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author: minh nguyen

minh nguyen
minh’s passion for helping students succeed grew during his time as a career counselor at the university of california, irvine. now, he’s helping students all over the world by spilling sat/act secrets through blog posts on magoosh. when he’s not busy tutoring or writing, he enjoys playing guitar, traveling, and talking about himself in third-person.

  • living with the uncertainty of college applications

    remember that moment of excitement-relief-terror you experienced when you submitted your final college application? it didn’t last long. submitting college apps is a double-edged sword. on the one hand, you no longer have to spend countless hours perfecting personal statements, re-typing extracurriculars, entering numbers into forms, etc. that agony finally reached its end. on the…

  • how to gracefully handle the college acceptance letter season

    many of us have already received responses from our early decision colleges. but the regular decision acceptance letter season is coming in just a few months. attitudes toward the correct behavior during this time vary. a lot of people don’t believe the admission decisions to be private and decide to tell everyone they know as…

  • what you wouldn’t expect about junior year

    junior year. it’s known as the time when high school classes get seriously hard. you also have to start looking at colleges and taking the sat. on top of all this extra work, your grades need to be especially high, as admissions officers look at junior year very closely when making their decisions. my third…