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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.

  • how hard is the sat?

    note: this post has been revised to reflect changes to the sat beginning in march 2016. hundreds of thousands of high school students set their sights on college each year, which means hundreds of thousands of students are taking the sat. understandably, they want to know what they are up against. particularly those who are…

  • 4 ways to show how you’ll contribute in the future

    here’s a great new post from our friends over at accepted! enjoy! schools want to see that the applicants will actively participate in and contribute to their student bodies and alumni communities, not to mention the greater community and society. yet grandiose, declarative statements and promises to be a superlative do-gooder are unpersuasive. so how…

  • one week sat study schedule

    left your sat studying until the last minute? retaking the test and just looking for a little “tune up”? our one week sat study schedule has you covered!