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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.

  • act compass: how to prepare

    due to a decline in popularity, act phased out its compass exam at the end of 2016. that being said, act compass will remain an important exam for colleges and universities for the next twelve months and may be replaced by a similar exam in the future. the most well-known act test is (of course)…

  • complete guide to act question types

    we have a lot of great stuff on our blog here about the act’s question types, but not all in one place! so here’s your complete guide to all of the question types that appear on the act exam, with links to sample questions (with video and text explanations for the answers) and more help!…

  • retaking the sat

    studying for an sat retake first off, you need to ask yourself: what could i have done better. now i’m not talking about a catch-all explanation (“i was tired” or “my pacing was off”). i want you to think of this as a crime-scene investigation, the kind you see in t.v. procedurals in which every…