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author: anika manzoor

anika manzoor
as one of magoosh’s blog editors, anika relies on her nearly 20 years in education and youth leadership spaces to produce empowering, student-centered content across magoosh’s blogs. anika has a ba from grinnell college and an mpp from harvard university. her experience includes serving two years as a fulbright english teaching assistant in malaysia, an sat tutor for kaplan, and currently, as the executive director of youth activism project, a nonprofit that she co-founded when she was 12 years old. anika’s work has been featured in the washington post, the boston globe, and yahoo! money. she has also spoken at panels and given presentations at new york university and harvard university. if you’d like to keep up with anika, you can check out her linkedin, instagram, twitter, and personal website.

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    think you’re too young to start job searching? think again! internships, volunteering, job shadowing — there is no such thing as too early in your education to think about these words. whether you’re a freshman in high school, a senior in high school or senior in college, these are the experiences you need to help…

  • how hard is the act?

    difficulty is a relative term. on a difficulty scale that ranges from learning your abc’s to building a space shuttle, the act test probably ranks about here: compared to your abc’s and a typical state standardized test, the act probably ranks about here: of course, this is just an illustration. for some people, learning the…

  • ap tests: why they’re worth it

    now that winter has folded into spring, the ap season is slowly creeping closer, and students across the nation are signing up for the tests that they will be taking come may. while the process is undeniably intense, it offers far too many benefits to be bypassed. listed below are some of the common reasons…