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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.

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    wondering how to improve your sat score by 300 points? what about 500 points? this comprehensive post breaks down the steps you should take (and some good resources you can use) to get the sat score of your dreams next time you take the test!

  • ap calculus review: estimating derivatives from graphs

    so you may have memorized all of the derivative rules. you might be able to derive f '(x) from f(x) no matter how complicated the function is. but how are you at estimating derivatives directly from the graph? as we’ll see in this review article, it’s all about slope! the derivative measures slope let’s begin with…

  • ap calculus review: average rate of change

    calculus is the study of motion and rates of change. in fact, isaac newton develop calculus (yes, like all of it) just to help him work out the precise effects of gravity on the motion of the planets! in this short review article, we’ll talk about the concept of average rate of change. we’ll also…