Alina
Alina graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She is currently a Biology PhD candidate at MIT studying chromosome pairing and segregation in reproductive cells.
Joe G.
Joe graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago with a BA in Psychology. He's presently an MD Candidate at Columbia University, pursuing a specialization in psychiatry.
Prateek
Prateek is a Lecturer and Coordinator of the Center for Arts & Language at the Rhode Island School of Design. He holds a Master’s in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory from RISD and a BA in Architectural Design from the School of Planning and Architecture (New Delhi).
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.
Quinn B.
Quinn graduated from MIT with two degrees in Physics and Mathematics. She received the Joel Matthew Orloff Award in both Research and Service in Physics upon graduating, and was awarded with the MIT Math Award for her teaching service.
Josh V.
Josh is a PhD student in Physics at MIT, supported by a National Science Foundation GRFP and a Dean of Science Fellowship. Previously, he worked in industry as a Data Scientist and graduated from Harvard with an AB in Physics.
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.
Smriti K.
Smriti is currently a PhD Candidate at Harvard studying Buddhist philosophy of mind and epistemology. While pursuing her PhD, she has consistently scored above divisional average on overall instructor quality and has earned several Certificates of Distinction in Teaching.
Pedro G.
Pedro is a 2nd-year medical student at UCSF. As a native Spanish speaker, he started studying Mandarin in middle school for his foreign language requirement. Following this passion, he graduated from Stanford University with a BA in East Asian Studies, focusing on the Chinese healthcare system.
Joan
Joan started radiology research at Northwestern while she was still in high school, and went on to earn her BA in Biology from Emory (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). She is an MD/PhD at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Alexander
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“Alex really cared about me doing well. He was responsible, delivered what he promised, and followed up after every session with notes. He was also very encouraging and supportive. The admin staff was helpful, too. The whole experience was great. They are very professional and know how to simplify concepts for quick success.”
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“Alex is excellent at explaining things in a clear way. He was always prepared for our sessions, thorough, helpful, and very approachable.”
Sarah, GMAT Student -
“Alex was phenomenal. I'm not terribly gifted in math, and Alex is the math guru I needed to prepare for the GMAT. He explained concepts clearly and had a very positive and encouraging attitude throughout our prep together.”
Andrew, GMAT Student -
“Alex was extremely approachable and did a great job meeting me where I was at. He was able to pinpoint where I could improve, and gave me strategies for approaching those areas. I found his explanations of the answers much more helpful than those in any book, and his experience and library of info sheets were really useful. I'm so pleased with my experience. Everyone throughout the process was helpful, respectful, and encouraging. The tutoring was an invaluable asset in my retake studying plan.”
Score went from 610 to 710.
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“Alex did a great job explaining concepts and helping me mentally prepare for the exam. He was very responsive and receptive. We used our hour-long sessions to work on problems and go over strategies. It was extremely helpful to have someone explain the problems I missed and teach me how to tackle similar problems in the future.”
Official score: 157 Quantitative (improved from 144) and 153 Verbal (improved from 145).
Emma, GRE Student -
“Alex explained everything in simple, clear terms. After sessions, he emailed me the detailed review of our meeting and homework for next time. He was also accomodating and flexible. I could email him with questions and he always replied promptly. I could see a sizable improvement in my score at given intervals. Considering that I have not studied for a test with such broad coverage in the last twenty years, I would say that the three months of studying with Alex was definitely a game changer for me.”
Jacqueline, Executive Assesment Student -
“Alex was great at explaining the basics, which helped me understand more complicated topics very easily. He wrote everything on the whiteboard, and sent me notes after our sessions so I could review later on. I felt like he knew exactly what I was expected to know for my test, and was highly knowledgeable on the topics. The lessons were very productive.”
Michalina, IB Mathematics Student -
“Alex knew the practice exams inside and out; whenever I got a question wrong, he immediately knew what went wrong with my thinking and helped guide me towards the correct answer. He was also extremely encouraging, even on days when I felt discouraged. I was very impressed with Alex - he was excellent!”
Verbal score improved from 145 to 157; Quant score improved from 145 to 158
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“My experience with Cambridge Coaching has been great! Alex connected well with my learning style, so I made a lot of improvements over the short time we had together.”
Score improved from 1310 to 1500
Brian