SAT Preparation

The test might be standardized, but tutoring doesn't have to be. We customize our programs because no student is average.

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Process

Ready to tackle standardized testing?

Every student is different. That’s why we emphasize a rigorous yet tailored approach to the SAT.

1

Assess whether the SAT is part of your college process

Whether or not to take the SAT really depends on the student. Some opt to take the ACT instead, while others decide to apply only to schools that have dropped SAT and ACT requirements altogether. We're happy to help you troubleshoot this question.
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2

Determine when you need to take the test

The SAT is administered several times annually, and most students take the exam during the spring of their junior year. We advise our clients to start studying in the summer before their junior years. That way, that they can aim for a test date in the fall and/or winter of their junior years, freeing themselves to concentrate on academics in the critical spring semester.

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3

Familiarize yourself with the format of the exam and official resources

The SAT is administered in-person at official test centers and consists of three sections: Reading, Writing and Language, and Math. Total testing time clocks in at 180 minutes, not including breaks. 

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Establish a baseline on a previously administered test

We highly recommend taking a full-length official practice exam as your diagnostic: Test 1 out of the College Board’s Official SAT Study Guide is a great place to start. Logging your wrong answers from this diagnostic is helpful in beginning to identify your strengths and weaknesses.

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Create a preparation plan

The SAT is highly coachable, patterned, and predictable. Familiarity through repetition leads to dramatically superior outcomes on the SAT. We recommend a minimum of 16 one-on-one tutoring sessions to cover the entirety of the test. Most of our students space these sessions out over the course of two to four months in our Comprehensive Package.

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Start tutoring, and later practice testing

You’ll meet with your tutor regularly (ideally, at least once/week), complete homework in between sessions, and take practice tests. Practice tests are the best way to measure how well you’re applying the methods you’re learning in tutoring sessions, and to gauge the progress of your score.

Tutor spotlight

We are a cooperative of thinkers––physicists, historians, computer scientists, economists, literary critics, lawyers, linguists, biologists, poets, mathematicians, and so many more--who provide exceptional one-on-one tutoring and academic support to our students.

Meet everyone

We are a cooperative of thinkers––physicists, historians, computer scientists, economists, literary critics, lawyers, linguists, biologists, poets, mathematicians, and so many more--who provide exceptional one-on-one tutoring and academic support to our students.

Terry

Terry holds a BA in English and French (Amherst), and an MPhil in European Literature & Culture (University of Cambridge). He holds a PhD in French Language and Literature from NYU and currently teaches at Vassar.

Jimmy

Jimmy is a PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy at Harvard. He holds a JD (Harvard) and BA in English and Social Studies (Harvard). Currently, he is a Lecturer on Law at UCLA Law and a pro bono attorney.

Colleen

Colleen earned a PhD and MA from Harvard University in History, an MA in Modern European History from St Andrews, and a BA in History and Art History from University of Notre Dame. Currently, she is a researcher at Johns Hopkins.

Graham V.

Graham holds an MD (Vanderbilt University Medical School) and MBA (Harvard Business School). He earned his BS from MIT in Materials Science & Engineering. Currently, he is an Emergency Medicine Resident at Vanderbilt Medical Center.

Ezra

After Ezra graduated from Harvard with a BA in Social Studies, he received the Trustman Traveling Fellowship and went to Peru to study the Chinese diaspora. He is now the Artist-in-Residence at the Signet Society at Harvard.

Joyce

Joyce is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School. She also graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Anthropology from Harvard, where her thesis won the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize.

Bassel

Bassel received an MS in Civil Engineering from MIT and a BS in Engineering from Harvard. He has taught college courses on topics ranging from probability and statistics to modern history.

Jonathan W.

Jonathan is an MPA student at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. He earned his Bachelor's from Tufts University, where he double-majored in Politcal Science and Economics.

Grace

Grace is a dental student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She graduated from Duke University with honors and a double major in Biology and Global Health.

Julia P.

Julia holds a BA from Princeton University in English Literature, with certificates in Theater and Music Theater. Her thesis won the Alan Downer prize for research in English and drama. Currently, she works in theatrical costuming.

Aditya K.

Aditya is a PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois. He received his BS in Computer Science and Applied Computational Mathematics from CalTech and MS in Computational Science and Engineering from Harvard.

Di

Di is an MBA student at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and has deferred admission to Harvard Law School. He received his BS in Mathematics, and BAs in Economics and Statistics at the University of Chicago.

Harish

Harish is a JD candidate at Harvard Law School. Previously, he worked for Bain & Company as a consultant. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Southern California, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Daniel Pa.

Dan is a PhD student in Mathematics at Ohio State University. He attended Bard College and graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Mathematics and a minor in Physics.

Troy

Troy graduated from Yale with a BA in Ethics, Politics, and Economics. After serving in Teach for America, he attended Harvard Law. Currently, Troy works for an education technology startup focused on preparing students for college.

Mihir

Mihir is an MD student at Harvard Medical School. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Betta Kappa with a Bachelor's in Biochemistry and Master's in Chemistry from UPenn.

Alexander V.

Alex earned his Master's in Musicology from Oxford University and his Bachelor's, with a double major in in Mathematics and Music, from Harvard University. He has been tutoring students for over eight years.

Priyanka N.

Priyanka attended Harvard College for her undergraduate education and Weill Cornell Medical College for her medical education. She recently moved back to Boston, MA to begin her pediatrics residency at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center.

Calvin R.

Calvin holds a BS in Biochemistry from Georgia Tech and a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He is now a PhD candidate in Biology at Johns Hopkins.

Nikki F.

Nikki holds a BS and MS in Chemistry from Yale, where she graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and with the Werner Bergmann Prize, awarded annually to the outstanding senior in the chemistry department. After earning her MD at the Icahn School of Medicine, she is now a pediatrics resident in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center.

Joy

Joy is an MD/PhD candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She earned a BS (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology) and BA (Anthropology) from Brown, and completed a postbacc fellowship at the National Cancer Institute.

Sam M.

Sam graduated with honors from Middlebury with a BA in English and a minor in Spanish. He went on to work in the film and tech industries for over a decade. Sam now specializes in private academic tutoring and exam prep.

Natalia Ic.

Natalia received her BA in History from the City College of New York. She went on to earn a Master's of Science in General and Special Childhood Education at the Bank Street College of Education.

Tess D.

Tess earned her BA in Psychology at Harvard College. After a few years working in entertainment, she's now pursuing a Master's in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University's Teachers College.

Sam D

Sam holds a BS in Physics (Cornell) and a PhD in Physics (Harvard). He's now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, studying physical systems and machine learning applications.

Justin C.

Justin graduated from Yale Law School in May 2023 and is now working for the federal judiciary. He previously graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018, where he double majored in Peace, War, and Defense and Economics, graduating with highest distinction and highest honors for his thesis on the effects of superhero movies on individual political views.

Eric M

Eric graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory with a BA in Hispanic Studies and BM in Composition. He then received an MA in Teaching at Boston University, where he was awarded the Future Language Educator Scholarship.

Gus

Gus is a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University and is currently completing a doctoral internship at UCLA, conducting psychological research using experimental and survey methods. At Columbia, he served as the doctoral student leader of the Internet, Disclosure & Psychotherapy Lab.

Liam B.

Liam holds a BS from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. After graduating, he accepted a leadership development role within the healthcare sector of CVS.

Sophia Ro.

Sophia holds a BA in English (Williams College) and an MS in Education from Johns Hopkins. After serving as a Princeton in Asia Fellow, she taught English in Baltimore Public Schools for four years.

Cristian Y.

Cristian majored in Human Biology and Society, and minored in Global Health at UCLA. He taught Chemistry at Crenshaw High via Teach for America, receiving his teaching credential from Loyola Marymount University. He is currently an Anthropology MD-PhD student at UCLA.

Justin T.

Justin earned his BS in Bioengineering with a concentration in Engineering Design at Rice University. He participated in the FlexMed program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai before pursuing his MD at Mount Sinai.

Hollis P.

Hollis holds a BA in Rhetoric and a BS in Environmental Economics and Policy from UC Berkeley. He is presently an MA Candidate in Architecture at Harvard University.

Ryan R.

Ryan graduated from Yale College with honors in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and completed the Multidisciplinary Academic Program in Global Health. He is currently a student at Harvard Medical School, and hopes to pursue a career in infectious diseases.

Nick S.

Nick graduated from Columbia University with degrees in English and Economics. He next earned a teaching certificate and moved to Barcelona to teach English. Since 2003, he’s been teaching all over the world, usually spending winters in Berlin and summers in Barcelona.

Noah S.

Noah graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from West Point. He next studied in the Space Propulsion Laboratory at MIT, receiving a Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics. His work to design and test plasma thrusters for nano-satellites forms the basis of a currently pending patent.

Samantha H.

Samantha attended Stanford University, where she explored the role of synaptic proteins in visual system development for her honors thesis research. She graduated with a BS in Biology conferred with honors and with distinction. She is currently pursuing a combined MD/PhD at Harvard Medical School and MIT in the Health Sciences and Technology program.

Sunny

Sunny is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she spent seven years researching neurodegenerative diseases. Notably, she was a part of a group studying cell replacement therapy for Parkinson’s disease which, in 2021, entered a Phase I clinical trial for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease

Eddy Y.

Eddy graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and a minor in Marketing/Psychology. Eddy went on to get his teaching certification in secondary mathematics from Penn’s Graduate School of Education and currently works as a middle and high school math teacher in South Philadelphia.

Paige B.

Paige is a research associate at Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work. She earned her MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management and her bachelor’s in Materials Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Camille

Camille attended UChicago to earn her BA in Psychology and Economics. She's currently pursuing a dual Master in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School and Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business.

Marta

Marta is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Prior to matriculating at Harvard, Marta headed to Bonn, Germany as a Fulbright scholar. There, she conducted research related to Parkinson's disease and expanded her German language skills.

Samantha F.

Samantha graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a BS in Human Biology, Health & Society and a minor in Education. After obtaining her Master in Medical Education at the University of Nottingham as a Fulbright Scholar, she is now an MD Candidate at NYU.

Xavier

Xavier graduated from Yale College in 2019 with a BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. He went on to earn his PhD in Neuroscience from Columbia University, where he worked at the intersection of organic chemistry and pharmacology. Currently, Xavier is a scientist at Alpha Genesis, Inc., the largest primate breeding and research facility in the United States, where he advances biomedical research through pre-clinical trials and collaborations with pharmaceutical companies and academic research labs.

Valerie A.

Valerie completed her BS in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. She then completed her MS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. She is now a mechanical engineer in the nuclear power industry.

Mary S.

Mary is a resident physician in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and an incoming Stanford dermatology resident. She received her MD degree from Yale School of Medicine and her BS in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Yale University.

Eleanor S.

Eleanor is an MBA/Masters in Computer Science dual degree candidate at the University of Chicago/Booth School of Business. Previously, she received her Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.

Matthew S.

Matthew attended Emory University, where he majored in English and Creative Writing and won several student film awards. He currently works in the film industry.

Diane H.

Diane is a MD/MS candidate at Columbia University, where she has recently published a first author manuscript in cardiothoracic surgery research. Previously, she studied Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

Sam C.

Sam holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from Princeton University and an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She currently works at Frederick Oster Fine Violins, where she repairs, appraises, and sells fine and rare instruments.

Iggy

Iggy majored in Mathematical Sciences at West Point. He now studies machine learning and applied mathematical techniques at MIT, working at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory to develop algorithms that predict the impact of cyber-attacks on national defense systems.

Nic

Nic found graduated from Princeton University in 2018 with a degree in Molecular Biology and Creative Writing, cum laude. Then, Nic completed a research year at Princeton Neuroscience Institute prior to starting at Harvard Medical School, where they are currently an MD candidate. They have received Harvard’s Presidential Public Service Scholarship and the REACH Scholarship.

Katherine T.

Katherine graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College with a major in Computer Science modified with Film and Media Studies and a minor in Theater - a mouthful! Upon graduation, she accepted a role as Engineering Analyst at Accenture. 

Emily V.

Emily is a PhD candidate at Harvard University in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. Currently, she is being funded by the National Science Foundation to research conditions in which the gut microbiome may behave in a way that is adaptive to the host. Prior to graduate school, Emily graduated from Harvard College cum laude with a degree in Human Evolutionary Biology and minor in Chemistry.

Tarika

Tarika graduated with dual degrees in Philosophy and Biochemistry from The University of Texas at Austin. She then spent a year as a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic Biomedical Ethics Research Program in Rochester, Minnesota before moving to Boston to pursue her MD at Harvard Medical School.

Layla

Layla is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Writing Seminars and a minor in Islamic Studies. Her post-grad fellowship conducting ovarian cancer research at the National Center for Advancing Translational Science culminated in her choice to pursue a career in medicine.

Yael

Yael earned a BA in Math and the History of Art and Architecture from Harvard College (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). In her senior year of college, she began the Harvard Teacher Fellows Program, through which she earned a Masters of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Nicholas C.

Nicholas he earned bachelors’ degrees in both Computational Physics and Mechanical Engineering at Rice University. He is now pursuing his Master’s in Medical Physics at Columbia University, with which he hopes to pursue radiation therapy for treatment of cancer patients.

Akhil

Akhil holds a BA and MA in Political Science from Yale University. He is currently pursuing his MS in Comparative Social Policy from the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar. Following his time in Oxford, he will begin studying for his JD at Yale Law School.

Anna Tw.

Anna holds an MFA in Acting from the Shakespeare Theatre Company/George Washington University and an MA in Acting from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Previously, she earned her BA in Creative Writing from Stanford University.

Michael T.

Michael is a current JD Candidate at Harvard Law School. He previously graduated from Brown University with BA degrees in Economics and International Relations (magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa).

Lauren Q.

Lauren is pursuing her DMD at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. She previously he graduated cum laude with a BS in Psychology and Neuroscience from Yale, where she also received a certificate of advanced language study in Spanish.

Jason L.

Jason is an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. Previously, he conducted research as a Fulbright Fellow in China, and graduated with honors from Stanford University, where he earned his BS in Human Biology.

Dana

Dana earned her bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in Political Science and Economics, graduating cum laude. She continued to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies to earn her master’s degree in International Relations and Economics, where she graduated with high distinction and served as a teaching assistant for Theories of International Relations.

Andrew St.

Andrew received a BA from Columbia University, where he graduated magna cum laude and double majored in American Studies and English. After earning his MFA in Poetry at Brooklyn College, Andrew is now an adjunct lecturer at CUNY.

Alex P.

Alex graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2022 with a degree in Biological Engineering and a minor in Science, Technology, and Society studies. She is now completing a PhD in Biophysics at Harvard University.

Ed P.

Edward holds a JD from Columbia Law School and a MAT in 7-12 Math Education. Previously, he graduated magna cum laude from Boston University. He is currently a high school math teacher in New York City.

Alex W.

Alex graduated from UCLA with a degree in Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology. She's currently a National Health Service Corps Scholar at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM).

Kaitlyn L.

Kaitlyn played D1 softball at Stanford, where she majored in Computer Science (3.8/4.0 GPA). Presently, she is an MD-PhD student at Harvard working on her PhD in Bioinformatics.

Farita

Farita earned her BS in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her MS in Biomedical Engineering at the MIT Media Lab. She is now a PhD Candidate working on the Theoretical Physics of Living Systems at the MIT Media Lab.

Angela R.

Angela attended Duke University, double majoring in Global Health and Biology with a Chemistry minor; she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She is pursuing her interests in health in the MD program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Siva

A first-generation US college student, Siva studied Mathematics and Molecular/Cellular Biology at Harvard College, graduating in three years with highest honors in field and Phi Beta Kappa distinction. He is now a MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.

Alexandra K.

Alexandra graduated from Caltech with a BS in Physics in 2022, where she worked with four diverse research groups in four years. Alexandra is now a PhD student and NSF GRFP Fellow at the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science.

Ritvik

Ritvik graduated with a BSE from the University of Michigan, majoring in Biomedical Engineering and minoring in Computer Science. He has been accepted to and will be attending either Johns Hopkins School of Medicine or Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Olivia M.

Olivia is a 2016 graduate of Harvard University (cum laude) in English and Mind/Brain/Behavior. She also holds a Master of Studies in English (1900-present) from St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford (2017). Olivia works as both a professional tutor and theatre director in the UK.

Tim Z.

Tim is a PhD Candidate in Physics at MIT. He studied Mathematics, Physics, and Economics at Vanderbilt University, where he received the Underwood Award for the most promising senior in physics, earned highest honors for his thesis, and graduated cum laude.

James Pa.

James graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University, majoring in Biology and minoring in Portuguese. He is now pursuing his MD at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Yurigrace

Yuri-Grace is presently a Clinical Science PhD Candidate & NSF GRFP fellow at Harvard University. Originally from Peachtree City, GA, she graduated from Harvard College in 2021 with a BA in Psychology (highest honors) and a secondary in Classics.

Sam H.

Sam graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Literature. She has professional experience working as a paralegal and a classroom English teacher. She is now pursuing her JD at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sanjana K.

Sanjana graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan with a major in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and minors in Music and the Sociology of Health & Medicine. She is now pursuing her MD at the University of Michigan.

Jinoh

Jinoh attended Columbia University, where he graduated with a Neuroscience and Behavior major with a 3.8 GPA and departmental honors. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Neurobiology at Harvard.

Sonya C.

Sonya is presently an MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School. A published fiction writer and Presidential Scholar graduate of Cornell University, she holds a BS in Applied Economics with a minor in Creative Writing.

Alice H.

Alice holds a BA in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Communication Design from Northumbria University (Fulbright Scholar). She will next attend the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she will obtain her Master's in Design Studies.

Alexa Z.

Alexa graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies and a secondary degree in Psychology. She earned high departmental honors in Social Studies, and her thesis on political myths, critical theory, and female social mobility received magna distinction.

Nate O.

Nate attended Harvard College before completing a five-year Fellowship appointment in the Harvard Department of Philosophy, where he developed a research-backed method of teaching logical reasoning skills to high school and college students.

Patrick L.

Patrick is a recent JD graduate from Yale Law School. He previously received his BA in Economics from the University of Chicago and now works as a Trial Attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.

Diane J.

Diane studied history at Yale College, focusing on the acceptance of western medicine in East Asia. After working at a boutique consulting firm in New York, she went on to earn her MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Alena

Alena studied electrical engineering at Stanford. After graduation, she worked for a cybersecurity startup before spending four years at Google as a software engineer.

Jack S.

Jack graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Government. He completed coursework for an MPhil in Political and Economic Sociology at the University of Cambridge, which he attended as the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar. Jack is also a graduate of the Marine Corps Officer Candidates School.

Anupam

Anupam graduated at the top of his law school at King’s College London with First Class Honors. Since graduating from King’s, he has worked as a Growth Lead in the tech, finance, and film industries. He is now beginning an MPhil in Economics at the University of Cambridge.

Denisse

Denisse graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Physics. After her gap year, she will start a PhD in MIT's Nuclear Science and Engineering Department.

Claire H.

Claire holds a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Bowdoin College. After working in a pediatric oncology research lab at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, she is now pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Science at the University of California San Francisco.

Alex H.

Alex is currently pursuing a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at MIT. She previously earned her BS in Chemistry at CalTech, where she was recognized with the Merck Index Award.

Jesse

Jesse holds a BA in History from Columbia, where he was a Navab Fellow, Solomon & Seymour Fisher Civil Liberties Fellow, and Benjamin F. and Bernice Block Scholar. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Theatre Acting at Columbia.

Torrin

Torrin triple majored at Oberlin College in Music Composition, Horn Performance, and Mathematics. He holds a Master's from the Manhattan School of Music and recently completed an additional Master's degree from the Yale School of Music.

Leon

Leon graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College. He is currently pursuing his JD at Harvard Law School, where he serves as Treasurer of the Harvard Association of Law and Business and the pre-law Resident Tutor of Mather House.

Tom S.

Tom earned master’s degrees in economics and statistics from the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. Previously, he completed four undergraduate degrees in mathematics, economics, statistics, and philosophy at Indiana University.

Liam T.

Liam graduated from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude with three majors in Physics, Biophysics, and Biochemistry. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Physics, he is now a PhD Candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University.

Albert A.

Albert holds an MPhil in Economics from Oxford, an MFA in Fiction from NYU, and a PhD, focused on the theory of comedy, from the University of New South Wales. He is a published novelist and a playwright.

Erica S.

Erica attended Stanford University, where she majored in International Relations and double minored in Economics and Modern Languages (French and Arabic). As a Marshall Scholar, she completed an MA in Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS University of London and an MA in Conflict Resolution at King’s College London.

Hanil

Han graduated summa cum laude with highest honors from Brandeis University, earning a BS in Neuroscience and Biology. He's presently an MD candidate at Tufts University.

Eric J.

Eric attended Harvard, concentrating in Environmental Science & Engineering with a Government secondary (cum laude). He is now a JD Candidate at Yale Law School, where he focuses on Energy & Environmental Law, Tax, and Data Privacy.

Aarthi

Aarthi attended Yale University, graduating magna cum laude with a BS and MS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. She is currently pursuing her MD in the joint Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program.

Jackson C.

Jack studied Physics and Philosophy at Yale, graduating with distinction in the major, magna cum laude, and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He is now a PhD Candidate in Physics at the University of Washington.

Maryam

Maryam graduated summa cum laude with a BA in History and a Minor in Arabic from Princeton. After her Master’s in Early Modern European History at Oxford, she went on to pursue her PhD in in History and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard. She is now an Assistant Professor of History at Wesleyan University, where she teaches the history of the Middle East.

Mary M.

Mary accepted a full-ride scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, where she graduated summa cum laude with degrees in Biology and Spanish. She is currently pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School, where she is learning about the expansion of global surgery.

Marc

Marc is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of Chicago. Previously, he earned his MA in South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania on a full merit scholarship and his BA in Philosophy at Kalamazoo College.

Alex L.

Alex graduated summa cum laude from Duke University. She then took a year off to pursue research and clinical work before enrolling at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Alex is now a resident in otolaryngology at Oregon Health.

Corinne A.

Corinne is a student at Harvard Medical School in the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD program. Previously, she attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, from which she holds a degree in violin performance with minors in music history and chemistry in cooperation with Case Western Reserve University.

Lekhya

Lekhya imajored in Human Physiology at Boston University, where she graduated summa cum laude within three years, and was a member of the Sargent Honor Society. She is currently a first year medical student at Columbia Medical School.

Robert

Robert holds both a BA and MA in Chemistry from Harvard University. He is currently applying to PhD programs in the field. Robert’s research experience is in synthetic organic chemistry, specifically in the field of drug design.

Sarah H.

Sarah pursued her interest in the western European canon by studying the Great Books program at St. John’s College in Maryland. She then went on to receive her Master’s in Comparative Literature at Columbia, where she focused on the nineteenth-century European novel.

Ephraim

Ephraim graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, where he was selected as a Barry Goldwater Scholar, BP-ENDURE scholar, and regional finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. He is currently an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School.

Colin M.

Colin attended New York University, where he earned a BA in French (magna cum laude) and an MA in French Studies (cum laude). He then went on to study at Brooklyn College, where he received an MSEd (Special Education - summa cum laude). He is a former middle school special education teacher and department head in the New York City school system.

Yooni

Yooni graduated from Harvard College with a double concentration in computer science and psychology. She has interned primarily as a front-end developer at several companies.

Bowen

Bowen graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with a joint degree in computer science and statistics. Currently, he works as a researcher in AI for healthcare. He will start a PhD at Stanford in 2024.

Lauren K.

Lauren is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Chemistry. After studying Pharmacology at the University of Oxford as a US Rhodes Scholar, she is now pursuing an MPP at Oxford.

Juliet B.

Juliet is a PhD candidate in Biology at MIT. She also holds a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology with Honors from the University of California, Berkeley.

Matt Y.

Matt attended Rice University as a Trustee Distinguished Scholar, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Biosciences. He is now pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School.

Aaron A.

Aaron attend Harvard for undergrad, where he studied biology and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After Harvard, Aaron moved from one Cambridge to another, studying for a Master's in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge as a Harvard-Cambridge Fellow. Aaron is now pursuing an MD at Stanford University as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar.

Katie P.

Katie is an MS Candidate in Water Science, Policy, and Management at Oxford University. Previously, she graduated from Cambridge with an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development, and from Arizona State University, where she earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering, a BA in Global Health, and a minor in sustainability.

Ashvin

Ashvin earned his BA in Mathematics at Harvard, receiving early election to Phi Beta Kappa, graduating summa cum laude, and winning the David Mumford prize. He also holds a PhD in Mathematics from Princeton.

Kavya

Kavya graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College with a joint degree in Chemical & Physical Biology and Statistics. After earning his MPhil in Computational Biology at the University of Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar, he is now pursuing an MPP at the University of Oxford.

Reyanna

Reyanna holds a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Yale and an MSc in Development Studies from SOAS University of London. Currently, she works as a Research and Editorial Associate at The Institute For Policy Studies and its project site Inequality.org, producing insights on economic inequality and policy solutions.

Selene

Selene graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in Cognitive Science, concentrating in Computation and minoring in Computer Science and Chemistry. Since graduating, Selene has been working as a full-stack developer, but she will be resuming her medical journey in the fall as an accepted MD candidate.

Julia M.

Julia holds a BA in Economics (summa cum laude) from Harvard College. She is currently pursuing an MSc in Statistical Science at Oxford University.

Sophia Z.

Sophia attended Yale University, where she was a Global Health Scholar and studied Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health. Sophia is currently a student at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Adam T.

Adam holds a BA in Physics from Washington University in St. Louis (2013) and PhD in Physics from MIT (2024). He has worked as an engineer and data scientist.

Ben S.

Ben pursued a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and a Doctorate in Dental Surgery at the University of Michigan in a Dentist-Scientist Training Program (DSTP) supported by a fellowship from the federal government. He’s now pursuing a clinical residency in periodontal surgery at Harvard University.

Sonya G.

Sonya holds a BA in Biological Sciences and a BA in Russian from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MA in Regional Studies from Harvard. She's pursuing her MD at Stanford.

Shreyas

Shreyas is currently pursuing his MSc in Comparative Social Policy at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2023, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University with a BS in Statistics, a BA in Public Policy and a minor in chemistry.

Cynthia L.

Cynthia holds a BA in Public Policy from Brown. After graduation, she lived abroad in Madrid, Spain for two years pursuing a US Department of State Fulbright Scholarship and a Master’s degree in Marketing. She has worked in the NBA’s marketing department and now works at a sports agency in brand partnerships.

Meena

An avid problem solver, Meena earned national recognition for qualifying at age 16 for the USA Math Olympiad (USAMO). From there, she found her passion in teaching mathematics. Meena relishes breaking down a complex concept and celebrating the “aha” moment when everything clicks. She was on the mathematics faculty at Boston’s Commonwealth School, teaching advanced courses spanning calculus, statistics, and computer science. Meena earned her Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and her A.B. in computer science from Harvard College. Her approach combines patience with rigor, focusing on conceptual understanding over drilling and formulas.

Victor Od.

Victor double majored in Complex Systems and Mathematics at Cornell, where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He starts his PhD in Applied Math at Princeton in September 2024.

Ziad

Ziad earned a degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He is currently working at biotech startup Atias Pharma in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with plans to pursue his MD at the University of Pennsylvania next.

Marcus

Marcus holds a Master's in Liberal Studies from Columbia University. He previously graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota with a BA in American Studies.

Rebecca L.

Rebecca graduated from the highly selective joint 5-year BS/MPH program at Yale University with a BS in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) and an MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS). She graduated from Yale College summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Neetij

Neetij graduated from St. Olaf College with a major in Biology and a minor in Biochemistry. He developed a love of research as an NIH IRTA fellow and as a scholar within the Fulbright US Student program, and he is now pursuing an MD at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Jt

JT graduated magna cum laude from Yale with distinction in his major of Ethics, Politics, and Economics, alongside a certificate in Statistics and Data Science. Currently, he is a Master’s student at the University of Oxford studying Criminology and Criminal Justice on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Cecilia Y.

Cecilia graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2021 with a starred first-class degree in Classics, scoring the year’s highest mark on the Latin and Greek textual criticism exam and graduating third in her class. After obtaining her MPhil in Latin literature the following year, she won a scholarship to study at Harvard for as a Herchel-Smith fellow, an opportunity she used to study American history and English literature.

Rochelle

Rochelle graduated from Barnard College, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with a major in Neuroscience & Behavior. After working as a Research Assistant in Mount Sinai’s cardiovascular surgery department, she is now an MD Candidate at Columbia University.

Amy L.

Amy attended Wellesley College, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa pursuing a double major in Chemistry and German Studies. She is currently a dental student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM).

Andrew Y.

Andrew graduated cum laude from Harvard with a Bachelor of Science degree in Bioengineering, a minor in Neurobiology, and a language citation in Mandarin Chinese. He is now a third year student at Weill Cornell Medical College, and will pursue a Master's of Engineering in biomedical engineering before graduating from medical school.

Darrell

Darrell attended Purdue University, where she earned her BS in Physics, Mathematics, and Statistics and graduated with honors and Phi Beta Kappa. She is now a PhD candidate in Biophysics at Harvard University.

Akila

Akila graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College in 2023 with a degree in human developmental and regenerative biology and an English minor. She is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School.

Stoyan

Stoyan studied at Columbia University, where he was President’s Fellow for two consecutive years, graduating with an MA in Political Science with a focus on mathematical modeling. His research skills made him a top recruit for the Tokugawa Memorial Foundation, in Tokyo, Japan, where he worked on several projects related to American-Japanese relations.

Andrea T.

Andrea graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Biology and a minor in Biochemistry. She is now pursing an MD at Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in NYC.

Varun

Varun graduated from Princeton summa cum laude with a degree in neuroscience. He is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and will be graduating in 2025.

Amisha

Amisha studied Sociology and Economics at Harvard College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with Highest Honors. She is currently pursuing a two-year Master's in Political Theory at Oxford University, and will attend Yale Law School in the fall of 2025.

Anna H.

Anna is an Associate Professor of English at Boston University. She holds a PhD in English from Harvard and a BA in English from Yale.

Anchith

Anchith graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a dual major in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Social Policy Analysis. He is currently pursuing an MD at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jackie

Jackie graduated from Yale with a double major in History and Classical Civilizations. In November 2023, Jackie was selected as a Rhodes Scholar to pursue a graduate degree in the History of Art and Visual Culture at Oxford University.

Cole

Cole is a PhD student and Ella Pawling Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, studying observational cosmology by hunting for supernovae, dark matter, and gravitational wave events. He holds an MS in Physics from the University of Cambridge, and a BA in Physics and BS in Astrophysics from the University of Chicago.

Stephanie Mu.

Stephanie graduated magna cum laude with a BS in Biochemistry from the University of Notre Dame. She is now pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School.

Atharv

Atharv is currently pursuing his Master’s in Social Science of the Internet at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Prior to Oxford, he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where he received his BS in Foreign Service.

Nathaniel

Nathaniel earned a quadruple major in Biology, History, Political Science, and Applied Quantitative Science at Arizona State University as a Flinn Scholar, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He next earned his MS in Biological Sciences before pursuing his MPhil in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Jeremy E.

Jeremy holds a BA in History from Grinnell College, an MA in Urban Planning from UCLA, and an MA in Urban Planning from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). He is now working as a freelance consultant in urban development and as a journalist covering European politics.

Aaron Gr.

Aaron graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Music and Chemistry from Brown University. He is currently taking a year to pursue Public Health research and runs marathons at the competitive level, representing Austria at international races.

Rikhav

Rikhav holds a Bachelor’s in Mathematics from MIT. He is now working towards a PhD in Mathematics at UC Berkeley.

Lyndsey

Lyndsey graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology (summa cum laude, Goldwater Scholarship, Sophia Freund Prize). She is now pursuing a Master’s in Science in Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Chris H.

Chris attended Tufts University, where he double majored in Math and Philosophy. After working as a computational research assistant at the Stanford Cognitive Systems Neuroscience Lab and completing a PhD at the Harvard Vision Sciences Lab, Chris now works as an AI researcher at FAR labs.

Brendan S.

Brendan graduated summa cum laude from Notre Dame with a degree in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics. He is now a 2nd year medical student at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Blake

Blake holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Columbia University, an MA in Greek and Latin from UT Austin, an MA from Middlebury’s Bread Loaf School of English, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson’s MFA Program for Writers. He currently serves as English Department Chair at a small Los Angeles private high school.

Rhonda

Rhonda received her BS, MS, and PhD in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She moved east to teach, first at Tufts University, and then Bryn Mawr College, where she worked for over thirty years

David B.

David attended Penn State for his BS in Math and Economics, and MA in Economics. After spending one year each at Yale and Princeton as a research fellow, David began his PhD in Public Policy and Economics at Harvard.

Rishi

Rishi graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in Biochemistry from Bates College. He is now an MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School.

Jenne

Jenne completed a double major in history and mathematics, a senior thesis in European intellectual history, and a PhD dissertation at Princeton in the history of mathematics.

Justin H.

Justin is a graduate student in economics and Rhodes scholar at the University of Oxford. Previously, he earned his BS in Economics and BA in Applied Physics at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Rachel T.

Rachel graduated magna cum laude with high honors in American History & Literature and a citation in Mandarin Chinese from Harvard. She next attended Yale Law School, before becoming an attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts.

Suman

Suman earned his JD from Harvard Law School. He previously graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University. Suman is currently an attorney at a prominent trial-focused law firm in New York City.

Connor D.

Connor is a PhD Candidate in Molecular Biology at Princeton University. He previously received an MS from Princeton University in Molecular Biology and a BA from Williams College in Biology and Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience.

Dody

Dody graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in Economics from Harvard College and is currently pursuing an MBA on a full merit-based scholarship at the University of Notre Dame.

Erica L.

Erica majored in Biology and minored in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, graduating magna cum laude. Now, she is an MD/PhD candidate in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology.

Jenny Y.

Jenny majored in Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, graduating summa cum laude. She is currently an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School and has been involved in many research and educational projects, including two years as a member of Harvard Medical School’s Admissions Committee for the Pathways MD Program.

Cole S.

Cole holds an MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Columbia and a BA in Chemistry form Princeton. Currently, he works as a R&D Scientist for MacDermid Alpha.

Sergio

Sergio holds a BS in Physics and Math from Emory University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is currently a PhD student in Physics at MIT.

Cassie

Cassie graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Biomedical Engineerig from Johns Hopkins University. She is now pursuing a PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics at MIT and Harvard Medical School as part of the Health Science Technologies (HST) program. Her research focuses on fair machine learning for underserved health conditions.

Ikenna

Ikenna is an MD Candidate at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. He previously majored in Neuroscience and Behavior at Columbia University.

Michael W.

Michael earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, where he double-majored in history and political science and graduated summa cum laude. He is a PhD Candidate in History at Yale University, where he is researching migration and labor in the early English Empire.

Jack H.

Jack double majored in mathematics and economics at Yale, where he published three articles in mathematics journals and won the Charles Heber Dickerman Prize for the best economics thesis. He is now in his third year of his economics PhD at Harvard, working on a variety of problems in theoretical microeconomics.

Justin K.

Justin graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Colby College in 2024 with a BA in Biology. He is currently researching a rare cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He will pursue his MD at Harvard Medical School.

Jacob O.

Jacob studied physiology with a minor in bioethics at Michigan State University, receiving the Board of Trustees' Award for graduating with a 4.0 GPA. He is currently pursuing an MD degree at Columbia University.

Katerina

Katerina earned her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford, where she later stayed to pursue her degree in medicine. Currently, she is working as a cardiovascular research fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center while applying to residency programs.

Amber S.

Amber holds a BA in Human Evolutionary Biology. She's currently a PhD Candidate in Biological Anthropology at Emory University.

Justin Cr.

After graduating from an international school in Rome with an IB score of 40, Justin pursued a degree in Middle Eastern Studies at SOAS, University of London. He is now transitioning to a career in environmental engineering with a focus on geoinformatics.

Jackson V.

Jackson earned a BEng in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.

Anjali M.

Anjali double majored in Neuroscience and Global Affairs at Yale, graduating with Distinction in both majors, magna cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa. She is now pursuing an MSc in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing at the London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Sebastian

Sebastian holds a BA in East Asian Studies from Yale University. Sebastian is a teacher and performing artist/producer, having created custom music for Pokemon GO! and taught music production to underprivileged youth in San Francisco.

Caleb

Caleb graduated with honors and distinction from Stanford University with a degree in American Studies. He is currently a law student at Harvard Law School.

Navid

Navid earned a BA in Anthropology with a minor in History from the University of Chicago as a QuestBridge Scholar and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. They are now pursuing an MA in French Studies at New York University with a full tuition scholarship.

Madison Ha.

Maddie recently graduated cum laude from Yale University, where she majored in English, minored in Human Rights through a program at Yale Law School. Currently, she is a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where she studies journalism and how the industry has historically reported on conflicts between Israel and Palestine

Shahin

Shahin is currently an MD/MBA student at Harvard Medical School & Harvard Business School. Previously, he attended Indiana University, where he graduated with a 4.0 GPA and majors in Biology, Neuroscience, and Spanish.

Will P.

Will attended Harvard College and majored in government. After finishing his MBA at Columbia University, he will return to work at the Boston Consulting Group.

Monica

Monica holds a BA in History from Harvard College. Currently, she is an Instructional Content Developer at Harvard University (her old stomping grounds!), crafting narrative-driven courses for online platforms including EdX and HarvardX.

Rojan

Rojan attended the University of Southern California, where she graduated in 2023 with an Honors BS degree in Neuroscience and a minor in Piano Performance. Her thesis focused on understanding the higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in women and the impact of sex steroid hormones on Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain.

Sarah X.

Sarah attended Columbia University in New York City, where she majored in Chemistry with a concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies. After graduating, she moved across the pond to the United Kingdom to complete an MPhil in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. She is now pursuing a PhD at Harvard University in the Chemical Biology Program.

Viviana

At Harvard College, Viviana majored in Classics and minored in Integrative Biology, graduating with highest honors in Classics and cum laude overall. She is now pursuing a Master’s degree in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford through Harvard’s Arthur Deloraine Corey Fellowship.

Fiona M.

Fiona studied Theater & Performance and Human Biology with a concentration in Narrative Neuroscience at Stanford University. After undergrad, Fiona went straight to graduate school at Brown University, where she received her MFA in Acting from the Brown/Trinity program.

John N.

John holds a BS in Mathematical and Computational Science from Stanford University and an MS in Financial Economics from Oxford University. He has been tutoring for over 25 years, including a multi-year stretch where he tutored for over 100 hours per month. John specializes in the SAT, ACT and GMAT. On average, John's students recover approximately 50% of their remaining points on the SAT and ACT.

Nickk

Nick attend Stanford University, where he graduated with distinction in Urban Studies and a Minor in Economics, focusing on climate change and its impact on urban areas. Since graduation, he has worked in high-profile roles focused on climate change mitigation, most recently as a Special Advisor at the US Department of Energy.

Karena

Karena holds a BS in Neuroscience from Yale University. She's currently a fourth year MD student at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Jenna

Jenna is a recent graduate of Duke University, where she majored in Political Science and minored in Economics and English. She is currently a 1L at Harvard Law School.

Sydney P.

Syd recently graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Economics, focusing in econometrics and mathematics. He is passionate about social science and statistics, and loves combining these through economic research.

Dominik

After completing his undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics with a focus on Computer Science and Economics alongside a Master's in Computational Science at Harvard, Dominik graduated magna cum laude with a 4.0 GPA and Phi Beta Kappa honors. He is now at Oxford on the Von Clemm Fellowship, awarded to one Harvard student annually, where he is pursuing a Master’s in the Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science.

Evie

After completing her BA in Economics and American Studies, Evie moved to New York to work for the Columbia University Justice Lab. She next pursued a PhD in Sociology at Northwestern University.

Deblina

Deblina graduated from the University of Chicago in June 2021. She majored in Sociology and minored in Computer Science and Statistics.

Rob H.

Robert graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University with a BA in Ethics, Politics & Economics. He is a 2024 Marshall Scholar, and he is currently studying towards an MPhil in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy from the University of Oxford.

Maddy

Maddy graduated from NYU in 2023, where she majored in Psychology and double minored in Law & Society and Politics. She is currently a JD Candidate at Harvard Law School.

Kenny

Kenny is a software engineer currently working for Amazon in the Bay Area, CA. He graduated with distinction from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BS in Business Administration from UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School, as well as a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Data Science.

Jolade

Jolade earned her BA in Chemical and Physical Biology from Harvard (summa cum laude), where she conducted research in biology and organic chemistry. She is currently pursuing a combined MD-PhD from the University of California, San Francisco.

Elyse

Elyse graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Biology and Psychology. After spending a year working as an office administrator for a dental practice, she is currently a student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, where she received the Dean’s Scholarship in recognition of her academic achievements.

Carmel

Carmel attended Duke University for her undergraduate education, where she majored in Neuroscience and minored in History and Biology. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, she is currently spending a year doing full-time research in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital while applying to medical school.

Elena

Elena holds a BS in Chemistry from Yale. She is now a PhD student at The California Institute of Technology, where she studies inorganic chemical synthesis for quantum information science and carbon dioxide conversion.

Sarahx

Sarah graduated from Cornell University with a double major in History and Government and double minors in Law and Society and Asian American Studies. She is currently on the corporate strategy team at J.Crew.

Anna P.

Anna is a current PhD student at Yale University and graduate of Duke University with a degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Hallie

Hallie combined her love for languages and public health by earning two Bachelor’s degrees from the Ohio State University, a BA in Spanish with a focus in Iberian Literatures and Cultures and a BS in Public Health with a focus in Environmental Public Health. After completing her undergraduate studies she made the move to the big city to get her MPH from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, with a focus in Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes Research.

Madeleine

Madeleine recently graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Mathematics. She spent her last year of college studying abroad in Seoul, South Korea, where she researched the societal impacts of artificial intelligence.

Charles Z.

Charles majored in Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with a minor in Philosophy. After graduating, he worked for a few months as a software engineer at Amazon before he began as a post-baccalaureate researcher at Harvard University.

Matt B.

Matt holds a JD from Yale Law School and a BA from Brown University (magna cum laude). After spending three years working as an economic consultant, he is currently pursuing a PhD in Political Science at UC Berkeley.

Haaris

Haaris attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, earning both a Stamps President’s Scholarship (full ride merit award for top 1% of incoming class) and a National Merit Scholarship. He is now completing a Master of Research in Bioengineering at Imperial College London, where he is a Marshall Scholar.

Karen A.

Karen attended the University of Connecticut in the Honors College. She graduated with a major in Physiology and Neurobiology, with a double minor in Human Development & Family Sciences and Molecular & Cell Biology. She is currently a second-year student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Gregc

Gregory holds a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from Amherst College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and an Msc in Mathematics from Oxford. He is currently a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Harvard University.

Michelle S.

Michelle graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College with a degree in Comparative Literature. She was named a Rufus Choate Scholar for top 5% of GPAs, a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar, and a Gamma Sigma Alpha Honor Society member. She also received the Phi Beta Kappa Sophomore Prize for being within the top 20 highest GPAs at Dartmouth.

Shannon

Shannon holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. She also holds an MBA from Wharton and a Master’s in International Studies from the Lauder Institute at UPenn. She received a 770 on the GMAT (top 1%) and has several years of tutoring experience.

Ruth

Ruth attended the University of Chicago and graduated magna cum laude in 2021. After graduation, she spent three years working as a paralegal for the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.

Antoine

Antoine holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BS in Business from The College at Brockport—State University of New York . During his time at Brockport, Antoine excelled as a dual-sport athlete, competing in football and track and field. He trained for the 2016 Olympics and ranked in the top 16 nationally for shot put.

Hakim

Hakim attended Boston University, earning his BA in Mathematics, with minors in Philosophy and Spanish. Before continuing to graduate school, Hakim served as an admissions officer and research analyst at MIT, where he worked to recruit, select, and mentor high-achieving STEM students from around the world. Eventually, Hakim went on to earn his MA and PhD in Mathematics at George Washington University, with a focus in logic and computability theory.

Adin

Adin graduated from Yale with honors and distinction in the English major, earning multiple prestigious writing awards, including the John Hubbard Curtis essay prize and the university-wide Rockwell Field essay prize. He is currently enrolled in the CUNY School of Labor's graduate studies program.

Ayelet

Ayelet majored in physics at Yale, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Currently a Marshall Scholar, Ayelet is studying the intersection of synthetic biology and AI at Imperial College London.

Andrea C.

Andrea holds an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science and Policy with a concentration in political policy. She also earned two master’s degrees from Columbia University in New York—one in International Affairs and the other in Journalism.

Robert I.

Robert earned a BSE in Mechanical Engineering and an MSE in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is currently employed as an R&D Engineer.

Annesophie

Anne-Sophie earned her BA in Comparative Literature from Stanford, her MA in Philosophy from the Sorbonne, and her MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute. Her short films, Cherubs and Dog Lover, earned awards like Brooklyn Film Festival’s Best New Director and a spot in CAA’s Moebius Showcase.

Martin F.

When Martin discovered that high school students could take college classes, he jumped at the chance—coming close to earning an associate’s degree while still in high school. After graduating, Martin went on to attend Pomona College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics in May 2022. He is currently a full-time tutor.

Moira

Moira holds a joint PhD/MPH in Medical Anthropology from Northwestern University and Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, where she was awarded grants by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health to conduct reproductive health research on a range of topics. She holds a faculty appointment at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

Eric S.

Eric attended Brown University, double-majoring in Applied Mathematics/Economics and Education Studies. After college, Eric became a research fellow in the Economics of Education at Yale University, where he started his PhD in Economics two years later. Eric hopes to become a professor after his PhD and is excited to teach and advise students of the future.

Becca B.

Becca graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Government and Romance Languages & Literatures. She received a Harvard post-graduate fellowship and is now living in Turkey, where she works for an NGO that serves refugee youth along the Turkish-Syrian border.

Ellens

Ellen recently graduated from Princeton, where she obtained her BS in Computer Science with a certificate in Applied Math. She is currently PhD candidate in Data Science and Machine Learning at NYU, where she studies intelligence in humans and machines.

David H.

David earned degrees in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Virginia, graduating summa cum laude. He co-authored a research paper featured at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy but more recently works as a software engineer on a generative AI team at Amazon.

Andrewr

Andrew earned a BA in English and a BA in History from Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He has conducted historical and literary research at Harvard and Brown.

Carly

Carly graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, with a dual degree in American Culture Studies and Spanish. After teaching Spanish and Geometry with Teach for America, Carly is now an Investigative Analyst at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

Sophiek

Sophie graduated cum laude from Yale University, where she majored in American Studies. She is an alum of Yale's year-long Grand Strategy program and a former Yale Law School Arthur Liman Fellow. Currently, she is completing a Master's program in Comparative Social Policy at the University of Oxford as a Rotary Global Scholar.

Damilola

Damilola graduated as the salutatorian of her high school class of 600 students before earning her BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University, where she researched iron-oxidizing bacteria for mining applications. She then earned an MS in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia, completing her master’s thesis on phase field modeling of the solidification of high-temperature alloys during additive manufacturing. Currently, she is a PhD candidate and Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies the gelation and fracture mechanics of 3D-printable hydrogel composites.

Andrewc

Andrew attended Columbia University, graduating summa cum laude with a major in Chemical Engineering and minors in Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. They are now pursuing their PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, where they investigate the mechanics of embryonic development using fruit fly embryos as a model system.

Ben Z.

Ben holds a BSc in Computer Science and Mathematics, as well as an MEng in Computer Science from MIT. Since graduating, Ben has worked as a Software Engineer at Google and as the research engineering lead for MIT/IBM joint project in Bayesian artificial intelligence.

Victoria F.

During her time at Dartmouth, she earned degrees in Neuroscience and Studio Art, receiving honors designation in her majors after completing a thesis in each subject. Victoria currently works as a surgical research coordinator at a Harvard-teaching hospital, where she applies her scientific background to medical research.

Sarahw

Sarah studied at Yale University, where she double-majored in Computer Science and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, earning early induction into Phi Beta Kappa and graduating magna cum laude with a 3.95 GPA. After college, she spent two years as a software engineer at Facebook before pursuing her MD at Harvard Medical School.

Bella

At Vanderbilt, Bella majored in Biology with minors in Spanish and Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS), graduating magna cum laude and earning membership in Phi Beta Kappa. She is now in her first year at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Charlie

Charlie is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with majors in Economics and Political Science. He is excited to be joining the Stanford Law School Class of 2028 this fall.

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“I highly recommend Cambridge Coaching's SAT tutoring services! Our child's tutor, Jacob, was thoughtful, well-prepared, and tailored each lesson very specifically to strengths and weaknesses. We saw consistent improvement over the course of tutoring, and our child also became more confident in the test-taking process.”

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FAQs

  • What is the difference between the SAT and ACT?

    Although the SAT and ACT are very similar, there are some significant differences. The biggest difference between these two tests is the fact that the ACT has a separate science section and the SAT does not. And, whereas the SAT focuses more on applying acquired knowledge to unknown situations and problems (aptitude), the ACT is more focused on testing the knowledge a student has acquired over the course of their schooling (ability). The best way to decide which test is right for your child is to have them sit for a diagnostic of both exams. If one test feels far more intuitive, or the end score is far higher, that is the one the student should study for and ultimately, take. Most colleges will accept the SAT or ACT interchangeably.

  • How is the SAT scored?

    The SAT is scored on a scale from 400-1600. This total score is a sum of the two section scores: reading and writing, scored from 200-800; and math, also scored 200-800. The exam also provides several cross-test scores and subscores. Learn more about the SAT's scoring system on the College Board's website.

  • Are SAT scores that important?

    The SAT is just one part of the entire college application. It’s considered in tandem with your child's GPA, academic transcript, personal essays, letters of recommendation, and interview. That said, the way schools weigh SAT scores varies. For some schools, the SAT is critical; others have eliminated the SAT requirement altogether, or gone exam-optional. Be sure to check each school’s website for details, or call the admissions office if you have questions.
  • When should SAT prep begin?

    Students will typically take the SAT in the fall or spring of their junior year, with another sitting in the fall of their senior year if needed. While prep can begin as early as possible, starting in the summer before 11th grade is ideal for most students, so they have ample time to achieve score goals without the distractions of exams, extracurriculars, and applying to colleges.
  • What math does the SAT cover?

    The SAT math section covers Algebra I and Geometry. For more information, head to the College Board's SAT Math page.
  • What happened to the SAT Essay?

    Previous iterations of the SAT offered a 50-minute optional Essay section. In 2021, the College Board phased out the SAT Essay, with June 2021 being the last sitting to offer this section.

  • When does registration open for the SAT?

    Registration occurs about 5 weeks before the selected test date. Register online or find out more here.
  • What is Score Choice?

    Score Choice allows you to choose which scores you’d like to report alongside your child's college applications. Learn more here.
  • How many times can the SAT be taken?

    There are no limits on retaking the test! Still, it’s always smart to check individual colleges’ policies: some schools only consider the highest score, while other schools consider the average score of all attempts.
  • How has COVID impacted the SAT?

    For COVID updates and the SAT, please visit this link.
  • How long is the SAT?

    The SAT is 180 minutes (3 hours) long, excluding breaks. 

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The three session package is a good way to get a student's feet wet, evaluate the amount of tutoring they’ll ultimately need, and see if they feel comfortable with a tutor. Most students use this package to gauge their preliminary strengths and weaknesses so that the tutor can chart a longer term plan.

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Our preferred approach to the SAT provides complete coverage of the exam in detail. Along with learning test strategy and practicing time management, students complete a thorough and customized syllabus of practice exams, drills, and homework assignments.

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Tutor Tiers

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