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author: chris lele

chris lele
chris lele is the principal curriculum manager (and vocabulary wizard) at magoosh. chris graduated from ucla with a ba in psychology and has 20 years of experience in the test prep industry. he’s been quoted as a subject expert in many publications, including us news, gmac, and business because. in his time at magoosh, chris has taught countless students how to tackle the gre, gmat, sat, act, mcat (cars), and lsat exams with confidence. some of his students have even gone on to get near-perfect scores. you can find chris on youtube, linkedin, twitter and facebook!

  • sat squirrel makes studying fun

    the sat is inherently not fun. that was never the test makers intention. they didn’t choose fun passages for you to read and there are no silly math problems. but that doesn’t mean that studying for the sat needs to be boring and drab like the test. right, mr. sat squirrel? the exact opposite it…

  • how to relax for the sat

    “i could do better on the sat if i didn’t lose focus so easily” “i could remember more if i weren’t so stressed.” do these sentiments sound familiar?  it seems our electronically driven culture recognizes two basic human energy states —- manic and stressed while on task, and then completely blitzed and unfocused afterward.  popular…

  • sat reading comprehension challenge questions: long fiction

    fiction might sound like a welcome break from the other more academic sat reading passages, but it’s not necessarily any easier. it can be really dry, in truth. so let’s see how well you hold up to a demonic reading passage. the excerpt below is long, old, full of characters to keep track of, and…