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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!

  • mastering the most challenging college essay: why college x?

    many schools ask for supplemental essays in addition to the personal statement; the most common supplement, which we call “why college x?,” is a variation on the question, “why us?” this prompt can be one of the most challenging for students. the questions often look like these, which are taken from current and past years’…

  • mental math shortcut: perfect squares – 1 | sat video post

    a handy sat math shortcut – n2 – 1 many of us have a pretty good sense of what the squares of the first 15 integers are. sure, you might be a bit shaky on ‘13’ and ‘14’ but you should be comfortable with the rest. just to be sure, i’ll reproduce those below: 1^2…

  • validation of act test results

    validation of act test results

    is the act a valid assessment? in this article, find out how act makes its test a great predictor for college success!