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author: jessica ellis

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!

  • getting professors to “like you”

    i’m going to start this one off with an anecdote. i was at a fencing meet with my team just the other day, and there was this whole incident in which one of our fencers was fencing a girl from an opposing university (who shall go unnamed). for one reason or another, the referee was…

  • start preparing for finals right now

    at first, preparing for finals early can sound like stressful overkill. but if you get organized as soon as possible, you’ll actually be less stressed. always keep finals in mind, even in the first few months of the semester, and the exams will be a breeze.

  • how to annotate readings successfully

    unsure how to properly annotate your lengthy textbook readings? i’m here to help. one of the most important functions of annotation is that it allows you to review readings later on by simply skimming.