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author: rita neumann

rita neumann
rita brings 18 years of tutoring, mentoring, and test prep experience to her role as senior content marketing manager. rita earned her ba from uc san diego and her ma from ucsd’s school of global policy studies. over the years, rita has tutored all subjects in the ca middle and high school curricula, and coached students studying for the gre, sat, and act—she even coauthored act prep by magoosh. rita has written dozens of blog posts related to test prep, and even some articles for fellow marketers, such as conversion optimization for your blog. connect with rita on linkedin!

  • sat writing: verb tense & mood

    in this article, we explain what verb tense and mood errors appear on the sat and which words can help you spot them and correct them. check it out!

  • how to tackle the “why us” school-specific essay (with examples!)

    of all the supplemental college essays out there, the “why us?” essay is the most difficult to master, especially when you have to write one for each school on your college list. so, how do you convince admissions officers at each college you belong there, while staying true to yourself?   with admitsee’s database of…

  • ap calculus: the difference between a graph and a function?

    did you know that a graph of a function f is not the same as the function itself? it might seem like there is clearly a difference, but sometimes it’s hard to articulate into words. we have spoken about the definition of a function. simply put, it’s a rule that transforms one real number into…