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author: elise gout

elise gout
elise writes articles for the magoosh sat blog to help teenagers during an exciting time in their lives. despite residing in southern california, where she attends san dieguito academy high school, she has no surfing abilities whatsoever; it’s actually rather sad. she is your typical senior high school girl who sword fights daily, and is pretty much convinced that bananas are a food sent from heaven. elise will attend columbia university next fall to study environmental science.

  • new sat reading graph and chart questions

    in new sat reading, graphs and charts are presented for careful analysis. here’s how to tackle these specific questions.

  • what to do when you get waitlisted: a step-by-step guide

    it’s officially college admission decision season!     all across the world, students are receiving letters of acceptance and rejection. but what do you do if you get waitlisted? you’re not completely in, but you’re not completely out. it’s an awkward situation to be in because you don’t know whether to let go of the…

  • why is act science so hard?

    this post discusses why some students find the act science test difficult, and strategies for approaching something that originally seems so hard.