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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 sentence structure — grammar fundamentals

    the most important, if not the most fundamental, thing you need to understand from a grammatical standpoint, is how to construct sentences. indeed, to truly understand punctuation you’ll need to apply the knowledge contained below.

  • extra curriculars: college v. high school

    there’s something of a precedent set for how to “succeed” in high school extra curriculars. step 1: sign up for everything. step 2: somehow attend all of the meetings (spoiler alert: you won’t be able to). step 3: try to run for president of all of them because that’s what’s “expected” if you want a…

  • how long is the sat?

    the new sat is three hours long, plus 50 minutes for the optional essay. test takers are allowed one 10-minute and one five-minute break.