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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 reading: common wrong answers

    the new sat reading section is in some ways even better than the old sat at luring you into tempting wrong answer choices. here are some of the reasons wrong answers on the new sat are just so darn tantalizing.

  • real act prep guide, 4th edition update: official act prep guide | book review

    like many students and tutors out there, we think a 4th edition of the real act prep guide (the “red book”) is ridiculously overdue. the 3rd edition (the current edition) was published in 2011, so, yeah…nearly five years ago. the tests in the book are from the 2005-2010 period, and since this time, the act…

  • how i got a perfect score on the new act essay

    i’ve been tutoring for the act for years. i have advanced degrees in writing-intensive fields. i should be able to score really well on a timed essay test meant for high schoolers. but that hasn’t always been the case. learn how i got my perfect 36.