Brian Galvin | Source | Chief Academic Officer at Varsity Tutors
Brian Galvin
Brian Galvin is the Chief Academic Officer at Varsity Tutors and an expert on standardized testing, college admissions and enrollment. He holds a Master's degree in Education from the University of Michigan and he has scored in the 99th percentile on several standardized tests and has helped thousands of students prep for the SAT and ACT.
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Varsity Tutors
Chief Academic Officer
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6 Ways to Save Money as a College Student
With tuition rising and student loans unavoidable, it's vital to find ways to cut tuition costs and save money during those college years. Here's how.
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AI in Education: Bridging the Knowledge Gap for Gen Z and Gen Alpha
Brian emphasizes the need for students to learn AI prompting and understanding its mechanics. He suggests leveraging AI for personalized learning and efficient research. Brian also advises parents to engage in discussions about AI use and encourages teachers to utilize AI for enhanced lesson planning. He warns against using AI to bypass learning, advocating for its role as a supportive tool. -
Reading: A Gateway to Health and Wellness
Brian highlights that reading fosters imagination, empathy, and focus. It offers a healthy alternative to screen time, reducing anxiety and improving sleep. For older adults and children, reading builds critical thinking and perspective. Brian says, "Reading gives the reader perspective on their own lives," helping them navigate life's challenges.
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In standardized testing overall, there's been a trend toward competing for user-friendliness (and away from "rigor"). The GRE and GMAT now compete for business school admissions the same way SAT and ACT have competed and each has been getting progressively shorter and adding user-friendly features. The GRE and LSAT are now in more direct competition for law school so we'll see the LSAT evolve. And we've seen both SAT/ACT drop their essay, the SAT move in 2016 completely away from obscure vocabulary and IQ-test-style aptitude testing toward a more ACT-style direct content knowledge, and now the SAT is pushing to be much shorter (just under 2 hours), taken online, no long reading required...
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The ACT is just objectively a more challenging test than the SAT, especially with the forthcoming 2024 Digital SAT change. The ACT covers a wider range of math content areas, for example (matrices, vectors, inverse trig functions...), requires a faster pace per question, and has a Science section that the SAT doesn't.
