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author: drew evans

drew evans
drew is passionate about education, having previously founded an sat prep and academic tutoring company. he honed his social media and content marketing skills at creativelive before bringing his social marketing acumen to admitsee. drew grew up in philadelphia but has also lived in the cities of chicago, los angeles, seattle, and san francisco. he has a b.a. from the university of pennsylvania, where he studied history and political science. fun fact: drew is also a photographer and a musician.

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    if you’ve ever asked yourself this question, here’s a short and sweet answer from ethan sawyer, the college essay guy. the short answer here is: no, an essay won’t get you into college on its own. your acceptance at most universities is dictated primarily by your gpa, course-load (how hard your classes are) and, to…

  • act science strategy: answering “yes/no because…” questions

    many of the trickiest questions on the act science test ask you to do more than just identify details and trends in the data, they ask you to make inferences about the presented scientific situations and experiments. sometimes they ask you what would happen if something changed about the scientific situation or what the results…

  • what high school students wish parents knew about the sat and college admissions

    parents are pretty important to the college application process. they help us with essays, take us on college trips and comfort us after rejections. and we are so thankful! but they can also definitely get on our nerves. if we were being completely honest, here’s what i think most of us would tell them:  …