode Transcript. Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Digest. Email your comments or questions on this episode to [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.