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author: susanna langholm

susanna langholm
susanna holds a ba in education & liberal studies from smith college and has spent the better part of her college and post-graduate years helping students achieve success both in and outside of the classroom. most recently, susanna served as the assistant director for a tutoring franchise catering to college-bound exam prep students, learning a thing or two about the act in the process. when she’s not navigating the test-taking waters for the sake of her students, susanna can be found reading, writing on her education blog, skiing, or planning a future filled with international travel – her favorite (but most expensive) hobby.

  • how many practice sats should i take?

    although it’s indispensable for sat prep, the official sat study guide from the college board isn’t complete on its own… it really needs to be supplemented with more in depth lessons and explanations of questions. you can get that from us at magoosh (or elsewhere), along with a healthy dose of more personalized practice, which…

  • reading sat fiction passages

    on every sat, there’s one long fiction passage. it’s usually the longest individual reading passage on the test (which means about 75-100 lines). you might get a shorter fiction passage at only 50 or 60 lines long, but that’s less common. the sat likes relatively recent fiction, but it’s not unheard of to see something…

  • sat identifying sentence errors practice questions

    the questions below are examples of “identifying sentence error” questions, which show up in the long writing multiple choice section of the sat. there are 18 of this sat question type, altogether, out of a total of 49 scored writing multiple choice problems. while you do these practice questions, remember that you don’t need to…