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author: peter poer

peter poer
peter helps make sure magoosh students have the best possible content. a proud arizona wildcat and teach for america alum, he worked as an instructional coach before getting an mba at berkeley’s haas school of business. he is passionate about student achievement and educational equity. also prime numbers. peter enjoys cooking, running (slowly), and going to bed comically early.

  • new sat vocabulary

    the new sat is all about context. this means that the old sat rapid-fire vocab questions in the reading section are gone! instead of choosing from 5 very different vocabulary words to fill in the blank of a single standalone sentence, vocabulary questions are now nestled in the passages, along with other comprehension questions.

  • new sat reading: great global conversation and u.s. founding documents

    with the new sat’s push towards real-world reading skills, historical documents like dr. martin luther king, jr.’s speeches, frederick douglass’ writings, and the gettysburg address will appear in the sat reading section.

  • sat writing multiple choice strategies, part 2: grammar and mechanics

    in this second post on multiple choice strategies for sat writing, we take a look at the technical grammar questions and how you can eliminate wrong answers and find the right one!