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author: kim lifton

kim lifton
kim lifton is president of wow writing workshop, a leading expert on the college application essay. kim is a former journalist who has made it her mission to know everything about college admissions. she speaks with senior admissions officers from the nation’s most selective colleges almost every day. wow works directly with students, and trains school counselors, english teachers and independent educational consultants who want to improve their essay-coaching skills.

  • the act: a history lesson

    all you magooshers are becoming familiar with how to conquer the act: its format, its timing, its array of questions. but how much do you know about the origins of the act- or what it even stands for? time for a pop quiz!   the origin of the act prior to 1959, the sat (the…

  • how to stay awake and aware

    oh, to be a junior – in all of my seventeen years (and nine months), i have yet to encounter a time when i was more desperate for 25-hour days. you’re constantly pulled in a dozen directions (whilst being scolded for not achieving that healthy eight-hour sleep quota), and by the end of the week,…

  • top 20 act vocabulary words

    worried about act vocabulary? worry no more! we’ve collected the top 20 act vocabulary words you should know—along with their definitions and parts of speech—in one place for your studying ease. without further ado… top 20 act vocabulary words* *as i mentioned in the top tips post, the act will more commonly test secondary definitions…