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jason patel
jason patel is the founder of transizion, a college counseling and career services company that provides mentorship and consulting on college applications, college essays, resumes, cover letters, interviews, and finding jobs and internships. jason’s work has been cited in the washington post, bbc, nbc news, forbes, fast company, bustle, inc., fox business, and other great outlets. transizion donates a portion of profits to underserved students and veterans in of college prep and career development assistance. jason is a brazilian jiujitsu martial artist, outdoorsman, and avid reader. you can find more content on his blog and youtube channel.

  • reading sat passages faster

    note: this post has been updated to reflect changes in the sat beginning march 2016 (aka the “new” sat). okay, so picture this: it’s saturday morning and you’re taking the sat. you’re working on the reading test, and you’ve got about 5 minutes left in the section. you think you’re golden; you’re just about to…

  • how to take notes on sat critical reading passages, faster

    one of the most important things you can do to raise your critical reading score on your sat is to improve your reading strategy. there’re a few ways reading the passage often goes wrong—forgetting to look at the big picture, for one—and the best way to avoid all of them is to refine your notes.…

  • 5 tips to writing the perfect college application essay

    a guest post from our friends at grammarly.com–enjoy! 🙂 for those of you studying for your sats, all the best, and remember, if you are not satisfied with your scores the first time round, you can take the test again. hurray for second (and third) chances, i say. what you don’t get a second chance…