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Specializing in test prep, writing, and college admissions
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Sign up now for new courses starting in late February: 
  • Core Skills & Selective-Enrollment Prep (grades 6-7), Sunday afternoons
  • Accelerated Enrichment & Greek Mythology (grades 4-5), Wed/Fri 4:00-5:30
 
One of my students was admitted early (Dec 2009) to U Penn -- congratulations to her!
My students' 2009 college acceptances: Harvard, Yale (3), Stanford (2), Cornell, Duke, Columbia, Penn, Amherst, Northwestern (2), Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Emory (four-year merit scholarship), Boston College, Vanderbilt, UNC-Chapel Hill, Univ. of Southern California, and Univ. of Michigan.  Three students were National Merit Semifinalists, and one was named a National Merit Scholar. 
  

Harvard-trained professional & former Harvard instructor
-  A.B., magna cum laude & Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University
-  J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
-  Former McKinsey & Co. management consultant and Ropes & Gray lawyer
 
Small-group workshops
  • SAT, ACT, & PSAT prep (grades 9-11)
  • High-school entrance-exam prep (Core Skills for grades 6-7, 7-8):
    • Chicago Public Schools selective enrollment exam and ISAT
    • ISEE & SSAT (for private schools and boarding schools)
    • HSPT (for Catholic schools)
  • Enrichment for grades 4-5, 5-6 (Greek mythology, reading, writing, math)


"I learned more from your classes than anywhere else -- not only about reading, math, and writing, but about life in general.  I miss your class, despite the hour-long drive there."

                                                     -- a student who took my SAT/ACT prep courses


"I learn more in 10 minutes here than I do in an hour at school."

                                                     -- a seventh-grader at his second Core Skills class


2009-10 COURSES

 

SAT/ACT WRITING & MATH (grades 9-11)

 

SAT/ACT CRITICAL READING & MATH (grades 9-11)

 

INTENSIVE SAT/ACT PREP (grades 9-11)

 


 

ADVANCED CORE SKILLS & SELECTIVE-ENROLLMENT PREP (grades 7-8)

 

CORE SKILLS & SELECTIVE-ENROLLMENT PREP (grades 6-8)

 


 

ACCELERATED ENRICHMENT (grades 4-5)

 


My students have been admitted to

  • Harvard (early action Dec. '05, '06; regular action '09)
  • Yale (early action Dec. '08; regular action '09)
  • Princeton
  • Stanford (2 students)
  • Duke
  • Amherst (3 students)
  • Cornell (4 students)
  • Williams
  • Dartmouth (2 students)
  • Brown
  • Columbia
  • U Penn (2 students, incl. one early decision Dec. '09)
  • Caltech
  • Univ. of Chicago (early action Dec. '07)
  • Haverford (early decision Dec. '08) 
  • Swarthmore
  • Northwestern (8 students)
  • Washington Univ. in St. Louis
  • Vanderbilt (2 students)
  • UNC - Chapel Hill
  • USC (3 students, including one with a full merit scholarship)
  • Pomona (2 students)
  • Boston College (3 students)
  • Emory (3 students, including one with a partial merit scholarship)
  • Johns Hopkins (2 students)
  • Notre Dame
  • UIC-GPPA (2 students)
  • University of Rochester (2 students)
  • Macalester (2 students)
  • University of Michigan