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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!

  • how many practice sats should i take?

    although it’s indispensable for sat prep, the official sat study guide from the college board isn’t complete on its own… it really needs to be supplemented with more in depth lessons and explanations of questions. you can get that from us at magoosh (or elsewhere), along with a healthy dose of more personalized practice, which…

  • reading sat fiction passages

    on every sat, there’s one long fiction passage. it’s usually the longest individual reading passage on the test (which means about 75-100 lines). you might get a shorter fiction passage at only 50 or 60 lines long, but that’s less common. the sat likes relatively recent fiction, but it’s not unheard of to see something…

  • sat identifying sentence errors practice questions

    the questions below are examples of “identifying sentence error” questions, which show up in the long writing multiple choice section of the sat. there are 18 of this sat question type, altogether, out of a total of 49 scored writing multiple choice problems. while you do these practice questions, remember that you don’t need to…