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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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  • scientific notation on the act math test

    scientific notation is not a heavily-tested concept on the act. however, it may be combined with other topics for medium and hard-level questions. use this guide to bolster your online studies and gain confidence for test day! large numbers and very small decimals are often expressed with exponents using scientific notation. scientific notation involves writing…

  • admissions officers are people too

    do you ever wonder who looks at your college application after you click “submit”? as it turns out, admissions officers aren’t as mysterious as you might think. today, our friends at applykit.com offer you a look inside a college adcom. enjoy! looking inside the closed doors of a college admissions committee. the college application process…

  • act science – research summaries strategy

    the act science test will always be the fourth test you’ll take. it will have 7 passages and you’ll have 35 minutes to complete them. that’s about 5 minutes per passage so moving confidently through this test is essential! it takes practice to gain confidence in interpreting data and understanding the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.…