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beth gonzales
beth is an educator and freelance creative designer who devises innovative and fun-loving solutions for clients. she works with families, students, teachers and small businesses to create and implement programs, campaigns and experiences that help support and maximize efforts to grow communities who critically think, engage and continue to learn.

  • sat writing: verb tense & mood

    in this article, we explain what verb tense and mood errors appear on the sat and which words can help you spot them and correct them. check it out!

  • how to tackle the “why us” school-specific essay (with examples!)

    of all the supplemental college essays out there, the “why us?” essay is the most difficult to master, especially when you have to write one for each school on your college list. so, how do you convince admissions officers at each college you belong there, while staying true to yourself?   with admitsee’s database of…

  • ap calculus: the difference between a graph and a function?

    did you know that a graph of a function f is not the same as the function itself? it might seem like there is clearly a difference, but sometimes it’s hard to articulate into words. we have spoken about the definition of a function. simply put, it’s a rule that transforms one real number into…