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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.

  • 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…