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Harvard Alum | College Essay & SAT/ACT Expert | 20+ Years
Michael R.

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Michael is a Harvard and Teach For America alumnus, former Harvard interviewer, IECA member, and SAT/ACT/ISEE and college essay specialist with over two decades of experience helping students gain admission to highly selective colleges and private schools.

As co-founder of an LA-based boutique tutoring and educational consulting firm, he trained and managed a team of elite test prep tutors and delivered lectures and workshops on test strategy, admissions essays, and application...

Michael is a Harvard and Teach For America alumnus, former Harvard interviewer, IECA member, and SAT/ACT/ISEE and college essay specialist with over two decades of experience helping students gain admission to highly selective colleges and private schools.

As co-founder of an LA-based boutique tutoring and educational consulting firm, he trained and managed a team of elite test prep tutors and delivered lectures and workshops on test strategy, admissions essays, and application positioning.

He has helped hundreds of students gain admission to their top choice universities including Harvard, Yale, UCLA, USC, Berkeley, NYU, Wisconsin, Pomona, and Georgetown, and to selective LA secondary schools including Windward, Harvard-Westlake, Brentwood, Marlborough, New Roads, and Crossroads.

"Michael was an extraordinary mentor. He helped my daughter shape an application described as one of the most compelling among her peer group... She ultimately applied ED to Brown and was accepted. Michael doesn't just help students build strong applications — he helps them understand their own story and present it with authenticity and strength." — Alissia K.


Education

Harvard College
English
St. John's University
Graduate Coursework
UCLA
Graduate Coursework
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ISEE

ISEE

I am a Harvard and Teach for America alumnus and a certified teacher who has been tutoring ISEE in Los Angeles since 2011. I teach students a strategic approach to taking the test that enables them to minimize anxiety and maximize their scores on every multiple choice section; I also give students a strategic toolkit that helps them craft creative and well-structured ISEE essays. My ISEE students have seen their scores increase by as much as 4 stanines, and they have been consistently accepted into the top private schools in Los Angeles, including Harvard-Westlake, Brentwood, Loyola, New Roads, and Crossroads. As one happy parent said of my ISEE work, "No one should take the ISEE without first studying with you."
Study Skills

Study Skills

I earned my honors A.B. from Harvard in 2008, and my teaching certificate in 2009 through Teach for America. Since 2008, I have taught hundreds of students strategies to help them do well on standardized tests; the results speak for themselves. My college admissions students have seen gains of as much as 300 points on the SAT and 5 points on the ACT; my ISEE students have seen scores as high as 9s; and my academic pupils have seen their GPAs increase as much as two full letter grades.
ACT English
Government & Politics
Reading
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