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

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

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

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

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Astoria
BA Washington University in St. Louis
6+ Years Tutoring

Going from a 25 ACT to a perfect 36 taught Astoria something most tutors never learn firsthand: how to reverse-engineer a standardized test and build strategies section by section. She applies that same diagnostic approach to the SAT — breaking down question types in Evidence-Based Reading, pinpointing grammar patterns in Writing and Language, and identifying the algebra and data analysis concepts that appear most frequently on test day. Her 1530 SAT score and 4.8 rating speak to how well those strategies translate.

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Viktor
BA University of Chicago
7+ Years Tutoring

Most SAT prep treats the math and verbal sections as two separate exams, but Viktor's UChicago math degree and his experience teaching literature, grammar, and college essays mean he can coach the full test without switching gears. He scored a 1600 — a perfect composite — and uses that familiarity with the exam's logic to teach students how to spot the algebraic structures hidden in word problems and the rhetorical patterns that make Reading section trap answers so tempting.

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Asta
BA University of Chicago
1+ Years Tutoring

After working as a test prep tutor and admissions consultant in Hong Kong, Asta developed a full-picture approach to the SAT — she knows not just how to raise scores but how those scores fit into a broader college application strategy for students targeting U.S. universities. Her 1530 SAT and University of Chicago political science training sharpen her coaching on the Reading section especially, where she teaches students to trace an author's argument before touching the answer choices. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Ingrid
BA Northwestern University
6+ Years Tutoring

Scoring a 1540 on the SAT means Ingrid knows how to navigate both the evidence-based reading passages and the no-calculator math section at a high level. She breaks down question types — command of evidence, words in context, passport to advanced math — so students recognize patterns instead of second-guessing themselves. Her engineering background at Northwestern also gives her a systematic approach to pacing and eliminating wrong answers under time pressure.

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Spencer
BA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6+ Years Tutoring

A 1580 SAT gives Spencer credibility, but what actually sets him apart is how he reverse-engineers each section — breaking down Reading passages by question type, drilling the grammar patterns that repeat on Writing, and teaching the specific algebra and data-analysis concepts the College Board leans on hardest. His engineering background at UIUC means the math section is second nature, freeing him to spend more time on the verbal strategies most math-strong students overlook. He builds sessions around active problem-solving, adjusting his approach based on where each student's score is actually leaking points.

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Jeff
MS University of California-Berkeley • BA Princeton University
10+ Years Tutoring

Philosophy training at Princeton built exactly the kind of argument-dissection skills that show up on every SAT Reading passage — identifying claims, weighing evidence, spotting logical structure under time pressure. Jeff pairs that with a 1550 SAT score and direct experience teaching test prep for Kaplan and Summit Tutors, so he knows both the content and the pacing strategies that move scores. His history MA from Berkeley adds depth on the social science and historical passages that many students find trickiest.

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Oliver
Engineer Northwestern University
6+ Years Tutoring

Industrial engineering at Northwestern trained Oliver to optimize systems — a mindset he applies to the SAT by identifying exactly where students hemorrhage points and building targeted drills around those patterns. His own 1590 puts him just ten points from a perfect score, and his approach emphasizes the timing and elimination strategies that close that last gap between a strong score and a top-percentile one. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Jessica
Current Undergrad, Economics, Cancer Biology University of Chicago
10+ Years Tutoring

Jessica scored a 1590 on the SAT while studying economics and cancer biology at the University of Chicago — a combination that means she's equally comfortable unpacking a dense evidence-based reading passage and walking through heart-of-algebra problems under time pressure. She teaches students to spot the recurring grammar and rhetoric patterns in the Writing and Language section, turning questions that feel subjective into straightforward pattern matches.

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Mahalia
BA Northwestern University
9+ Years Tutoring

What sets Mahalia apart for SAT prep is her writing-intensive background — three creative writing and arts degrees mean she instinctively spots the rhetorical and grammatical patterns the Writing and Language section recycles, and she teaches students to read Evidence-Based Reading passages the way a writer would, tracking argument structure and tone shifts rather than re-reading. She scored a 1550 on the SAT herself, and her 5.0 tutoring rating speaks to how well that combination of test knowledge and language instinct translates to actual score gains.

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Kade
BA Northwestern University
6+ Years Tutoring

As a pre-med biology and chemistry major at Northwestern, Kade tackles the SAT Math section with the same systematic precision he applies to organic chemistry problem sets — translating word problems into clean equations and catching the algebraic traps the College Board loves to set. His 1550 composite score backs up an approach that also extends to the Reading and Writing sections, where his science background makes data-interpretation passages and evidence-based questions feel like second nature.

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