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Eric G.

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Instructor Eric G. began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics.

After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the...

Instructor Eric G. began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics.

After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago.

Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he held until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT, as well as the ISEE, SSAT, and SHSAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.


Education

Columbia University
Applied Physics
The University of Chicago
Masters

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ACT English

ACT English

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
ACT Math

ACT Math

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
ACT Reading

ACT Reading

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
ACT Science

ACT Science

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
Algebra 1

Algebra 1

I am a physicist who has spent the last 15 years teaching not only standardized test preparation, but also all levels of physics and math. From Finite Math to Algebra to Calculus to Differential Equations, I have taught it all. Also, importantly, I have seen success with all types of students who had to overcome various learning challenges---one of my greatest success stories involved two students who were failing 8th grade math badly, and after I started working with them, became top students in their math class. One received a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to college, while the other was accepted early decision to his top choice university.
Algebra 2

Algebra 2

I am a physicist who has spent the last 15 years teaching not only standardized test preparation, but also all levels of physics and math. From Finite Math to Algebra to Calculus to Differential Equations, I have taught it all. Also, importantly, I have seen success with all types of students who had to overcome various learning challenges---one of my greatest success stories involved two students who were failing 8th grade math badly, and after I started working with them, became top students in their math class. One received a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to college, while the other was accepted early decision to his top choice university.
ASVAB

ASVAB

Before scoring a perfect 99 on the ASVAB and entering the United States Navy, Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
College Counseling

College Counseling

For the past 15 years, as both a senior faculty member for Kaplan and head of my own test prep company, I have assisted students with deciding on their best collegiate options and assembling top-notch application packages for their target schools. As an interviewer for the Columbia University Admissions Department, I have also interviewed countless applicants to a highly selective Ivy League university and know exactly how the admissions process works, to include both the automated and human elements of it.
Finite Math

Finite Math

I am a physicist who has spent the last 15 years teaching not only standardized test preparation, but also all levels of physics and math. From Finite Math to Algebra to Calculus to Differential Equations, I have taught it all. Also, importantly, I have seen success with all types of students who had to overcome various learning challenges---one of my greatest success stories involved two students who were failing 8th grade math badly, and after I started working with them, became top students in their math class. One received a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to college, while the other was accepted early decision to his top choice university.
GED

GED

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
GMAT

GMAT

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
GRE

GRE

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
ISEE

ISEE

Instructor Eric G. began his career in standardized test preparation in 2010 when he joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT, as well as the ISEE, SSAT, and SHSAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
Prealgebra

Prealgebra

I am a physicist who has spent the last 15 years teaching not only standardized test preparation, but also all levels of physics and math. From Finite Math to Algebra to Calculus to Differential Equations, I have taught it all. Also, importantly, I have seen success with all types of students who had to overcome various learning challenges---one of my greatest success stories involved two students who were failing 8th grade math badly, and after I started working with them, became top students in their math class. One received a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to college, while the other was accepted early decision to his top choice university.
Precalculus

Precalculus

I am a physicist who has spent the last 15 years teaching not only standardized test preparation, but also all levels of physics and math. From Finite Math to Algebra to Calculus to Differential Equations, I have taught it all. Also, importantly, I have seen success with all types of students who had to overcome various learning challenges---one of my greatest success stories involved two students who were failing 8th grade math badly, and after I started working with them, became top students in their math class. One received a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to college, while the other was accepted early decision to his top choice university.
PSAT

PSAT

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
SAT Math

SAT Math

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
SAT Reading

SAT Reading

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
SAT Writing

SAT Writing

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
SSAT

SSAT

Instructor Eric Gutman began his scientific career as a research assistant for NASA at the age of 17. By age 21, he was a research scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear weapons lab in northern California, and subsequently received his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics from Columbia University with concentrations in optics/lasers and nuclear physics. After working as a geophysicist in the oil industry, Eric received his graduate degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, where he specialized in relativity and cosmology, and as a graduate researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, theoretically predicted interactions between ordinary and dark matter. Upon receiving his honorable discharge from the United States Navy, Eric joined the faculty of Kaplan Test Prep, and soon became one of the company's most popular instructors in Chicago. Kaplan students would later rank Eric higher than any other GRE/SAT faculty member in the entire New York - Washington, D.C. region, a position he would hold until leaving the company to found The Best Test Prep. Eric has authored several test preparation courses for other companies as well as his own, and continues to provide instruction for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT, as well as the ISEE, SSAT, and SHSAT. He has seen, worked with, and had success with every type of student and learning challenge, always maintaining the goal of target school admission with a scholarship. Around his busy schedule of helping students, Eric is an active member of the Triple Nine Society, Intertel, and Mensa, and has interviewed countless applicants for the Columbia University Admissions Department.
Trigonometry

Trigonometry

I am a physicist who has spent the last 15 years teaching not only standardized test preparation, but also all levels of physics and math. From Finite Math to Algebra to Calculus to Differential Equations, I have taught it all. Also, importantly, I have seen success with all types of students who had to overcome various learning challenges---one of my greatest success stories involved two students who were failing 8th grade math badly, and after I started working with them, became top students in their math class. One received a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to college, while the other was accepted early decision to his top choice university.
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