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John
BA University of St Thomas • AS American Academy of Dramatic Arts
16+ Years Tutoring

The SAT Reading section isn't really testing whether you understood the passage — it's testing whether you can find the specific lines that prove an answer choice right or wrong. John, who earned a 1420 SAT and teaches literature and reading across multiple levels, approaches each passage type differently: historical documents get one strategy, science passages another. His English and drama training sharpened the close-reading instincts that make evidence-based questions feel straightforward.

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Elena
BA Cornell University • Juris Doctor, Law University of Chicago Law School
1+ Years Tutoring

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 the text, a discipline that cuts down on the second-guessing that eats up time. Her own 1600 SAT composite speaks to how well this approach works.

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Michelle
MD Baylor College of Medicine • BA Rice University
1+ Years Tutoring

The SAT Reading section rewards a specific kind of discipline: finding answers that are directly supported by the passage, not the one that sounds right. Michelle, who scored a 1570 composite, walks students through evidence-pairing techniques and passage annotation methods that keep them grounded in the text. She's especially sharp on the science-based passages, given her biochemistry background.

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Alex
BA Washington and Lee University
6+ Years Tutoring

Medical school admissions forced Alex to master the MCAT's verbal reasoning section, which tests the same core skill as SAT Reading — tracking an author's argument through dense, unfamiliar prose and distinguishing what's stated from what's inferred. With a 1590 SAT composite and a chemical engineering background, he's especially sharp on the science passages, where students panic over technical vocabulary instead of following the straightforward logical structure underneath. Rated 4.8 by students.

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Chelain
PhD Thomas Jefferson University • BA Swarthmore College
10+ Years Tutoring

I am currently a resident physician at Northwestern Hospital.

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Nina
MS Columbia University • BA Northwestern University
10+ Years Tutoring

I am a recent graduate from a masters program in biostatistics at Columbia University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences, with a focus in neurobiology at Northwestern University. In August, I will be starting a doctoral program in biostatistics at NYU. I was a teaching assistant at Columbia University in my department and also have tutored graduate students and undergraduates privately as well. My primary areas of tutoring are math and statistics coursework in addition to math sections on standardized tests such as the GRE and GMAT. I am very passionate about helping students feel more confident and excited about math. In my spare time, I enjoy running, playing piano, and spending time with friends and family.

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Elliot
BA Hampshire College • Doctor of Philosophy, Neuroscience Vanderbilt University
9+ Years Tutoring

Scoring 1540 on the SAT, Elliot knows the Reading section rewards a specific kind of discipline: answering from the text, not from intuition. He teaches students to locate concrete textual evidence before even looking at the answer choices, a method that's especially effective on the paired-passage and science-based reading sets. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Anna
BA Northwestern University • Graduated (Honors Program in Medical Education) Northwestern University
8+ Years Tutoring

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 Jersey, a selective, application-based magnet school, for high school.

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Mimi
MS Harvard University • BA Dartmouth College
6+ Years Tutoring

I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all subjects, I take a creative, inquiry-based and learner-centered approach, designing opportunities for each unique individual to meet their learning goals.

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Kiersten
BA University
1+ Years Tutoring

The SAT Reading section isn't really about reading — it's about quickly identifying what the passage is doing and finding the one answer choice supported by specific lines of text. As a screenwriting major at USC who dissects written arguments daily, Kiersten teaches students to read for structure and evidence rather than getting lost in dense historical or scientific passages. Her 1550 SAT score speaks to how well that approach works in practice.

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Joey
BA Columbia University in the City of New York
9+ Years Tutoring

I am a graduate of Columbia University with a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts. I taught math and essay writing to my peers in high school and college, and have tutored a close friend in her mathematics courses since junior year of high school. I am most comfortable and passionate about tutoring SAT prep, particularly the Math section and subject tests. I believe in supporting and encouraging my students and making material as accessible as possible, breaking down what may be difficult subject matter into terms and concepts that they already understand. I firmly believe in the potential of every student to grasp material that they may think is out of reach, and aim to reduce the stress factor of studying as much as possible. Outside of tutoring, I am a professional actor and playwright, and in my free time (a rare, mystical thing these days) I enjoy playing guitar and mandolin, practicing yoga, and my PS4.

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Sherry
BA University of Chicago
10+ Years Tutoring

Scoring a perfect 1600 on the SAT means Sherry knows exactly what the Reading section rewards: identifying how authors build arguments, tracking shifts in tone, and using evidence from the passage — not outside knowledge — to justify answers. Her linguistics degree sharpens that skill further, since she's trained to analyze how language structures meaning. Students working with her learn to read strategically under time pressure rather than re-reading entire passages.

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Emily
MS Yale University • MS Yale School of Public Health
9+ Years Tutoring

I am a Yale graduate with over 8 years experience tutoring students from a variety of backgrounds. I recently graduated from the Yale School of Public Health with a MPH concentrating in Epidemiology and Global Health. I also received my B.S. from Yale with a double major in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and French. I have experience both leading group classes and working with students one on one. I will respond to a student's strengths, weaknesses, and learning style in order to help them succeed and make the most of our time together. I earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT, 2280 on the SAT, and qualified as a National Merit Scholar on the PSAT. I look forward to working with you!

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Nishad
BA Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
1+ Years Tutoring

Scoring a 1580 on the SAT meant Nishad had to master the Reading section's trickiest question types — inference pairs, command of evidence, and passages dense with historical rhetoric. He teaches students to identify what each question is actually asking before they even look at the answer choices, a habit that eliminates the "down to two" guessing trap. His approach turns the Reading section into a systematic process rather than a subjective one.

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Austin
BA University of Notre Dame
15+ Years Tutoring

Three degrees in Classics, Philosophy, and a 1570 SAT composite mean Austin has logged thousands of hours doing exactly what this section rewards — reading slowly, tracking an author's logical structure, and refusing to let ambiguous phrasing slide. Philosophy trained him to distinguish what a passage actually states from what it merely suggests, which is the skill that separates a 700 from a 750+ on the trickiest inference and paired-evidence questions. His Latin background also gives him an unusual advantage on vocabulary-in-context items, where recognizing roots and etymological precision often points straight to the correct answer.

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Edward
BA University
1+ Years Tutoring

The SAT Reading section rewards a specific skill: finding the answer that's directly supported by the text, even when another choice sounds more sophisticated. Edward earned a 1520 SAT composite and applies a structured, evidence-first approach to each passage type — whether it's a historical document, a science excerpt, or paired passages. He walks students through how to annotate efficiently and eliminate wrong answers with confidence rather than guesswork.

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Phillip
BA Brown University
6+ Years Tutoring

I'm a rising junior at Brown University studying biomedical engineering. I have lots of experience in middle school through college level instruction in STEM and SAT/ACT prep. My goal is to provide a fun and productive learning environment by only teaching subjects that I am passionate about.

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Peter
BA Georgetown University
9+ Years Tutoring

Scoring 1580 on the SAT gave Peter a sharp sense of what the Reading section actually tests — not whether you understood the passage, but whether you can find the specific line that proves your answer. He teaches students to eliminate trap choices by treating every question like a scavenger hunt for textual evidence, a method that turns even dense historical passages into manageable puzzles.

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Miranda
BA Pomona College
1+ Years Tutoring

Studying religion and philosophy at Pomona College is essentially a four-year exercise in close reading — pulling apart ancient and modern texts where every word carries weight and arguments hinge on subtle distinctions. Miranda brings that interpretive discipline to the SAT Reading section's trickiest question types, particularly the inference and purpose questions where students need to distinguish what an author states from what they merely suggest. Her 1560 composite and 5.0 rating back up the approach.

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Violet
BA Brown University (transferring from the University of St Andrews)
1+ Years Tutoring

The SAT Reading section rewards a specific kind of attention — knowing when the answer is buried in a subordinate clause versus when it requires synthesizing across paragraphs. Violet scored a 1550 composite and breaks each passage type (literature, history, science) into its own reading strategy so students stop second-guessing between those last two answer choices. Her approach turns the evidence-based question pairs into a reliable point source rather than a guessing game.

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Dennis
BA New York University
1+ Years Tutoring

I am currently attending New York University where I am pursuing a degree in Finance and Statistics. I have previous experience tutoring individuals in math, a subject I have always excelled at academically. My knowledge and interest in mathematics, makes it easy for me to frame and deconstruct seemingly complicated concepts and theories in ways students will be able to understand and remember. Outside of academia I enjoy playing tennis, going to movies, and spending time with friends and family.

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Logan
MS The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary • BA University of Kentucky
6+ Years Tutoring

I'm eager to teach students how to make connections and understand any part of the world they need!

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Perry
BA Rice University
4+ Years Tutoring

I am an incoming medical student at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. I graduated from Rice University in 2025 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with minors in Medical Humanities and Business.

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Eric
BA University of Michigan
1+ Years Tutoring

Most students lose SAT Reading points not because they can't read, but because they pick answers that sound right instead of answers the passage actually supports. Eric, who scored a 1570 SAT and reads voraciously in his spare time, teaches a concrete evidence-matching method: find the claim, locate the lines, eliminate what the text doesn't say. It's a disciplined approach that works across fiction, history, and science passages alike.

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Tracy
BA University of Pennsylvania
6+ Years Tutoring

Most students lose SAT Reading points not because they can't read, but because they second-guess themselves on evidence-pairing questions — picking an answer that feels right instead of one the text actually supports. Tracy's economics training, which demands extracting precise claims from data-heavy passages, gives her a no-nonsense approach to the science and social science excerpts where students tend to over-interpret. Her 1540 composite and 4.9 student rating back up that approach.

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Eric
BA Ohio University-Main Campus
1+ Years Tutoring

I'm a recent college graduate with degrees in Biological Sciences and Russian from Ohio University. During my time there, I tutored students in a variety of subjects, including biology, chemistry, and Spanish. In addition, I worked as both a peer advisor and teaching assistant, which gives me insight into the learning strategies and study skills that students need to succeed. As a tutor, I like to focus on doing actual problems with students because it is the most effective way to immediately identify their strengths and weaknesses and to address them. In my free time, I like to lift weights, read books, and spend time with my friends.

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William
BA Boston University
14+ Years Tutoring

I'm not tutoring, I love walking through New York for design inspiration and taking carpentry, metalworking, and illustration classes.

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Won
BA Williams College
1+ Years Tutoring

The SAT Reading passages that trip students up most — the science excerpts loaded with technical jargon — play to Won's strengths as a chemistry major who's been accepted to medical school and reads dense scientific literature daily. With a 1560 composite, he teaches students to stop treating those passages as science problems and start treating them as argument maps, tracking where the author's claim lives and which lines actually support it. That same structural approach carries over to the history and social science passages, where he shows how to strip away unfamiliar language and zero in on what the text states versus what it implies.

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Enrico
BA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6+ Years Tutoring

I am in my second year at MIT studying mathematics, and I am currently doing a research project in Spectral Graph Theory. I have been a tutor since my junior year in high school, and I enjoy teaching all levels of math; everything from pre-algebra through calculus and linear algebra! I focus primarily on making sure that the definitions and processes given in class make intuitive sense, so that math can begin to feel like second nature.

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Delon
BA CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
10+ Years Tutoring

I am in the process of selecting a masters program in education that will begin this summer. I have 2 years experience doing 1 on 1 tutoring and it is very effective compared to classroom teaching because there is only one student to focus on. I look forward to working with you and helping you or your child get better. Always remember, even the best of us need help and support from others to be successful.

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Vansh
BA Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
9+ Years Tutoring

I am currently pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I am also a graduate of the high school International Baccalaureate Program. I have informal experience tutoring high school physics, but am most passionate about tutoring students for the ACT standardized test, having had extensive experience preparing for standardized tests throughout high school. I am eager to aid students in boosting their scores before their upcoming college applications, an important milestone in many students' lives. In my free time, I also enjoy playing tennis.

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Daniela
Current Undergrad Student, English Columbia University in the City of New York
9+ Years Tutoring

Every SAT Reading question has its answer somewhere in the passage, but finding it under time pressure requires a deliberate strategy. Daniela, who earned a 1560 SAT composite, walks students through how to handle paired evidence questions, vocabulary-in-context traps, and the data interpretation sets that catch humanities-minded test-takers off guard.

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Vivian
BA Yale University
5+ Years Tutoring

The SAT Reading section rewards a specific kind of discipline: answering from the text, not from instinct. Vivian, who scored a 1530 composite, teaches students to locate textual evidence before even looking at answer choices — a habit that eliminates the "I was stuck between two options" problem. Her English and history background makes her especially effective with the paired-passage and historical-document questions.

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Cassandra
BA Harvard University
1+ Years Tutoring

Comparative literature programs train you to do one thing relentlessly — read a passage, figure out exactly what the author is doing with language, and defend that reading with textual evidence. Cassandra's degree in comp lit from that tradition, paired with a perfect 1600 SAT composite, means she tackles the Reading section the way she'd tackle a close reading of Borges or Calvino: tracking structure, tone shifts, and how an author's word choices quietly steer the argument. She's especially sharp on the literature and paired-passage sets, where students who read casually get punished for missing subtle moves in the text.

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Rhea
BA University of Chicago
6+ Years Tutoring

Scoring a 1550 SAT composite while carrying a full pre-med course load at UChicago means Rhea knows how to read fast and accurately under pressure — the exact demand of the Reading section's timed passage sets. She's especially sharp on the science passages, where her biology and chemistry background lets her cut through technical jargon that trips up students who try to understand the experiment instead of just tracking the author's argument. Rated 4.8 by students.

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Maggie
BA Yale University
1+ Years Tutoring

The SAT Reading section rewards a very specific skill: finding the one answer choice that's directly supported by the passage, even when two others look tempting. Maggie scored a 1600 composite and developed a systematic approach to evidence-based questions and paired passages that eliminates guesswork. She walks students through how to annotate efficiently and match claims to textual proof under time pressure.

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Jamie
BA PENN. STATE University • Doctor of Medicine, MD Program Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University
1+ Years Tutoring

The SAT Reading section isn't really about reading — it's about finding evidence fast and resisting answer choices designed to sound right. Jamie earned a 1550 composite and treats each passage type (historical document, science summary, literary excerpt) as its own mini-strategy, teaching students exactly where to look for supported answers. That structured approach replaces the gut-feeling guessing that keeps scores stuck.

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David
BA University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
6+ Years Tutoring

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 eliminating wrong answers with confidence. Each session includes timed practice with immediate feedback on reasoning, not just answer choice.

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Evan
BA Centre College
1+ Years Tutoring

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Sydney
BA Carnegie Mellon University
8+ Years Tutoring

Creative writing workshops at Carnegie Mellon — where Sydney earned induction into Sigma Tau Delta, the English honors society — are essentially reverse-engineering exercises: you learn to build arguments and narratives by first learning to take them apart at the sentence level. That skill transfers directly to SAT Reading's command-of-evidence and author-purpose questions, where spotting how a passage is constructed matters more than speed-reading it. Her 1600 SAT composite backs up the close-reading instincts she brings to every passage type.

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