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author: molly kiefer

molly kiefer

molly is one of magoosh’s content creators. she designs magoosh’s graphic assets, manages our youtube channels and podcasts, and contributes to the magoosh high school blog.

since 2014, molly has tutored high school and college students preparing for the sat, gre, and lsat. she began her tutoring journey while in undergrad, helping her fellow students master math, computer programming, spanish, english, and philosophy.

molly graduated from lewis & clark college with a b.a. in philosophy, and she continues to study ethics to this day. an artist at heart, molly loves blogging, making art, taking long walks and serving as personal agent to her cat, who is more popular on instagram than she is.

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  • can i skip questions on the act?

    don’t. just don’t. there’s no penalty for wrong answers on the act, so make sure you have an answer bubbled in for everything before time is called. this means before you finish each section because the rules explicitly forbid going back and answering questions in previous sections even if you are just blindly pencilling in…

  • pacing for the new sat reading test

    we won’t beat around the bush. there’s a lot to read on the new sat reading test. and if you aren’t careful with balancing your time between reading and question answering, you very well might find yourself in a panic when the proctor announces 5 minutes left. so let’s talk about how you can learn…

  • new sat video: high utility academic words part i

    think vocabulary is dead on the new sat? well, think again! vocabulary is still part of the test, only know it’s a slightly different breed and goes under the annoying title “high-utility academic words.”