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author: taryn conyers

taryn conyers
taryn is a ucsd graduate with a degree in developmental psychology, and she plans to study biology in graduate school. she has over a decade of experience tutoring both high school and college students. some of her favorite topics are math, science, writing, and music!

  • boost your vocabulary, boost your act score: part 1

    developing a rich vocabulary has many benefits: you can better convey what you mean, you can command respect for your well-expressed ideas, and you can even appear more romantically appealing (there is even a term now for people who are attracted to intelligence.) if landing that job interview or that date are not on your…

  • new sat reading: the nonfiction passages

    after the literature passage on the new sat, you’ll see two history/social studies passages and two science passages–typically alternated. these passages should be approached a little differently than the fiction passage. here’s what you need to know:

  • new sat reading: words in context questions

    the old sat tested a lot of difficult vocabulary. no more. now the focus is on “high-utility academic words and phrases” which basically means words that are used in multiple subjects and genres and words that have multiple meanings.