FAQ

Not always. We look for a clear match between the student’s needs and the way we teach. If it is not there, we explain why and point you toward a better next step.

We cover the whole exam. Nothing gets skipped. What changes is the order. Most prep moves through the material in a fixed sequence and hopes the right parts land. We already know what the exam tests and how often, so your student starts with the material that earns the most points, and the plan keeps adjusting to what their own answers show.

Every parent tells us this, and they are usually right. Starting with a diagnostic is how we find out what is specific about your student instead of assuming. The report separates what they never learned from what they have not seen enough of from what falls apart under timing. Each one needs a different fix.

Your student learns the full exam. Points usually leak in three places: skills that never landed, question types they have not seen enough of, and timing or nerves. The diagnostic separates them, because each one needs a different fix, and that decides what gets attention first.

Maybe not. That is what the diagnostic is for. Strong students often lose points to a handful of question patterns no class covers. The report shows whether that is happening. If it is not, we will tell you.

We have screened hundreds of released exams and categorized every question by what it tests and how often it turns up. That is how we can tell your student what they are most likely to face, and in what proportion. The ranking holds up year after year. When we call a pattern high value, it is because we have watched it appear across exam after exam.

You will watch it on the map: which patterns were costing points, which are fixed, and what is next. All in plain English, updated as your student works.

Yes, proctored and timed like test day, and we have a lot of them. Pacing and stamina are the two things a student cannot rehearse on worksheets, so they get practiced under real conditions.

None, and you should be careful with anyone who does. We do not publish average score gains either, because those numbers are easy to manufacture and hard to verify. What we will do is show you the report, tell you what we think is achievable, and say so if we are not the right fit.

Every session is online, by design. Nobody is driving anywhere, so a weekly time is easy to keep, and steady weekly work is what actually moves scores. The whole session goes to teaching instead of setup, materials are on screen the moment they are needed, and the plan you see in your parent view is the same one on the tutor's screen.

Your student works with the same tutor every session, with more than fifteen years teaching this material. We keep the practice small on purpose, so nobody gets handed off in the middle of a plan. You will meet your tutor on the consultation call before anything is booked.

The diagnostic is ready when your account opens. The diagnostic is ready as soon as you have an account, and most families sit it, get the report, and have the consultation within a couple of days. Tutoring starts once you and your tutor agree on the plan and pick a weekly time.

That depends on the test date and where your student is starting. The report ranks what to fix first, so a short runway goes to the highest-value work and a longer one goes deeper.

That depends on the date, and we will be straight with you about it. The report ranks what to fix first, so however much time you have goes to the highest-value work.

Flexible tutoring is $200 an hour. Point is $1,000 for 5 hours. Line is $1,950 for 10 hours. Shape is $3,800 for 20 hours. Field is $5,550 for 30 hours. The diagnostic and the consultation are free.

Start with the free diagnostic. You will see exactly where your student stands and exactly what a plan would target. Then decide.

The plan does not add a mountain of homework. Practice comes only from the patterns the report flagged, so the work is shorter and it is obvious why each piece matters.

SAT, ACT, ISEE, SSAT, and HSPT, plus math foundations for students who are stuck below the level the exam assumes.