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author: rachel wisuri

rachel wisuri
rachel helps eager students find out about magoosh. she graduated from uc berkeley with a super helpful double major in history and french. in her free time she can be found eating peanut butter, drinking five cups of tea per day, and playing with cats.

  • 10 tips for smooth-sailing on act test day

    1) use the answer choices on the act math test if you can’t figure out how to set up the algebra to solve, using an act math strategy like plugging in can definitely lead to better scores. use the answer choices to your advantage, trying each one out, by backsolving, then looking for the choice…

  • flaws make you real

    many college admissions committees ask you to write about your flaws. you may think this is a trap, but it’s actually a stealthy method of asking you to evaluate your personal growth. accepted is here with more on how to handle this tricky essay question. a speaker recently told a story about traveling in asia…

  • sat writing – conditional tense

    the conditional tense is rarely tested on the sat, and usually when it is, the answer jumps out at you because it just sounds weird. an easy way to think of the conditional tense is as the “if” tense. it describes something that hasn’t happened but that could happen. take a look: 1) if i…