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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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    what is interval notation? this post will cover interval notations for open, closed, and half-open intervals so you’re familiar with them for ap test day.

  • how to get into loyola university chicago: sat and act scores, gpa and more

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  • how to get into university of wisconsin madison: sat and act scores, gpa and more

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