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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!

  • the new sat reading literature passage

    on every new sat exam, there’s one fiction passage from “u.s. or world literature” (yeah, that does basically mean anything in the world, as long as it’s written in english). the literature passage is the first passage in the reading section. let’s discuss!

  • act english: organization questions

    act english essays are organization freaks; your english teacher would love them. if they don’t have clear topic sentences, they want one; if sentences aren’t in chronological order, they flip out. well not really, but your score might if you don’t look out for these question types. so here are the most important things you…

  • what is a good sat score for a junior?

    this is a question i get a lot from parents wondering whether their child should take the sat as a junior or wait until senior year. the thing is, colleges don’t give preferential treatment to those who take the sat at a younger age. a junior’s 1800 isn’t any different from a senior’s 1800. let’s…