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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.

  • sat reading comprehension – the dual passage

    so here’s the skinny: there will always be two sets of dual passages, one short (35-30 lines total) and one medium to very long (60-90 lines). what exactly is a dual passage? well, just as its name implies it is a set of two passages written on a similar topic. the passages usually do not…

  • analyzing data on the act science test

    for data interpretation and research summaries questions on the act science test, you will often be presented with a set of graphs and tables and required to answer relevant questions. remember, it’s important to take the time and thoroughly analyze the data before jumping to the questions.   some tips to remember: tip #1 –…

  • sat writing – idioms

    just as idioms lack any justification for the way they are constructed so too do idiomatic phrases. for instance, i just used a common idiomatic phrase (just as…so too; see below). in other words, certain phrases contain certain words and prepositions. to give you example, let’s take the most common sat idiomatic phrase (not only…but…