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SAT Tutor | Reading, Writing & Math | Executive Function | ADHD
Ryan C.

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270 hours tutoring

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Students often know more than their scores or schoolwork show. The challenge is identifying what gets in the way—and teaching a method they can use independently. I tutor SAT Reading/Writing and Math and provide executive function coaching, drawing on nearly 14 years of teaching and tutoring experience in Massachusetts schools and districts, including Boston Latin, Brookline, and Newton. On Wyzant, I have taught nearly 300 hours, earned a 5-star rating, and received nearly 70 reviews,...

Students often know more than their scores or schoolwork show. The challenge is identifying what gets in the way—and teaching a method they can use independently. I tutor SAT Reading/Writing and Math and provide executive function coaching, drawing on nearly 14 years of teaching and tutoring experience in Massachusetts schools and districts, including Boston Latin, Brookline, and Newton. On Wyzant, I have taught nearly 300 hours, earned a 5-star rating, and received nearly 70 reviews, alongside extensive private tutoring and coaching experience.

My approach begins with diagnosis: Is the student missing a concept, misreading the question, choosing an inefficient strategy, or struggling to apply what they know? I use a comprehensive SAT curriculum with question-type guides, targeted practice, and error tracking to turn those patterns into specific next steps. In Reading/Writing, we build passage comprehension, evidence-based reasoning, grammar, and the ability to eliminate tempting wrong answers. In Math, we strengthen foundations, recognize problem types, and choose efficient methods, including appropriate Desmos strategies. Accuracy comes first, followed by timed practice and independent execution.

Recent student gains on official SAT practice exams include 660 to 740 after six sessions, 620 to 710 in about one month, and 430 to 660 through foundational reading and grammar work. Individual results vary.
For students with ADHD or executive function challenges, I help turn “I’ll do it later” into a practical plan: when to start, what to do first, how to manage time, and how to follow through. My background in behavioral and special education settings helps me distinguish academic skill gaps from difficulties with organization and execution. Lessons are individualized around each student’s goals, recurring errors, and habits, with a focus on building confidence through clear methods and measurable progress.

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Education

Bridgewater State University
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Harvard University
Graduate Coursework
Boston College
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  • Hourly Rate: $99
  • Rate details: Tutoring: Online $99/hr · In-person $150/hr Package rates may be available for ongoing students. Ask about options during consultation.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

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Approved Subjects

ACT English

ACT English

My ACT English instruction draws on about 14 years of teaching and tutoring experience and a structured approach to grammar, sentence construction, and rhetorical reasoning. I teach students to identify sentence boundaries, apply punctuation and agreement rules, and evaluate choices for clarity, concision, and purpose. Rather than relying on what “sounds right,” students learn to explain the rule or contextual evidence supporting an answer. Targeted practice and error review build accuracy before we integrate pacing and independent execution.
ADHD

ADHD

I bring nearly 14 years of teaching and tutoring experience, including extensive work with students with ADHD in classrooms and individual sessions. I help capable students turn understanding into consistent performance by identifying where work breaks down: getting started, sustaining attention, organizing materials, managing time, or finishing an assignment with care. My coaching is built around the student’s actual schoolwork, learning history, and daily demands. We develop practical systems for assignment tracking, task initiation, prioritization, studying, and test preparation, then practice using those systems on real assignments rather than discussing organization only in the abstract. A student might learn to break a project into clear starting steps, estimate the time each part requires, plan backward from a deadline, or recognize when distraction or uncertainty is interrupting progress. My B.S. in Psychology and background in behavioral and special education settings help me distinguish an academic skill gap from difficulty organizing or carrying out the work. I combine clear instruction, manageable work periods, accountability, and self-monitoring, adapting the level of support to the individual. When appropriate, I coordinate with families around school expectations and relevant IEP or 504 accommodations. As strategies become more reliable, I gradually reduce prompting so the student builds stronger follow-through, confidence, and independence beyond tutoring.
ASVAB

ASVAB

I provide targeted ASVAB preparation in arithmetic reasoning, mathematics knowledge, word knowledge, and paragraph comprehension. Drawing on my teaching and tutoring experience, I identify foundational gaps and recurring errors before building a focused practice plan. Students learn to translate word problems, choose efficient solution methods, interpret passages, and evaluate answer choices under time constraints. Sessions combine clear instruction, targeted practice, and systematic review, with preparation tailored to each student’s starting point and goals.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

My nearly 14 years of teaching and tutoring experience includes extensive work supporting autistic students in school-based, one-to-one, and behavioral settings. I have worked with learners whose strengths, communication styles, academic needs, and levels of independence differ considerably, so I begin by understanding the individual rather than assuming one approach will work for every student. I provide structured academic support in reading comprehension, writing, mathematics, study skills, and executive functioning. We may work on understanding directions, organizing an explanation, breaking down a multistep problem, preparing for assessments, or applying a familiar skill in a new situation. I use clear explanations, predictable routines, visual examples, and guided practice when helpful, while adjusting the pace, language, and complexity to the student’s needs. My background includes a B.S. in Psychology and years of work in applied behavior analysis and special education environments, informing how I observe learning, structure practice, and support increasing independence. I check whether the student can use a skill beyond the example we practiced, rather than assuming one correct answer means the skill is secure. When appropriate, I collaborate with families and school teams around relevant educational goals and classroom expectations. My goal is meaningful academic progress through a respectful, practical approach that builds on the student’s strengths and gradually reduces unnecessary adult prompting.
Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding

I’m a seasoned Bodybuilding coach with 17+ years of experience, including competing in multiple sports such as basketball, baseball, football, boxing, and mixed martial arts. Since I started bodybuilding at 18, I’ve achieved impressive results, including reaching 235lbs at 7% body fat, with photos to prove it. I’ve also competed in the Junior Olympics and know firsthand the dedication it takes to transform your body. My approach combines proven strength training, nutrition, and recovery methods tailored to each individual’s goals, helping clients achieve peak performance and results.
Essay Writing

Essay Writing

I have over 12 years of experience teaching and tutoring essay writing for middle school, high school, and college students across a wide range of academic levels. I specialize in helping students develop clear structure, strong thesis statements, logical organization, and effective evidence-based writing. My approach focuses on breaking the writing process into manageable steps, including outlining, drafting, revising, and editing, so students understand not just what to write but how to think through their ideas. I regularly support students who struggle with organization, clarity, or confidence in writing, including those with executive-function or learning challenges. Sessions emphasize clear expectations, concrete models, and actionable feedback rather than vague corrections. Parents value my ability to help students produce stronger, more confident writing while also building skills they can transfer to future assignments across subjects.
Executive Functioning

Executive Functioning

I am an experienced educator and academic coach with nearly 14 years of experience supporting middle school, high school, and college students with executive functioning skills. I specialize in helping students strengthen organization, planning, task initiation, time management, sustained attention, and follow-through—skills that are essential for academic success but often underdeveloped in high-achieving or neurodiverse learners. My background includes extensive work with students with ADHD, executive dysfunction, and learning differences, both in school settings and through one-on-one coaching. I design personalized systems that help students manage assignments, break down complex tasks, prepare for exams, and build consistent study habits, while also improving self-monitoring and accountability. Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach, I focus on identifying each student’s specific executive function challenges and teaching practical, transferable strategies they can apply across subjects. Parents and students consistently report improved independence, reduced academic stress, and measurable improvements in performance as a result of this structured, skills-based coaching approach.
GED

GED

I provide structured GED preparation across Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies, with instruction tailored to each student’s current skill level and testing goals. With more than 12 years of experience in education, special education, and one-on-one academic support, I specialize in breaking difficult concepts into clear, manageable steps. My approach emphasizes foundational skill-building, test strategy, mistake-pattern analysis, and steady progress toward GED readiness. I also support students with ADHD, executive-function challenges, and learning differences while maintaining high expectations and practical accountability.
Grammar

Grammar

With over 12 years of experience, I specialize in grammar tutoring for students of all levels, including SAT prep, academic writing, and special education support. My expertise lies in breaking down complex grammar rules into clear, easy-to-apply concepts so students can improve sentence structure, punctuation, and clarity in their writing. I’ve helped students master parallelism, conciseness, subject-verb agreement, modifiers, and more—key areas for SAT success and strong academic writing. My background in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and psychology also allows me to tailor lessons for students with ADHD, autism, and executive function challenges. Whether you're preparing for a standardized test, strengthening writing skills, or refining professional communication, I'll help you gain confidence and mastery in grammar.
High School Placement Test

High School Placement Test

I bring nearly 14 years of teaching and tutoring experience to structured preparation for high school placement and entrance exams. My background in reading, writing, grammar, mathematics, and standardized-test strategy helps students strengthen the underlying skills while learning how to apply them accurately under time pressure. Preparation begins with the exact exam, the student’s current work, and the areas that need the most attention. For the HSPT, we can work on verbal skills, quantitative reasoning, reading, mathematics, and language, using the student’s errors to distinguish a content gap from a misread question, weak setup, inefficient method, or pacing problem. Reading and language work emphasizes comprehension, vocabulary in context, sentence structure, grammar, and evidence-based elimination; mathematics and quantitative work emphasizes sound foundations, recognizing relationships, and choosing a clear sequence of steps. I do not rely on memorized tricks or treat different entrance exams as interchangeable. We use targeted practice, explicit explanations, error review, and increasingly independent work to build a repeatable process, then add timed practice as accuracy becomes more reliable. I also help students plan their preparation and review mistakes productively between sessions. The goal is stronger skills, better test-taking decisions, and greater confidence with the actual assessment, while building methods that remain useful in high school coursework.
Interview Prep

Interview Prep

I provide structured, results-focused interview preparation for high school, college, and graduate-level students, including academic programs, competitive schools, and enrichment opportunities. My approach emphasizes clear communication, confidence-building, and strategic response framing so students can articulate their strengths effectively under pressure. I help students prepare for common and advanced interview questions, practice concise yet compelling answers, and improve delivery, tone, and body language. Drawing on years of experience working closely with students and families, I tailor interview coaching to each student’s goals, personality, and application context to ensure authentic and polished performance.
PSAT

PSAT

I have over 12 years of experience in education and specialize in structured, individualized test preparation for the digital PSAT and SAT. I help students strengthen Reading and Writing skills through targeted instruction in grammar, vocabulary in context, information and ideas, rhetorical analysis, and efficient test-taking strategies. My approach begins by identifying each student’s specific mistake patterns and skill gaps rather than relying on generic test-prep assignments. From there, I use customized lessons, targeted practice, error analysis, and progressively timed work to build accuracy before speed. I also incorporate executive-function and study strategies when organization, attention, pacing, or consistency is affecting performance. My goal is to help students understand why they miss questions, develop repeatable strategies for solving them, and become increasingly accurate and independent under real digital testing conditions.
Psychology

Psychology

I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Psychology, with additional academic study in Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience, and bring over 12 years of experience in education and behavioral support. My background includes cognitive psychology, learning and memory, development, neuroscience, conditioning, and human behavior, allowing me to help students connect psychological theory with practical examples and applications. I work with high school, AP Psychology, and college-level students who need help mastering course content, preparing for exams, understanding research, or strengthening their academic writing. I break complex theories and terminology into clear frameworks while using retrieval practice, examples, and targeted review to improve both comprehension and retention. My goal is not simply to help students memorize psychological concepts for a test. I help them understand how the concepts relate to one another, evaluate psychological ideas critically, and apply what they have learned independently.
Reading

Reading

I bring 12+ years of teaching and tutoring experience to individualized reading instruction, including work with students with ADHD, autism, and learning differences. I help students identify central ideas, make supported inferences, understand vocabulary in context, and explain how details contribute to a passage’s meaning. Through modeling, guided discussion, and purposeful rereading, students learn to notice confusion and use specific strategies to restore understanding. Lessons adapt to the student’s reading level and schoolwork, with the goal of stronger comprehension and increasingly independent analysis.
SAT Math

SAT Math

I teach SAT Math using a comprehensive curriculum I developed, drawing on nearly 14 years of teaching and tutoring experience. Instruction covers algebra, advanced math, problem-solving and data analysis, and geometry and trigonometry, with targeted attention to each student’s knowledge gaps. I teach students to recognize problem structures, choose efficient methods, and use Desmos when it offers a practical advantage. Lessons move from explicit instruction and focused practice to mixed, timed application, with error tracking that helps students correct recurring mistakes.
SAT Reading

SAT Reading

I teach SAT Reading and Writing through a comprehensive curriculum I developed, drawing on nearly 14 years of teaching and tutoring experience. My instruction targets passage comprehension, evidence-based reasoning, vocabulary in context, grammar, and rhetorical decisions through clear methods for each question type. I analyze recurring errors to determine whether students need stronger foundations, more precise reasoning, or a better approach to pacing and answer selection. Students progress from guided practice to independent, timed application, with systematic review of missed questions and tempting wrong answers.
SAT Writing

SAT Writing

I specialize in Digital SAT Reading and Writing, helping students make accurate decisions about grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and the relationships between ideas. My instruction covers sentence boundaries, subject-verb agreement, verb tense, pronoun usage, modifiers, parallel structure, transitions, and rhetorical synthesis. I teach students to identify exactly what a question tests, apply the relevant rule, and explain why the strongest competing answer fails. Drawing on nearly 14 years of experience across Massachusetts school districts, I make complex concepts clear and give students a repeatable process they can use independently. I use official SAT questions and structured skill guides to move from focused instruction into mixed practice. When students miss a question, we determine whether the difficulty came from an unfamiliar rule, a misread sentence, an attractive distractor, or inconsistent execution. We then practice the specific correction on new questions, building accuracy and independence before adding speed.
Special Needs

Special Needs

I bring nearly 14 years of teaching and tutoring experience to supporting students with special needs, learning differences, and challenges with academic independence. My background includes a B.S. in Psychology and extensive work in special education and behavioral settings, both in schools and through individualized support, helping me look beyond an unfinished assignment or a disappointing grade to understand what is making learning difficult. I work with students who need support in reading, writing, mathematics, study skills, organization, attention, and follow-through. Before choosing an approach, I consider the student’s current skills, strengths, learning history, and ability to work independently. A student may need a concept explained differently, a task broken into manageable steps, more structured practice, or a clearer way to recognize and correct mistakes; lessons are built around those needs rather than a standard sequence every student is expected to follow. My approach combines clear instruction, visual supports when useful, guided practice, and gradual movement toward independent work. I help students understand what they are doing, why each step matters, and how to apply the strategy again in their own schoolwork. When appropriate, relevant school goals and family observations inform the plan. The aim is meaningful academic progress alongside greater confidence, stronger self-monitoring, and less dependence on repeated adult prompting.
Statistics

Statistics

I have extensive experience tutoring statistics at multiple levels, helping students grasp core concepts like probability, hypothesis testing, regression, and data interpretation. My approach combines clear explanations with practical examples, enabling students to confidently apply statistical methods. I am skilled at breaking down complex topics such as confidence intervals, sampling methods, and error types. Whether working with beginners or advanced learners, I focus on building a strong foundation and critical thinking skills for real-world applications.
Study Skills

Study Skills

I have nearly 14 years of experience helping students strengthen study skills, executive functioning, organization, time management, task initiation, and independent learning habits. My approach focuses on identifying the specific barriers affecting a student’s performance and building practical systems for planning, studying, note-taking, test preparation, and follow-through. I regularly support students with ADHD, autism, and other learning differences while adapting strategies to each student’s strengths and academic demands. My goal is to help students become more organized, accountable, confident, and increasingly independent in managing their schoolwork.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

With over 12 years of experience in education, I help students build stronger vocabularies through structured instruction focused on understanding, retention, and accurate word use. I use context clues, word roots, associations, active recall, and spaced review so students learn vocabulary rather than simply memorize lists. Instruction can be customized for a student’s grade level, reading and writing needs, or standardized-test goals, including SAT and ACT preparation. I also track recurring mistakes and areas of weakness to target instruction efficiently and reinforce vocabulary until students can recognize and apply new words independently
World History

World History

I have over 12 years of experience in education, helping students understand challenging academic material and develop stronger, more independent learning skills. In World History, I help students connect major civilizations, events, political developments, conflicts, and cultural movements rather than simply memorizing isolated names and dates. I break complex material into clear timelines, cause-and-effect relationships, themes, and study frameworks that make information easier to understand and retain. I also help students prepare for exams, analyze primary and secondary sources, strengthen historical writing, and develop more effective note-taking and study strategies.

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The best SAT English tutor

Ryan is the best SAT English tutor my son has worked with. We tried several teachers before, but Ryan stands out with his structured, strategic approach and the way he explains everything. His lessons are organized, focused, and actually move the score. My son feels confident and motivated, and we truly see the difference. Highly recommend!

Maria, 22 lessons with Ryan

Positive and encouraging

We started SAT English tutoring with Ryan about two months ago, and my son has really enjoyed his methodology. Ryan is very effective at identifying specific areas of weakness and tailoring his instruction to focus on improving those skills. While my son has not yet taken the official SAT since beginning tutoring, we have already seen noticeable progress in his practice test results. We are hopeful that this improvement will translate to the official exam as well.

Reeta, 10 lessons with Ryan

Outstanding tutor. Five stars, every time.

Ryan has been working with our 14-year-old son, who is autistic and legally blind, for 14 lessons, and the experience has been excellent. He is patient, focused, and deeply committed to our son’s progress. Just as important, he connects well with him, keeps him motivated, and meets him where he is. Ryan helps our son understand how SAT questions are structured rather than just drilling answers. He teaches practical strategies our son can use and equips us as parents with tools to reinforce the work between sessions. The result is growing confidence and real skill development. We are starting SAT prep early since our son is in 9th grade, and Ryan has done a great job laying the groundwork for long-term success. We are confident this will translate into meaningful improvement when our son takes the SAT. Highly recommend. Professional, thoughtful, and effective.

Brian, 41 lessons with Ryan

Well prepared tutor

We are just starting tutoring with Ryan (my daughter is in 8th grade, prepping for the SSAT). Ryan has been super well-prepared and professional. He puts a lot of time in between sessions, which we really appreciate.

Leon, 1 lesson with Ryan

Exactly what we’ve been looking for!

Ryan is thorough, knowledgeable and personable. He navigates the concerns and goals of me, as the parent, while being relatable and effective with my daughter. Our first lesson gave us so much hope for a different outcome this school year! We will continue work with Ryan and put my daughter on track for success with habits that stick. Thank you Ryan!

Terri, 30 lessons with Ryan

Remains focused on success

Ryan has been very patient in working with our autistic junior with his SAT prep. We are confident of his methods and like his demeanor in working with our son.

Brak, 12 lessons with Ryan
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