The SAT Reading section is really an argument-analysis exam, and Elena — currently in law school at the University of Chicago — spends her days dissecting exactly these kinds of dense, evidence-based passages. She teaches students to identify what each question is actually asking before returning to...

I'm Anna! I'm currently a student in the MD/MBA program between Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the Kellogg School of Management, and graduated from Northwestern University as part of the Honors Program in Medical Education. I attended the Bergen County Academies in New Jer...

I'm referring to math, of course, but I didn't always like the subject. Until about age 16, I thought of math as a boring, mind-numbing process of blindly memorizing formulas and then forgetting them after the test, but a series of wonderful teachers showed me the truth. I had thought that everythin...

Most SAT Reading mistakes come from one place: students answer based on what they think the passage means instead of what the text actually says. Asta, a University of Chicago political science graduate trained in close textual analysis, teaches a disciplined evidence-based approach — pairing every ...

I am an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis majoring in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology on the Premed track. I have two years worth of experience peer tutoring. I feel the most confident tutoring ACT preparation. During my time as a high school student, I worked from an ACT score ...

I am a math tutor who is currently attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and majoring in Environmental Engineering. I have been tutoring math for over four years, both at Fenwick High School (where I attended) as a peer tutor and with Mathnasium. I teach Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geom...

The SAT Reading section is really a test of argumentation — can you identify a passage's central claim, trace how evidence supports it, and spot where the author shifts tone? Jeff's philosophy degree from Princeton and his history M.A. from Berkeley mean he's spent over a decade doing exactly that w...

I am exploring my creativity by pursuing a double major in Asian Languages and Cultures with a focus in Korean, studying abroad in South Korea as a Benjamin A. Gilman Scholar, leading workshops that teach 3D printing and CAD for undergraduate students as the president of 3D4E, advocating for the fir...

Industrial engineering trains you to optimize systems — and Oliver treats SAT Reading the same way, breaking each passage into a process where students identify the author's central claim first, then systematically match evidence to answer choices instead of re-reading entire paragraphs. His 1590 co...

Most SAT Reading mistakes come from one place: students answer based on what they think the passage means instead of what it actually says. Jessica, who earned a 1590 SAT, teaches a disciplined evidence-matching approach — pairing every answer choice with a specific line or phrase — that strips away...

I am planning on entering medical school at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the fall. Throughout high school and college, I have fallen in love with tutoring and seeing so many new faces in the process. I especially love to tutor in math, chemistry, MCAT, and chemical engi...

I've been working with students for over seven years, from middle school all the way through college, across subjects like math, calculus, statistics, linear algebra, chemistry, and physics, with a lot of SAT and ACT prep mixed in. My background is perhaps a little unconventional. I have two bachelo...

The SAT Reading section rewards a specific kind of close reading: finding what the passage actually says versus what it implies, and matching evidence across paired questions. Sam, who scored 1490 on the SAT, teaches students to treat each passage like a data set — extracting claims, identifying str...

Theater training sharpens a skill most SAT prep ignores — reading for subtext, tracking what a speaker implies through tone and word choice rather than what they state outright, which is exactly how the trickiest inference and author-purpose questions are built. Hallie pairs that interpretive instin...