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jessica ellis
jessica helps make the magoosh products engaging and effective study tools. she has over eight years of experience in education and curriculum design having earned her bs in science, technology and international affairs from georgetown and her master in mind, brain and education from harvard. when she is not thinking about product design, you will find her on the ski slopes!

  • act reading strategy: vocabulary in context questions

    on every act reading test, you’ll find a few questions that fall into the category the act calls “meaning of words,” or what is often referred to as “words in context.” this episode of tuesdact is all about the perfect strategy to get this question type right.

  • narrowing down your college acceptances

    if you are reading this post, you deserve a huge congratulations! you’ve been accepted into more than one college, and regardless of what those schools are, it’s an accomplishment to be proud of.

  • new sat video: high utility academic words part ii

      sat vocabulary: high-utility academic words part ii (letter a) click here for part i of this video series! what is high utility? basically, words that you need to know for college. in fact you may even know these words. you might not know, however, how to define them. and i don’t mean, “uh, it…