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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!

  • 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…