I've been working with high-achieving students since 2008 — and in that time, I've learned one thing above everything else: the students who earn the highest scores aren't the ones who found the best shortcuts. They're the ones who did the actual work.
I started my tutoring practice in Austin, Texas, working almost exclusively with students at one of the city's most rigorous admission-based magnet high schools — students taking organic chemistry and college-level coursework before graduation. That environment set the standard for the kind of student I work best with, and the kind of instruction I hold myself to.
I began specializing in standardized test prep around 2013, starting with the SAT and ACT and expanding to the GRE and GMAT/Executive Assessment shortly after. Since then, I've worked with students across the United States and internationally, helping them prepare for the most competitive university and graduate program admissions in the world.
My Approach
Most test prep programs teach students to game the exam — memorize a set of tricks, recognize patterns, and hope the right questions show up on test day. That approach has a ceiling, and for students pursuing top-percentile scores, that ceiling isn't high enough.
My method is different.
I prepare students by building genuine mastery of the skills each exam actually measures. I take the full scope of a test — every section, every subsection, every question type — and break it into a precise, sequential curriculum. I work topic by topic, closing every gap, reinforcing every concept, and moving forward only when the material is locked in. Once a content area is covered, I immediately put it into practice with timed testing — because knowing the material and performing under test conditions are two different skills, and both need to be trained.
There are no shortcuts here. Not because shortcuts don't exist, but because at the score levels my students are pursuing, gaps anywhere become liabilities on test day. The only way to eliminate those liabilities is to eliminate the gaps — completely.
This approach takes longer than a crash course. It's supposed to. Anything worth doing at the highest level requires the time and consistency to match the outcome you're pursuing.
My Students
My students consistently score in the 95th percentile and above — many in the 99th percentile — on their respective exams. They go on to gain admission to top-10 and top-20 universities and graduate programs. They are, without exception, students who came in ready to work.
I work with a small number of students at a time — always privately, always 1-on-1 — because that's the only format that allows me to give each student the level of attention this process requires.
Who I Work Best With
My ideal student is someone who is serious about the outcome, patient with the process, and willing to be coached. They don't need to be the most naturally gifted student in the room — but they need to show up, engage, and put in the work between sessions.
If you're looking for someone to organize the roadmap, structure the process, and get you where you need to go — so that all you have to focus on is learning and improving — then I'm probably the right fit.
If you're looking for a quick fix, I'm not.