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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.

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    do you have a pile of textbooks in your room that you will never open again? well look no further because these are a few of the best ways to get rid of book clutter.

  • twenty things i wish i’d known before senior year

    this past week i was grabbing a smoothie with several soon-to-be seniors (boy, do i love unintentional alliteration). naturally, the topic of school came into conversation and, upon hearing their array of concerns, i was inspired to come up with this. so voila! here is an exceptionally lengthy and most certainly over-kill list of what…

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