"I have been an academic tutor for the past 8 years, and a college counselor for the past 4. My students have found meaningful success in all areas of the K-12 curriculum, especially in the college application and preparation process.

All my test-taking students have raised their standardized test scores by significant margins, whether it be the SAT, ACT, ISEE, SAT, AP Exams or SAT subject tests. 50th percentile scorers leap to the 75th percentile, 80th to the 90th, 95th to the 99th, and so on. My approach is straightforward, measurable, realistic, and about as fun as tutoring can be :).

As an academic tutor, I have helped struggling students find simplicity in Calculus, Geometry and Trigonometry, and I have guided others through great works of literature for English class or difficult essays for History. My insights on effective study skills and academic stress management have been particularly helpful for high-performing students with packed schedules, and especially for those with learning differences or neurodivergence.

My favorite part of my job, meanwhile, is to help kids find, apply to, and get into the colleges of their dreams. As a College Counselor, I treat the college application process as a creative rite of passage, and give students individualized writing assignments and research projects to discover something meaningful and singular about their ambitions and dreams.

My approach to the college essay is especially effective. It’s a simple, dialogue-driven process that frees students up to write about what really matters, and learn something real about themselves. My students have found that it eases a lot of stress, and 85% of them over the past 5 years have gotten into their top choices. All of them were accepted to one of their top 3. They include schools like Cornell University, Amherst College, Vanderbilt and Middlebury, just to name a few.

So how will your college application stand out from the rest? The answer is deceptively obvious: write an essay that no one else could possibly write." less...