I am back in the United States, I work at Children's Defense Fund as the Youth Programs Associate. In my free time, I like to hike with my dog, read, and cook!

Scoring a 1570 SAT means David knows what it takes to move quickly through dense passages and pinpoint the evidence a question is actually asking for. He teaches a deliberate reading strategy for the SAT's passage types — literature, history, science — so students stop rereading and start eliminatin...

I am a graduate of Stanford University, where I received a BS in Cognitive Science and an MS in Computer Science. After graduation, I spent a summer in Palestine, where I taught web development, app development, and entrepreneurship to a cohort of overenthusiastic high school students; now, I've mov...

Most students lose SAT Reading points not because they can't read, but because they pick answers that sound right instead of answers supported by the passage. Vania, who earned a 1590 composite, teaches a disciplined evidence-matching approach — pairing every answer choice with a specific line or pa...

The SAT Reading science passages trip up students who try to understand the experiments instead of just tracking the author's argument — Jaya's genetics major means she can teach the difference, showing where to extract what the passage claims versus what the science actually involves. Her 1530 comp...

I'm more likely to give an answer quickly when a teacher asks a question if I have a habit of properly attuned instincts. So, if I want your confidence to grow, I need to redirect the water your instincts flow through to the proper conduits of careful thinking.

I am a rising senior at Pomona College, a small liberal arts college in California, majoring in Public Policy Analysis with a concentration in Economics and a minor in Mathematics. Born and raised just outside of Minneapolis, I am excited to be tutoring in the area. I've studied a variety of topics ...

Scoring 1500 on the SAT taught Marika that the Reading section rewards a specific kind of discipline: anchoring every answer to textual evidence rather than gut instinct. She breaks passages into argument structure, purpose, and tone, then teaches students to eliminate wrong answers systematically —...

Scoring 1560 on the SAT, Abbey knows that the Reading section rewards a very specific skill: finding the one answer choice fully supported by the passage rather than the one that sounds right. She walks students through evidence-pairing strategies and passage annotation techniques that make even den...

The SAT Reading section buries answers in passage structure — how an author shifts tone between paragraphs, or where evidence for an inference actually lives. Shrey teaches a deliberate annotation method that keeps students from re-reading the same paragraph three times, a strategy he refined throug...

Scoring 1580 on the SAT requires near-perfect reading comprehension under tight time pressure, and Edward knows exactly how to break down the passage types — literature, history, science, social science — so students stop rereading and start reading strategically. He teaches a question-first approac...

The SAT Reading section rewards a specific kind of discipline: answering based on what the passage actually says, not what seems reasonable. Cleo, who scored 1530 on the SAT, walks students through evidence-pairing questions and dual-passage comparisons with a method rooted in close reading and elim...

I'm Emma! I'm a rising senior Classics major at Carleton College in Northfield, MN. I study Latin, Ancient Greek, and the histories associated with the two languages. Outside of class, I'm an RA, and I spend 6-8 hours a week tutoring and teaching college access courses in a nearby high school. In th...

The SAT Reading section isn't really about reading — it's about finding evidence quickly and matching it to answer choices under strict time pressure. Broden, who scored a 1560 SAT, approaches each passage type (literature, history, science) with a different strategy, teaching students exactly where...