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author: adeney

adeney
adeney zo is a blog editor at magoosh. she graduated with a b.a. in communication studies from ucla and, while there, discovered her passion for higher education through working as a writer and communications analyst for the school. her work is published on the ucla luskin school of public affairs, institute for digital research and technology, and uc it blogs. when she’s not checking for double spaces and target keywords, she’s busy reading travel books, planning her next trip, or taking long walks by the beach.

  • key words in sat reading comprehension

    in spoken english, there’s a pattern of stressing syllables and words that makes a sort of rhythm. the sat reading comprehension doesn’t have any questions about that, exactly, but we can learn a bit from it. and why we stress those sounds has something to do with finding important information in sat reading comp. to…

  • sat geometry

    about a quarter of sat math problems need some geometry skills to be solved, and most of those ask you to use geometry knowledge alone. so you could say that getting all of the geometry questions right would earn you about 150 points on the test, although if you’re wondering how to calculate sat scores),…

  • taking a break from sat studying

    if you’re sitting down with a full-length sat practice test, then the breaks we’re talking about here don’t really apply. half the point of those practice tests is to build up your comfort with a test-like environment, and you don’t get to take a whole lot of breaks during your sat. in fact, you’ll only…