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author: allyson evans

allyson evans
allyson is one of magoosh’s content creators. she writes on a variety of topics to help aspiring law students excel on the lsat, from updates on the new digital lsat to study tips for the logical reasoning section, and much, much more. a practicing attorney based in austin, texas, allyson has spent the past seven years teaching others how to prepare for the lsat. allyson earned her ba from the university of wisconsin, madison and her jd from the university of texas, austin. when she’s not helping students demystify the lsat, you can find her hiking on a trail or relaxing at a campsite in the great outdoors. linkedin

  • “oblivious to” and “oblivious of” sat idioms for the critical reading section

    do you know your sat idioms? here is one you definitely do not want to be unmindful of. first though, take a hack at the following question and see if you can answer it correctly.   the crowd remained oblivious of the fire, and only moved out of the way when a               b                  c they…

  • sat geometry strategy: plugging in numbers

    a great strategy on the sat is plugging  in our own numbers. many students forget this and instead try to set up ugly algebraic equations (while some have a knack for this, for the rest of us it is easier to think in 1, 2, 3, then in x, y, z). other times students think…

  • top five confusing sat words

    with thousands of words to memorize, the sat often leads to students to jumble up words in their heads. it’s hard to separate the most common sat words from the no-shows on test day. and it’s hardly their faults—the english language is consists of many words that either look and/or sound very similar. see if…