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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.

  • how is the sat learnable?

    you know how if you take most of the summer off, hanging out and what not, that in those first few weeks of school your brain is, ah, sort of slow? well, that’s not surprising. your brain hasn’t gotten a mental workout and so has lost the edge it had when you were preparing for…

  • [video post] what’s on the sat?

    the sat exam is a popular college admission test that allows universities to compare your knowledge to the knowledge of other college applicants, in a standardized manner. the sat tests reading, writing, and math in a way that requires students to apply knowledge learned in the classroom in a new way. up until this point,…

  • act number properties basics: factors, multiples, and divisibility

    act math basics learning the basics of number properties is crucial for success on the act math test. here, you’ll learn some basic terminology to help you on the test. a factor, or divisor, of a number is a positive integer that evenly divides into that number. for example, 4 is a factor of 12…