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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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    ready to start prepping (or not so ready)? below are some critical tips you want to keep in mind before you try to ascend the daunting summit known as sat prep.

  • meet myka, our new high school blogger

    hi everyone! i’m myka yamasaki and i am a new high school blogger for magoosh! i am very excited to be here as prior to this i have just been hanging out way too much with my cat.

  • how to get through boring reading assignments

    many students would probably say that long readings are the most boring type of homework. if the material doesn’t interest you, it’s easy to begin skimming the words without actually absorbing their meaning, or worse, falling asleep. but don’t let these things happen to you! in college, professors often expect you to learn by reading…