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author: anna carpelotti

anna carpelotti
as the senior editor at admissionado, anna works with students every day to help them express their most unique stories in their college essays. when she’s not editing applications, you’ll most likely find this university of pennsylvania graduate translating poetry, practicing yoga or teaching ballet to kids.

  • how to find the main ideas in sat reading passages

    sat reading passages can be a little hard to pick apart. they’re not light reading, and you probably won’t have any real interest in the topic. and they’re full of detail, a lot of which ends up being pretty unnecessary for the questions. it’s true that there are lots of questions that ask about specific…

  • strange symbols in sat math

    just to make sure that everybody knows the college board is sneaky, they insist on putting weird, non-mathematical symbols into sat math sections. of course, they maintain that this is all in spirit of testing your school studies (it’s not really, and that’s probably why they’re planning on eventually changing the test). whadda you mean…

  • 3d geometric objects in sat math

    quick: how do you find the volume of a cylinder? do you know the formula? the sat will give it to you at the beginning of each math section, along with some other geometric facts, but you should know them anyway. at least, you should be familiar with how you get those formulas.   start…