¶ … Knight & Casilli (2012): "in today's world, learning can look very different from how it was traditionally imagined. Learning has evolved from simple 'seat time' within schools to extend across multiple contexts, experiences, and interactions" (Knight & Casilli 2012). Learning has grown increasingly democratic as elite institutions like Harvard and MIT now offer their courses online, for all persons to access and experience. All that is needed is an open mind and a willingness to learn. However, despite the expansion of online learning, there can be no doubt that an elite education still conveys substantial social advantages. A critical component of admittance to a competitive institution of learning is high SAT scores. However, SAT preparatory courses and materials can be extremely costly. With this in mind, I would suggest developing a series of YouTube videos in which an online network of high school and first-year college students who 'aced' their SATs offer free instruction on various components of preparing for this critical exam.

This video series could provide an invaluable service to low-income students both in the U.S. And internationally,...

For the students who provided the instruction, this could also be beneficial: they could include this on their college resumes or work resumes as volunteer experiences and gain the ability to be a teacher even before leaving college. For students who are not low-income this instruction could also be beneficial, as sometimes a peer perspective on a standardized exam can be more useful than one provided by an adult instructor. Students who were successful at increasing their scores could post feedback in the YouTube comments section and even apply via video to become instructors themselves. Progress could be measured as well via the comments on the YouTube page, as students watching the videos for instruction could post what strategies worked and did not work for them, as well as how their scores on practice tests were affected by watching different videos.