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June 14, 2015

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What is a Good GRE Score? [Infographic]

Heading to grad school in the near future? Then you’ll need to take the GRE! But that leads to the million dollar question: What is a good GRE score? The short answer: it depends. Check out this wonderful infographic from our friends at Magoosh to find out what the answer to that question is for… 

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June 14, 2015

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How To Study For The GRE (Part I)

Sitting down to prep—seems pretty obvious what you are going to do. Open up a GRE prep book and start reading. But what exactly does that mean? Do you go through a book sequentially, a page at a time, so that by the end of the book GRE mastery is yours? Or do you read… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / GRE, Magoosh

May 13, 2015

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Why Is The SAT Scored From 600 To 2400?

There are only a few times in your life when you’ll look at test scores and see a number like 1200 or 2000. Wait, wait—there’s only one time, really: that’s the SAT. Ninety-nine percent of the tests you take are scored as a fraction or a percentage, so what gives? What’s the point of putting… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Magoosh, SAT

May 10, 2015

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Magoosh Guide To The TOEFL eBook

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Feeling overwhelmed by the TOEFL test? Don’t know where to start? Or have you taken the test 5 times before and just need a quick refresher before you take it for (hopefully!) the last time? Either way, it can be tough to find quality resources that provide everything you need to know for the test… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / Magoosh, TOEFL

April 11, 2015

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Prepare for the TOEFL With This Infographic!

Don't be afraid of the TOEFL. Check out this infographic and get prepared!

There’s a lot to be tense about when it comes to the TOEFL speaking section–you’ll need to show your comfort level with the English language while speaking clearly into a microphone while surrounded by other test-takers who are also speaking into their microphones, and all of this done under a time crunch. That’s enough to… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, Law School Admissions, MBA Admissions, Medical School Admissions / infographic, Magoosh, TOEFL

November 26, 2014

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The Test Prep Guru Speaks

In honor of Thanksgiving, we’ve decided to repost one of the podcast episodes that our listeners have been most grateful for. If you didn’t hear it the first time or you just want to review, now is the perfect time to listen to our highly informative (and super-popular) interview with Bhavin Parikh, CEO and founder of Magoosh, the… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / GMAT, GRE, Magoosh, podcast, SAT, TOEFL

October 28, 2014

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Magoosh’s New eBook: Lightening the SAT Math Load

For some high school students, SAT math is the bane of their existence. You need to learn all these foreign strings of numbers and letters, and then magically recall them once you’re sitting in a hot room for hours with your entire future weighing down on your tired shoulders. Yeah – SAT math…not the funnest… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Magoosh, SAT

October 7, 2014

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Not so Nostalgic for the Standardized Test of Yore

In the twilight region of your brain, there is buried a memory. It probably goes something like this: against your will, you woke up very early one Saturday morning to crowd into a room of similarly groggy teenagers. A vaguely authoritarian figure handed out number two pencils and yelled “start” and “stop” at 30-minute intervals…. 

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August 18, 2014

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What Score Do You Need on the TOEFL?

If you’re an international student applying to the U.S., you’ve probably asked yourself this question: what TOEFL score do I need to get in? You might have heard that making it to the 100’s will guarantee you admission, but you’ve also had friends who reached that score and were turned down from schools. Confused yet?… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / Magoosh, TOEFL

August 7, 2014

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18 SAT Lifehacks [An Awesome Infographic]

Thanks to our friends at Magoosh SAT for putting together this SAT lifehack infographic to make sure you safely avoid any test-day nightmares. Take some time to browse this list of SAT prep lifehacks and master the 18 unexpected tips you’ll need for a higher SAT score! Good luck!  

Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Magoosh, SAT

July 7, 2014

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What if I Need to Retake the SAT?

Some treat taking the SAT over again as though it were the same thing as walking down the aisle to take one’s marriage vows for the second time. If stigma should be attached anywhere, it should be on not re-taking the SAT—a second time, third time, and a fourth time. I’m not saying become an… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Magoosh, SAT

June 22, 2014

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ACT, SAT, PSAT…What’s the Difference?

When we compare standardized tests to each other, there are usually two points of view that people take: either they’re all the same, or you have to prepare for each one separately. The truth—surprise, surprise—is actually somewhere between those two ideas. But that’s boring to write about (who actually likes compromising, anyway?), so I’m not… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / ACT, Magoosh, PSAT, SAT

April 25, 2014

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Why You Don’t Need a Perfect GRE Score

The average GRE scores for Ivy League schools are not all in the stratosphere.

Few things have the cachet of a perfect GRE score. Climbing Mt. Everest, and a perfect GMAT score come to mind. All amazing feats, ones in which you may be tempted to rest on your laurels. Yet, that perfect GRE score won’t open the door to every graduate program. Conversely, a score in the 330+… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / GMAT, GRE, Magoosh

April 12, 2014

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How Does the Essay Affect Your SAT Score?

Although the SAT essay is going to be optional before long (when the test changes in 2016), as of right now it’s a must. So, love it or hate it, your essay will influence your SAT score, and the admissions offices at the colleges you’ll apply to will see that score. So let’s answer one… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Magoosh, SAT

April 3, 2014

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GMAT, GRE, SAT, and All Things Test Prep

GMAT, GRE, SAT… If one of these tests graces your future, tune in to our interview with Bhavin Parikh, CEO and founder of Magoosh, the leading online test prep company. Listen to the recording of our conversation with Bhavin for great test prep advice and the lowdown on Magoosh. 00:02:17 – The story behind Magoosh… 

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Article by Accepted / Admissions Consulting, Admissions Straight Talk, College Admissions, Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / GMAT, GRE, Magoosh, SAT, UC Berkeley Haas

March 4, 2014

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Writing an Interesting SAT Essay in 25 Minutes

A common mistake students make on the SAT essay is thinking that if they stick to a formulaic approach, they will get a good SAT score essay-wise. The thing is using a “cookie cutter” approach to the essay can often result in a dull, predictable—and not at all convincing—essay. What is this approach, I speak… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Magoosh, SAT

February 27, 2014

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How to Put Your Best Foot Forward on Test Day

Many of us have gotten through school with decent grades by relying on one method: cramming. We’ll likely order a jumbo-sized coffee, deposit ourselves in the far corner of a café, and condense three-months of material into a six-hour, red-eyed, caffeine-fueled study session. If you pull those shenanigans test day, you’ll definitely end up with… 

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Article by Accepted / Grad School Admissions, MBA Admissions / GRE, Magoosh

January 26, 2014

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So You Aced the PSAT: Should You Still Study for the SAT?

Man, what a feeling. You take the PSAT at the start of junior year and have a higher score than almost anybody you know. You’re set, right? In the clear. Don’t even have to worry about the SAT—it’s pretty much the same thing right? Alright, so this doesn’t happen to everybody. After all, only 10%… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Magoosh, PSAT, SAT

December 3, 2013

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Getting Serious for the SAT

It’s easy to pick up an SAT prep book and just flip through it every now and then. And this isn’t that bad of thing either: you can brush up on the basics, do some practice problems, and, with barely any sweat on your brow, move on to something else. One reason students have this… 

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Article by Accepted / College Admissions / Magoosh, SAT

November 24, 2013

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Studying For GRE Verbal and the TOEFL at the Same Time

For more grad school admissions advice, check out our Graduate School Admissions 101 pages

It seems unfair, doesn’t it? A native English speaker applying for a graduate program in the U.S. might spend months studying for the GRE, just the GRE, but if you aren’t a native speaker, you might have to devote some energy to the TOEFL, too. How do you study for two tests at the same… 

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