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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!

  • sat calculators

    yes, you can use your calculator on the sat. did you think that the college board gods were so cruel? you can even use a graphing calculator, which you may be able to use for a graph question (although it’s really not necessary) or a question about a quadratic equation. calculators can only be used…

  • “primary purpose” questions in sat reading

    your sat reading comp sections will include a few questions that look something like this: the primary purpose of this passage is to or this: the authors overall tone could best be described as and in order pick the right answers for these big-picture questions, you need to zoom out. there are a lot of…

  • sat study music

    the “mozart effect” is pretty well-known, but it’s usually misunderstood or exaggerated. the truth is, it’s unlikely at best that any one type of music can help bring up your sat scores—it may even impair your memorization skills. but i still recommend listening while prepping. why?   music makes studying more enjoyable even if the…