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author: christine pasetes

christine pasetes
christine is the editor of several magoosh blogs, including magoosh gre, lsat, and mcat. she holds a b.a. from san jose state university, where she specialized in editing, technical writing, and magazine publishing. before joining magoosh, christine spent 6 years in edtech working with national publishers and educators to produce digital content for university students and k-12 learners. her collaboration with cengage and national geographic learning won a codie award for best world language acquisition solution. she’s interested in user experiences and making accessible, engaging content for students at all stages of their study journeys. connect with christine on linkedin or medium!

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    well what if i told you that there is a whole breed of colleges that are neither a part of the ivy league nor are a giant state school whose sports teams feed into the nfl, mlb, etc.? this mysterious breed of colleges is referred to as liberal arts colleges!

  • sat video: how to best use two hours of study time

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyuajd1nmys studying for the sat in two hour increments it’s not easy to slip two hours of sat prep into a busy schedule. so when you do, you want to use it as effectively as possible. for many that means intensely devouring a chapter in an sat book. for others, it means learning a bunch…

  • act science: passage types

    there are three distinct passage types on the act science test: data representation, research summaries, and conflicting viewpoints. here’s how the numbers break down on most tests. in the past, there always used to be 3 data representation passages, 3 research summaries passages, and 1 conflicting viewpoints passage on each test (7 passages total). however,…