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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 video: high utility academic words part i

    think vocabulary is dead on the new sat? well, think again! vocabulary is still part of the test, only know it’s a slightly different breed and goes under the annoying title “high-utility academic words.”

  • what is a good act aspire score?

    act aspire tests are scored on kind of a funky scale that changes between subjects and between grades tested. for the act aspire test given in grade 10 (the one that predicts your act scores for 11th grade), here’s how the scoring breaks down in the table below:

  • i submitted my college apps, now what?

    submitting college applications can be a weight lifted off your shoulders. all seniors applying to college know how tedious and stressful they can be and once they are submitted, it is like a breathe of fresh air. now that your college apps are in, what do you do? what goals are there to strive for?