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author: naomi tepper

naomi tepper
naomi manages the creation of helpful and engaging test prep content for the magoosh blogs. she’s a word nerd and a content connoisseur who loves transforming difficult concepts into engaging and fun material for students. with a ba in english from the university of colorado, boulder, naomi has worked in content creation since 2005 as a blogger, editor, author, and content marketer. when not working, you can find naomi hiking with her dog or traveling with her husband and daughters.

  • sat squirrel makes studying fun

    the sat is inherently not fun. that was never the test makers intention. they didn’t choose fun passages for you to read and there are no silly math problems. but that doesn’t mean that studying for the sat needs to be boring and drab like the test. right, mr. sat squirrel? the exact opposite it…

  • how to relax for the sat

    “i could do better on the sat if i didn’t lose focus so easily” “i could remember more if i weren’t so stressed.” do these sentiments sound familiar?  it seems our electronically driven culture recognizes two basic human energy states —- manic and stressed while on task, and then completely blitzed and unfocused afterward.  popular…

  • sat reading comprehension challenge questions: long fiction

    fiction might sound like a welcome break from the other more academic sat reading passages, but it’s not necessarily any easier. it can be really dry, in truth. so let’s see how well you hold up to a demonic reading passage. the excerpt below is long, old, full of characters to keep track of, and…