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Specialized SAT, ACT
Tutoring Students & Parents turn to me because other SAT ACT courses and
tutoring just don’t work With other places you get inexperienced tutors, awful teaching,
terrible explanations, only partial review of the concepts being tested, and
incorrect tips and strategies. I have personally taught and tutored the SAT & ACT to more
than 2000 students over 11 years. I have personally spent months taking, analyzing,
and going through more than 60 SATs and 40 ACTs ( more
than 8000 exam questions ), so yes I know what will be tested and what won’t
be tested I have spent months and years putting together SAT & ACT review
course materials and handouts which you will get during your lessons. You
simply will not find anyone who knows these tests and questions better or has
better teaching skills than I do with my years of high school classroom and
tutoring experience. I will teach you
things you cannot and will not learn from books, self study courses, or other
tutors: - Know how you compare
to other students and where you stand - Understand what you
are doing wrong even though you thought you were doing it right - Develop the
thinking, analyzing, and problem solving skills that you didn't know are
necessary to solve the questions - Every lesson &
course is adjusted in real-time based on the student’s comprehension level - Learn the RIGHT way ( and the wrong ways) to solve every problem on the SAT
& ACT, not though guessing / strategies / tips / tricks / random luck. - Take & go
through Real SAT and ACT exams, not fake ones - I will push you to improve your SAT ACT scores to the maximum possible of your
understanding READING COMPREHENSION - Proper reading comprehension techniques so you actually
understand what the passages say. Should you skim the passage? Read just the
first sentence of every paragraph? Preview the questions first? How do you
differentiate between answer choices that all seem right?
ENGLISH GRAMMAR - Learn the English Grammar being tested so you can identify the
grammar errors and understand why those right answers are correct. DO you
know what a subordinate conjunction is? What is a modifying phrase error?
These are things you actually need to know to get the questions right. Actual Question:
MATH - A thorough review of all the Math you
had no idea you didn't know. DO you know the difference between the root form
and vertex form of a quadratic function? How about how to complete the
square? Actual question
SCIENCE ( ACT ONLY ) - Science data analysis techniques and background material ( ACT only ). Do you know what is the
Independent Variable? The Dependent Variable? How about the
correlation between two factors? Can you balance a chemical equation ( stoichiometric coefficient )?
ESSAY WRITING ( You
may be lucky because the SAT and ACT essay have been optional since 2021 ) - The right way to write a compelling high scoring essay for the
SAT / ACT essay writing portion. What points need to be covered? What
analysis needs to be discussed?
The results speak for themselves Congratulations
Jennifer!
Teaching the SAT
& ACT the Exceptionally
Talented & Experienced FULL-TIME SAT & ACT Teacher Logistical Details: ONE TUTOR = A
consistent, coherent, seamless course from beginning to end From the beginning,
you know who you are working with. Since the SAME PERSON developed and wrote
the study materials, planned out the course, does the teaching, knows the
student and their personal learning style, assesses the student’s ability and
performance, and receives feedback from the student, you get a UNIFIED,
COHERENT, CONSISTENT tutor and course. No material is repeated. GO
SEAMLESSLY from Topic to Topic - No separate teachers for each portion of the
test, and NO separate GO
SEAMLESSLY from SAT to ACT or ACT to SAT- No wasted time covering stuff you
have already done. Want to
know how your kid is doing? Other places give you a computerized printout. If
you call them, you will just talk to the office receptionist. You have
access to the tutor directly 7 days a week to find out how your kid is doing.
Just text! Unmatched depth of knowledge,
experience, and skill I am a
professional credentialed high school teacher and I have personally taken
more than 60 SATs and 40 ACT ( over 310 hours of test taking alone ) to
analyze what is being tested. Because I
have taken analyzed so many exams, I
know what WILL show up, and what will NOT show up, so students don't waste
time learning unnecessary material My
full-time job 7 days a week for over 9 years has been teaching the SAT &
ACT- not 5 hours a week, not 10 hours a week, but every day all day long. I have
taught for various tutoring and test prep companies, and even trained other
tutors how to teach. My
courses and lessons are WELL-REHEARSED, MISTAKE FREE, and EFFICIENT because I
teach SAT & ACT problems every day. Every
lesson and explanation has been taught, refined, and re-taught SEVERAL
HUNDRED TIMES. Yes, I kid you not. Your lesson with me has been MANY
YEARS IN THE MAKING, and is just the tip of the iceberg Attention
to detail: Everything matters, and there is a It takes time
to do things right. Just as with any well-rehearsed performance, tutoring is
not something you can just walk into. 1)
Several months are spent taking more than 60 SATs and 40 ACTs
( 3.5 hours a test x 100 = more than 400 hours ),
and new ones as they become available. 2) Weeks
are spent analyzing reverse engineering every test question and developing
proper solutions and explanations ( figure about 3 – 10 minutes per question
) 3) Each
solution to a problem is explained and taught to HUNDREDS of students with
live feedback, then reviewed and refined. 4)
Several months are spent creating, writing, developing, and updating teaching
review materials ( more than 200 pages of material
). 5) Before
each lesson, a customized lesson plan is put together just for that student 6) Actual
lessons are provided to students <<
( the part that you know about ) No
part-time tutor working only 5-15 hours a week is going to invest more than
200 hours taking tests, memorize questions, or have the experience of teaching
and refining solutions and
explanations Many people are not aware of the hard work, time, and energy
involved in creating the high quality courses that have given me my
reputation. It is
impossible for anyone, no matter how smart or brilliant, to walk-in and
suddenly become a tutor. What’s the result? Not knowing what they are doing,
confusion, inability to solve problems, answering questions wrong, and
reciting from an Instructor's Manual. Real Teaching, Real Learning I don’t recite
from an instructor’s SAT ACT manual while the student stares at a binder or a
bunch of handouts ( talking textbook ). Students do not learn by watching and
listening to a teacher or tutor. In order to do what it takes on the SAT or
ACT, students need to DO the problems until they know it in and out. Students
will learn the actual concepts and knowledge underlying the ACT or SAT: real math
review, real English Grammar, actual reading comprehension skills, essay writing skills, scientific thinking
and analysis skills ( for the ACT ) - Total
understanding of every SAT or ACT reading passage, how to properly read, and
how to answer the questions. -
Complete understanding of how to solve every SAT or ACT math problem, and all
the math knowledge underlying every question. - Total
understanding of every grammar / English question,
and the grammar rules behind every answer. - How to
properly read and understand and interpret scientific data, charts, graphs
and experimental design for ACT Science. - The
right way to write the SAT / ACT essay, what you should write about, how you
should write it. Teaching
is NOT correcting a test and GOING OVER THE WRONG ANSWERS. What is
real teaching then? ( Other tutors and test-prep companies – TAKE NOTE HERE. I do have a “Teach the Teacher Program” if
you want me train your instructors / tutors. I’ve worked with many public
schools and tutoring companies as a teaching consultant. Please email me for
further information ) - Based
on your abilities and deficiencies, I check and verify your problem-solving
to uncover questions you got right the WRONG way ( wrong
logic/ luck / guessing ). - Real
teaching mean knowing WHAT questions to ask the students - I ask
students questions ( students usually won’t ask ) to uncover mistakes - I don’t
just give answers but I will challenge students to think so that they
understand not only WHAT to do but also WHY they are doing it.
I’m not
just teaching SAT & ACT. What you learn goes beyond these exams: real
critical thinking, problem solving, analytical skills, organizational
and proper study skills necessary to succeed in college and in life. These
are lessons that you do not learn in school or from textbooks. I will
challenge students to think so that they understand not only WHAT to do but
also WHY they are doing it.
I analyze
every student as we go, so I know where a student’s deficiencies are. No
slow-talking, boring lectures here. I move at the pace you need: faster or
slower Because I
have ALL of the material and more than 6000 questions memorized, the course
and lesson content and speed are actually CUSTOMIZED & ADJUSTED IN
REAL-TIME for each student, and even the explanations are customized to the
level of each student, something simply NOT POSSIBLE with any other tutor or
with a pre-structured course ( example: 3 Math
lessons, 2 Reading lessons, 2 Essay lessons ). We will
spend more time on areas that need more work, and allocate less time to
higher scoring areas. Unlike
other places that have a rigid course, my courses and lessons are CUSTOMIZED
IN REAL-TIME. If
students are scoring high in certain areas, the lessons will automatically
adjust and adapt to focus on a student's weak areas, without sacrificing the
strong areas. Some
students are struggling and won’t be able to learn the more advanced
concepts. We skip those and focus on where the student can get the points. I also
adjust the difficulty of the material for each student, thus MAXIMIZING
SCORES The RIGHT & Students
who score high on the SAT & ACT are actually good at solving the
problems, NOT because they know a few tricks and strategies. EVERY
SINGLE test question has been repeatedly analyzed, solved and explained to
hundreds of students, then re-checked to find the best possible methods. -
Explanations and solutions that are CLEAR, SIMPLE,
DIRECT, and RIGHT. The
explanations are even adjusted JUST FOR YOU so you can understand. My
students learn the clearest, most direct, and CORRECT solution to each
question, and also learn what NOT to do. That also
means this: YOU DON’T JUST GO OVER THE QUESTIONS A STUDENT GOT WRONG. Many
students “got the right answer” as a result of luck / chance / guessing. I
actually know the problems and solutions better than College Board & ACT
Inc themselves, who only write the questions and BUT DON’T SEE HOW STUDENTS
SOLVE THEM. It’s impossible for them to know the wide variety of creative
guessing techniques that students will use to get the questions right by
luck. I’ve worked with thousands of students and seen pretty much every type
of mistake made.
Students
can get a question wrong on several different levels, and without knowing
what is happening, students will not get better. It’s not
just a simple matter of “I don’t remember geometry”. That’s why those
computerized diagnostics test prep companies love to give are USELESS More than
80% of the time, students ARE NOT getting questions wrong because they don’t
know the math. What is going wrong is far beyond “Oh, I just need to review
these concepts”: they lack the problem
solving and critical thinking skills that OTHER PLACES SIMPLE DO NOT TEACH. Most
students even don’t know THAT they
are doing something wrong Other
students simply just don’t WHAT they are doing wrong. As we go
through problems, I will ANALYZE and DIAGNOSE what students are doing WRONG
in their approach and thinking, and make corrections. There is
a fundamental difference in the thinking of students who answer questions
correctly and those who answer wrong or get lucky. That's
why just explaining a problem ( self-study
using a book or watching videos ) is not effective. That is
also why just taking practice test after practice test without tutoring will
yield no further improvement beyond the practice effects of test-taking. (
That training method is only for students building endurance and who are
scoring 1500+ / 33+ who want a perfect 1600 / 36 ) Assessing student performance and
needs I have
seen every “type of learning” that there is. Parents all think that their kid
has some special unique situation. I’ve worked with thousands of students,
and I have seen pretty much all the types of “unique situations” there are.
There aren’t that many. There is
no need to tell me “my kid needs work on this area, and she’s good in that
area” and “my son is the type of person who tends to...” Don’t
worry- I know exactly what needs to be done. You’re dealing with a
professional, not someone who just started doing this. I push EVERY student mentally to
the MAXIMUM of their ability in order to get EVERY LAST POINT This
isn't like taking golf lessons or cooking classes. You will be taken to the
limit of your mental ability. Very few
students have the discipline to "study" on their own. I am that
coach that pushes them to do more. Parents –
it won’t work coming from you. Based on
my extensive experience, I can tell you realistically what kind of score you
can get. I adjust
the lessons and take you as far as you can go. If you don’t improve with me,
you won’t improve with anyone else. 100% COMPLETE coverage of all the
concepts that will be tested – No more, No less Ever
wonder why your kid has good grades and yet bad test scores? The SAT
& ACT are designed to test specific problem solving abilities and
material that are not learned in high school classes. These
skills go to a DEPTH of analytical ability and critical thinking that most
students usually are NOT accustomed to except for the high scoring
test-takers. Getting
ready for these exams is like training for a triathlon. It’s a very different
approach. - Total
understanding of every SAT or ACT reading passage, how to properly read, and
how to answer the questions. -
Complete understanding of how to solve every SAT or ACT math problem, and all
the math knowledge underlying every question. - Total
understanding of every grammar / English question,
and the grammar rules behind every answer. - How to
properly read and understand and interpret scientific data, charts, graphs
and experimental design for ACT Science. - The
right way to write the SAT / ACT essay, what you should write about, how you
should write it. Unless
your tutor has taken at least 10 of the new SATs or ACTs
( and that’s 98% of the tutors out there ) they
can’t possibly to know all the types of questions and material tested on the
SAT & ACT. Because I have actually spent all that
time taking and analyzing that many tests for many years, I know what will be
tested and will not, and I make sure you know. My
curriculum covers a COMPLETE, COMPREHENSIVE, IN-DEPTH 100%. I know what WILL
show up, and what will NOT show up, so students don't waste time learning
unnecessary material. All the
curriculum review materials have been written by me personally ( Yes – I provide all the review materials to the
students, and NO, it’s not 500 pages of useless material ), and cover ONLY
WHAT you need to know. Nothing more, and nothing less Real SAT & ACT practice exams
only You need
to practice from the real exams. Why? Because the SAT & ACT questions are
written in a very specific way and test very specific problem solving logic.
Those fake SAT & ACT exams in books and given by other test-prep
companies might look the same, but fundamentally test something different. If you
are trying to get good at basketball, playing soccer just isn’t the same. NO LESSON TIME WASTED I have
literally memorized more than 50 HOURS OF TEACHING MATERIAL, making it
possible to skip forward or backward or go to any point of ANY LESSON at ANY
TIME. I can
skip right to the parts you need work on, without wasting lesson time going
over stuff you already know. No
student ever has to sit there wasting time going over material that they
already know. Even more
importantly, since I have the questions and answers memorized, NO TIME IS
WASTED reading over the question, thinking of a solution, then
trying to teach it. I can answer instantly. Congratulations!
No false claims. Proof right here:
Just one of my many students. Congratulations Kathy!
Here is what
a VERIFIED, GENUINE SCORE INCREASE looks like from one of my students:
Here is
what a VERIFIED, GENUINE SCORE INCREASE looks like from one of my students:
Another
student of mine started at 30 then went up to 34. Indisputable proof of score
increase.
Irrefutable
proof of SAT score. Great job Ji-Won!
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