Helping students has always felt deeply personal to me. I know what it's like to struggle with a subject and how much of a difference the right guidance can make. That's what drives me, not just to explain the material, but to meet students where they are, and help them build confidence along the way. My teaching philosophy is centered around a low-pressure, high-engagement environment where students feel comfortable asking questions and exploring ideas. I use real-world examples, visual breakdowns, and active recall to reinforce understanding and make learning stick. I'm currently in my 4th year of medical school, so I have a certain love for Biology and other life sciences. It can be complex, but when taught the right way, it becomes incredibly intuitive and logical. I also thoroughly enjoy teaching SAT/ACT prep, as it also can be tricky for students to see through its complexity, but becomes much easier to find the objective when taught the right way, with the right tools.

Upon graduation from New York University (Philosophy), I taught the verbal section of the MCAT to prospective medical students in my home state of Virginia, after which I moved to New Orleans to teach Middle School Math and Science in low-income communities as an AmeriCorps member. I now tutor a broad range of subjects, specializing in standardized admissions tests through graduate levels. I am a firm proponent of education and its role in a fulfilling life. I try to impart this perspective to all of my students. Let's get to work!

What makes John effective for SAT prep is that he teaches both halves of the exam with equal fluency — his English and drama training sharpens his approach to passage analysis and evidence-based reading, while his math and physics background means he handles the algebra, data interpretation, and problem-solving sections without switching gears. He scored a 1420 on the SAT himself and holds a perfect 36 ACT composite, so he knows how standardized tests are constructed and where they try to trip students up. Rated 4.9 by students, he builds pacing and elimination strategies tailored to each section's specific traps.

Scoring a 1550 on the SAT while juggling a dual PhD/MD track at Northwestern says something about efficiency under pressure — Chelain knows how to maximize points per minute on both the math and evidence-based reading sections. She breaks down SAT questions by what they're actually testing (inference vs. command of evidence, heart-of-algebra vs. passport-to-advanced-math) so students stop second-guessing and start recognizing patterns. Rated 5.0 by students.

Nina's biostatistics training at Columbia and Northwestern means the SAT Math section — especially data analysis, scatterplot interpretation, and multi-step algebra — plays directly to her strengths. She scored a 1550 and knows how to teach the quantitative reasoning patterns that separate a good math score from a great one, while her experience with college essays and literature gives her practical tools for the Reading and Writing sections too.

Medical school demands the same skill the SAT rewards — extracting the right answer from dense, unfamiliar material under serious time pressure. Alex, who scored a 1590, teaches students to treat the Reading section like a data problem: find the claim, locate the evidence, eliminate what doesn't match. His chemical engineering training at Washington and Lee also means the math section's algebra and data analysis questions are territory he can break down cold.

Elliot's neuroscience PhD trained him to parse dense research passages and interpret statistical figures quickly — exactly the skills that drive scores up on the SAT's evidence-based reading and data-heavy math questions. He scored a 1540 on the SAT himself and builds test strategy around recognizing how the exam reuses the same question logic across sections. Rated 5.0 by students.

A 1560 SAT scorer with a Master's in Education from Harvard, Mimi brings a structured yet creative approach to test prep — particularly the evidence-based reading passages, where her art history and literary analysis background makes dissecting complex texts second nature. She teaches students to identify argument structure and eliminate trap answers systematically across both the reading and writing sections.

Second-year medical school at Baylor means Michelle lives in the world of high-stakes, timed exams — and she applies that same strategic discipline to SAT prep, where she scored a 1570. Her biochemistry training at Rice sharpens the data-interpretation and graph-reading questions on the Math section, while her science-heavy reading background translates into efficient passage analysis on the Evidence-Based Reading side.

Northwestern's Honors Program in Medical Education accepted Anna straight out of high school, which meant she had to master the kind of disciplined, high-stakes test-taking that the SAT demands — and her 1590 score reflects that. She teaches students to treat the math section's word problems as logic puzzles and coaches a systematic elimination approach on the Reading and Writing passages that cuts through ambiguity under time pressure.

Law school at the University of Chicago sharpened exactly the skills the SAT rewards — picking apart dense passages under time pressure, spotting logical gaps, and choosing precise language over vague alternatives. Elena pairs that training with a perfect 1600 SAT score and a tutoring approach built around listening to students reason through problems so she can pinpoint the specific assumptions or misreadings costing them points. Her government, Spanish, and legal background gives her unusually natural command of both the verbal and quantitative sides of the exam.

A 1400 SAT and a communication background give Logan a dual advantage: he knows the test's structure cold and can clearly articulate the reasoning behind every answer choice. His approach to the Reading and Writing sections leans heavily on argument analysis — identifying claims, evaluating evidence, and spotting the rhetorical moves that the College Board loves to test. Rated 5.0 by students, he also brings strong math fundamentals from his 36 ACT composite to shore up the quantitative side.