Howard Beach, NY SAT Tutors

Having worked as a tutor for the past five years, I have extensive experience tutoring math, grammar, and reading comprehension to high school and middle school students and have a demonstrated history of score improvement and mastery of subject material by my students. I work with students of all levels and abilities on academic work and test prep.

My test prep students learn grammar, math, and reading comprehension. They learn strategies specific to the individual sections and question types. We work to fill any gaps in knowledge, and to create good habits that students can use to successfully move through the test efficiently and accurately.

I've been teaching SAT preparation for 10 years and my students have increased their SAT scores over 500 points from their initial scores.

I create a personalized daily syllabus that caters to each student's individual strengths and weakness, and check in with my students daily to make sure that they are completing their homework assignments and have no questions.

My program is rigorous and demanding, but leads to significantly higher scores very quickly. I do not give my students a chance to slack off or to stop doing their homework assignments because students are required to enter when they have completed their homework assignments, their scores, and their vocabulary words daily through a virtual tracking system that I have created.

I provide a book list including Collegeboard and Kaplan books, though can work with whatever books students already have. I incorporate technology to keep students engaged.

I can't wait to begin!

I would love to become involved and help strengthen the math skills of your high schooler! I am currently tutoring a number of high schoolers and have seen a huge boost in their confidence and abilities and would love to work with yours.  In addition to reinforcing the fundamentals, and dissecting advanced material so it is more easily understood, I plan to initially is to examine their thought process, and then deconstruct their approach so it becomes more systematic and methodical.  

 I had a near perfect SAT math score (780 when it was scored out of 800) and also attended UPenn. But most importantly I can get him/her to raise her math score! I dont like to make guarantee's but in general in a 1 month time frame i have been able to raise my students math score 100 points. If given 3-6 months i can raise their math score 200-350 points. My general strategy is to identify the type of question (Alg, Trig, Geometry etc) s/he struggles with and to examine hish/er thought process ...

High quality preparation for SAT with demonstrated results.

Having received a perfect SAT Math score (and a near-perfect Verbal score), Laura is passionate about guiding students to earn the best score possible. From detailed homework assignments and practice tests to stress-management techniques, the students will be given all the tools they need to excel on this important exam.

I am a recent graduate from Columbia University and teach a systematic, step-by-step approach to problem-solving and test-taking that has served me well over the years. Often, the part of the SAT that causes a student to struggle is not the content, but rather the structure. In my experience, mastering this internal structure is half the battle, and is just as important as the subject matter itself. Through practicing both of these aspects in tandem, I was able to score a 2320 on the SAT in 2015 and gain entrance to several top schools, including Columbia and Harvard.

I have helped dozens of students over the last five years improve their SAT scores dramatically. There are clear types of questions the math section of the SAT repeatedly asks. The first step to mastering the test is to know how to do each type, the next and most often neglected step is to know how to do each type with ease and the last step is to be able to quickly recognize each type and apply the techniques necessary for solving them. My method for achieving this is to explain the concepts multiple ways to find the one that makes most sense to the student. Then I have students repeatedly do each type until they become commonplace. Last, I have them do as many practice tests as possible so they learn to apply the concepts utilizing time management. By repeating each question type rather than doing one and moving one I ensure that the concept sticks in the student's mind. By repeatedly taking practice tests students earn the confidence they need on testing day to perform their best.

I have experience tutoring this in the past.

The secret to standardized tests is not how much you know, but how well you can take the test. With me, students prepping for standardized tests will learn test-taking strategies that maximize efficiency and reduce the amount of extra time spent on each part.