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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 permutations and combinations practice questions

    if you’ve read the combination and permutation posts, have a go at the following questions. these combinations/permutations questions are about as hard as any combinations or permutations questions you could see test day. don’t forget to use the dash method! 1. sally owns five different blouses. if she cannot wear the same blouse on two…

  • sat passage inference questions

    inference questions are a tricky bunch. we have to choose the answer that can best be supported by information in the passage. the trick is not falling prey to those answer choices that are somewhat correct, but go a little beyond the information in the passage. questions typically try to trick us in a variety…

  • illogical comparisons on the sat writing section

    you’ve most likely heard the phrase never compare apples to oranges. this is definitely true on sat writing section. so if an answer choice compares two unlike things, then it is incorrect.   for instance, look at the following sentence: mike’s test score was better than sally. in this example, we are comparing mike’s test…