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author: brittny b. stringfield

brittny b. stringfield
brittny is a test prep expert at magoosh with almost a decade of experience in test prep and tutoring. throughout her tutoring and test prep career, brittny has helped hundreds of students seeking to improve their scores on the sat, act, gre, and gmat reach their goals. brittny also taught business and healthcare courses at a technical college for seven years and was the recipient of the 2016 instructor of the year for the technical college system of georgia. outside of her test prep career, brittny works in population health in atlanta, georgia and runs a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to mentoring college-aged students. brittny graduated summa cum laude with her b.s. in nuclear medicine with a minor in psychology from old dominion university in norfolk, virginia and earned her mba and mha from georgia state university. come join brittny and the magoosh team on youtube, facebook, and instagram, or connect with her via linkedin!

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    ever wonder how your act scores compare to the scores of celebrities? check out the video; the answer may surprise you!

  • can i skip questions on the act?

    don’t. just don’t. there’s no penalty for wrong answers on the act, so make sure you have an answer bubbled in for everything before time is called. this means before you finish each section because the rules explicitly forbid going back and answering questions in previous sections even if you are just blindly pencilling in…

  • pacing for the new sat reading test

    we won’t beat around the bush. there’s a lot to read on the new sat reading test. and if you aren’t careful with balancing your time between reading and question answering, you very well might find yourself in a panic when the proctor announces 5 minutes left. so let’s talk about how you can learn…