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author: maddi lee

maddi lee
maddi is currently a high school junior in southern california. she is an avid freelance writer and has been featured in multiple literary publications and anthologies. when she isn’t writing, she loves traveling, doodling, and most of all, sleeping. through her own experience and passion, she hopes to help guide fellow students through the roller coaster that is sat and college admissions…that is, as long as she survives the journey herself!

  • 10 most difficult act questions

    if you’re planning on taking the act, you might have some anxiety about the questions you’ll encounter. how hard will they be? what are some of the most difficult act questions like? in our experience, students find that some of the most difficult act questions take several steps to solve. in math, problems can always…

  • what does act stand for?

    when it was developed in 1959, act stood for “american college testing.” but the act no longer formally calls it that. it’s just the act. but there’s a lot more to its history and all of its tests.

  • how to study for finals or semester exams over winter break

    if your school’s final exams (or semester exams) are after your winter holiday, it can be easy to fall into one of two extreme camps: either you spend the whole break studying (or at the very least, worrying about studying) or you don’t do anything at all because, hey, you’re on break! avoid these traps…