From Berkeley’s position as the nation’s first sanctuary city to San Francisco’s recent high ranking on immigrant integration in the New American Economy’s Cities Index, the Bay Area (home to Magoosh HQ) has long been known as a beacon of inclusivity. When it comes to our attitudes towards language learners however, our promise of welcome […]
Specific steps we’ve taken over the past five years to promote equal pay using a no-salary negotiation policy. Nearly five years ago, I wrote about how we don’t negotiate salaries as a means of fostering fairness across our company and taking tangible steps to reduce wage gaps that are unfortunately inherent in the tech sector. […]
Here’s how we’ve approached equal pay through salary transparency, and how you can too. What would happen if all salaries at your company became public today — everyone found out what everyone else was paid? Would an employee be upset to learn that they were being paid less than their peers of equal experience? Would […]
How we’re building customer empathy and improving our SAT prep product by putting ourselves in our students’ shoes. When you picture the average SAT test taker, an image of a stressed-out teenager likely comes to mind. And yet, here we are, two woefully unprepared thirty-somethings who will be sitting for the Official SAT exam on […]
Big changes are coming to the ACT in September 2020! Read on to find out what they are, hear our benefits and drawbacks, and what students should do to prepare. What changes are coming to the ACT? The ACT is introducing three major changes to the test, starting in September 2020: Students will be allowed […]
上周，大学委员会宣布他们正在推出“逆境分数” - 一个社会经济地位的代理 - 对于SAT考试者的总成绩报告。我们与您分享了我们的Magoosh视角（和疑虑），我们今天回复了目前或以前学习的学生的回复[...]
在Magoosh，我们相信学生不仅仅是一个分数。在他们的公告开始使用“逆境”来衡量SAT接受者的社会经济地位，我们赞扬大学委员会承认大学入学景观可以对来自边缘化背景的学生有多不公平，作为领导者，作为领导者[......]
As my senior year of high school flung one curveball after another my way, I walked away with deep appreciation for one particular teacher of mine. I learned I was an undocumented student, and thus couldn’t apply to many of my dream colleges, and I had a mysterious nerve injury in my right arm, forcing […]
High school seniors in Tennessee are making an impressive case for the power of second chances through record-breaking results in retaking the ACT. It’s no surprise that it was an educator, Thomas H. Palmer, who first shared the advice of “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Trying new things, failing, and learning […]
Scandals have you worried about your June or August SAT results? Email us at retakeSAT@m.sylp-design.com or call our advice hotline at 510–495–0535 to get some guidance from test prep experts on what’s best for your personal situation. So what actually happened with the August SAT test? Shortly after the Saturday August 25th SAT test date […]
