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Belinda

Certified Tutor

Belinda

Bachelor in Arts, Neuroscience & Behavior
Belinda's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Arithmetic
Middle School Math
Elementary Math

Neuroscience training builds a specific kind of reading habit — pulling claims apart, weighing evidence, spotting logical gaps — and Belinda applies that directly to the SAT's evidence-based reading and data interpretation questions. She scored a 1570 on the SAT herself and uses that familiarity to ...

Education

Columbia College of Columbia University

Bachelor in Arts, Neuroscience & Behavior

Test Scores
SAT
1570
Zoe

Certified Tutor

Zoe

Bachelors, English
Zoe's other Tutor Subjects
4th-12th Grade Writing
1st-3rd Grade Math
Calculus
Algebra

Scoring a 1460 on the SAT herself, Zoe knows the specific traps the College Board sets — misplaced modifiers in the Writing section, evidence-pairing questions in Reading, and the mental stamina the test demands across four hours. Her English degree from Macalester sharpened the close-reading and an...

Education

Macalester College

Bachelors, English

Test Scores
SAT
1460

Certified Tutor

3+ years

Raaga

Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering
Raaga's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra

Carnegie Mellon's engineering program demands the same blend of quantitative precision and dense technical reading that the SAT tests across both sections — and Raaga graduated with dual degrees in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering plus a 1550 composite score. She teaches students to spot the alge...

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering

Test Scores
Perfect Score
SAT
1550
ACT
36

Certified Tutor

8+ years

Min

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering
Min's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus BC
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra

Most SAT prep splits neatly into "math tutor" or "verbal tutor" — Min covers both sides with genuine depth, holding a master's in electrical engineering and a 1580 composite score alongside serious chops in writing and literature. He uses that engineering precision to teach students how to set up eq...

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering

Lehigh University

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Test Scores
SAT
1580

Certified Tutor

5+ years

Krishna

Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Krishna's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus BC
Pre-Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Geometry

Krishna's 1580 SAT score came from a biochemistry student's habit of treating every section like a lab protocol — systematic, step-by-step, no wasted moves. He applies that same precision to coaching the math section's data analysis and algebra problems while also drilling the evidence-based reading...

Education

Rutgers University (New Brunswick)

Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Test Scores
SAT
1580

Certified Tutor

15+ years

Rachel

Bachelor in Arts, Biology, History
Rachel's other Tutor Subjects
College Algebra
Trigonometry
Statistics
Pre-Calculus

Rachel's dual background in biology and history means she's equally comfortable with the data-heavy graphs in SAT Math and the dense argumentative passages in Evidence-Based Reading — two areas where students often struggle to connect what they've read to the right answer choice. She scored a 1580 o...

Education

Amherst College

Bachelor in Arts, Biology, History

Test Scores
SAT
1580

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Akarsh

Master of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Akarsh's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra

Most SAT prep splits neatly into a 'math person' or a 'reading person' — Akarsh covers both sides with genuine depth, drawing on a molecular biology background that required constant data analysis alongside dense scientific reading. He scored a 1560 on the SAT and uses that experience to teach speci...

Education

Yale University

Master of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Yale University

Bachelor of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Test Scores
SAT
1560

Certified Tutor

15+ years

Peace

Masters, Divinity
Peace's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
SAT Reading and Writing
ACT Writing

Peace scored a 1570 on the SAT and brings particular depth to the Reading and Writing sections, where her English degree and graduate-level training in close textual analysis translate into concrete strategies for evidence-based questions and rhetorical purpose items. She teaches students to read pa...

Education

Princeton Theological Seminary

Masters, Divinity

Macalester College

Bachelor in Arts, English

Test Scores
SAT
1570

Certified Tutor

10+ years

Jared

PHD, Mechanical Engineering
Jared's other Tutor Subjects
12th Grade Math
Geometry
Calculus
Algebra

Most SAT prep splits neatly into a 'math person' or a 'verbal person' — Jared covers both sides with genuine depth, drawing on a biomedical engineering degree, a math minor, and years of technical writing through his PhD program at Lehigh. He teaches the Math section's algebra and data-analysis prob...

Education

Lehigh University

PHD, Mechanical Engineering

Bucknell University

Bachelors, Biomedical Engineering

Test Scores
SAT
1450
ACT
32

Certified Tutor

8+ years

Shalin

Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Shalin's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra

Shalin's bioinformatics work at NYU means he lives in data — a habit that pays off on the SAT Math section, where interpreting tables, scatterplots, and multi-step algebra under time pressure is half the battle. He scored a 1560 on the SAT and uses that experience to teach students how to spot the r...

Education

Temple University

Bachelor of Science, Biology, General

Test Scores
SAT
1560
ACT
32

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Bryan

Engineering in Computer Science, Computer and Information Sciences, General
Bryan's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Robotics
SAT Subject Test in Physics

Studying computer science at Penn means Bryan lives in the kind of precise, logical problem-solving that dominates the SAT Math section — from algebraic modeling to data analysis and systems of equations. But his broad tutoring range across literature, grammar, and essay writing means he doesn't dis...

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Engineering in Computer Science, Computer and Information Sciences, General

Test Scores
SAT
1530
ACT
35

Certified Tutor

8+ years

Pranav

Bachelor of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Pranav's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Pre-Calculus
Calculus
Algebra

Pranav scored a 1580 on the SAT and approaches test prep by breaking each section into repeatable strategies — identifying trap answers in Evidence-Based Reading, tightening grammar logic on Writing passages, and recognizing which math problems deserve algebra versus back-solving. As a Johns Hopkins...

Education

Johns Hopkins University

Bachelor of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Test Scores
SAT
1580

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Rishik

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Rishik's other Tutor Subjects
AP Statistics
AP Calculus BC
AP Calculus AB
Pre-Algebra

What separates a 1500 from a 1580 on the SAT often comes down to time management and knowing which traps the test-makers set in the math and reading sections — something Rishik learned firsthand earning his 1580. His computer science training sharpened the kind of systematic, logical thinking that m...

Education

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Test Scores
SAT
1580

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Renee

Doctor of Philosophy, Spanish and Iberian Studies
Renee's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
SAT Subject Test in Spanish with Listening
College Essays

Four years of volunteering as an SAT tutor during undergrad gave Renee a deep familiarity with how the test actually works — from the evidence-based reading passages to the no-calculator math traps that trip up even strong students. Her 1530 composite score backs up that experience. She breaks the R...

Education

Colgate University

Bachelor in Arts, Spanish

Princeton University

Doctor of Philosophy, Spanish and Iberian Studies

Test Scores
SAT
1530

Certified Tutor

8+ years

Isaiah

Bachelor in Arts
Isaiah's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra

Film production taught Isaiah how to construct an argument visually — a skill that translates surprisingly well to the SAT's Evidence-Based Reading questions, where identifying how an author builds a case is half the battle. His 1590 SAT score means he knows the test inside out, from the grammar log...

Education

Harvard University

Bachelor in Arts

Test Scores
SAT
1590

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