Test Prep Tutors
Standardized tests like the ACT, SAT, and the ISEE test can present a major obstacle—or a major opportunity—on your child’s academic journey. To begin our test prep program, Academic Achievers will administer a diagnostic assessment to identify areas of proficiency and areas in need of improvement. We create a customized prep curriculum and pair your student with a one-on-one master tutor. Students may choose to be tutored at home or online. Our tutors demystify the tests, transforming them from impending disasters to surmountable tasks. One-on-one, our tutors will help your student bring their best self to the test.
We provide professional, expert tutors for the ISEE Middle Level Santa Monica, ISEE Upper Level Santa Monica, ISEE Test Prep Brentwood, ISEE Test Prep Los Angeles, ISEE Pacific Palisades, ISEE Beverly Hills, and everywhere in the Los Angeles area our ISEE, SAT, and ACT Tutors will help prepare for your student’s test date. Our tutors will keep your student on track with diagnostic assessments, weekly private tutoring sessions, and ISEE, SAT, and ACT practice tests.
And help your student receive their very best scores.
Meet Our Staff
Matt
University of Southern California, M Ed.
Rutgers University School of Law, JD
Rutgers College, BAAfter completing his JD, Matt realized his passion was not in the law but in education, and he returned to school to receive a Masters in Mathematics Education. He was awarded a Math for America Teaching Fellowship and taught high school and middle school mathematics in Los Angeles. Matt’s patience, compassion, and ability to make complex subjects understandable makes him a popular tutor for math subjects, as well as for chemistry, physics, computer science, and writing. Additionally, Matt has many years of experience as a test preparation tutor and has helped students maximize their scores on tests such as the SAT, ACT, ISEE, HSPT, GRE, and the GMAT.
Zachary
North Dakota State University, B.S.
Zachary has spent over 8 years helping students reach their academic and college admissions exam goals. He has individually tutored hundreds of students and has also led numerous exam prep classroom courses from the ISEE, HSPT, ACT, or SAT. Pairing a wealth of tutoring experience with a passion for teaching and test prep, his goal during each lesson is for your student to feel both challenged and supported. Employing anecdotes, analogies, and alliterations, he focuses on building up fundamental skills while also getting students to speak the language of the test. Zachary has had students net a perfect score in every section of the ACT and SAT, has helped students raise their letter grades multiple grade values, and helped students gain acceptance to some of the world’s most selective universities.
Puja
University of California at Los Angeles, MFA
Yale University, BAPuja has almost two decades of tutoring and teaching experience. She has worked with students of all ages and abilities and has taught courses in English, Writing, Math, and Science at the university level. Not only is Puja one of the most accomplished test prep tutors, but she is also an exceptional one-on-one tutor for any elementary or high school subject. What she loves most about tutoring is seeing students become more self-reliant, confident, and excited about learning. Puja tailors her sessions to each student’s strengths and has tutored test prep with Academic Achievers for 12 years. She consistently receives excellent reviews.
Jeff
Reed College, BA
Jeff focuses on helping students with their immediate task at hand (be it academic or test prep) while simultaneously building confidence and skills that will help students throughout their academic careers. He has tutored in Los Angeles for over ten years, working with students from middle schoolers to adults. In addition to test prep for the SAT, ACT, HSPT, and ISEE, he has extensive experience tutoring students who need academic support and preparing students for their APs. He also has experience working with students to improve their writing, both for school essays and in test prep situations. He is able to break down essay structure and direct students towards the critical thinking and planning necessary for them to develop the confidence and knowledge that increase writing fluency. Jeff has an excellent track record for improved student scores and consistently receives top reviews.
Jordan H.
Columbia University, BA
For 15 years Jordan has worked to prepare students for the ISEE, SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT, as well as guiding applications through the college application process, and helping to hone subject skills in writing, critical reading, history (including AP Euro and AP USH), physics, geometry and algebra. Jordan works in both New York and Los Angeles. He is also a seasoned screenwriter with many television series credits on his resume. As a favorite test prep tutor, Jordan is light-hearted, knowledgeable, and highly effective and his students are always well-prepared.
Jordan M.
Northwestern University, BS
After graduating from Northwestern University, Jordan began tutoring in 2019. He personally scored in the 99th percentile for the ACT and received 5s in AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, and AP Computer Science making tutoring a natural transition. Since beginning his tutoring journey in both Chicago and Los Angeles he has tutored AP classes, ACT prep, and SAT prep for over 100 students. He has been teaching AP Calculus BC and Integrated Math 2. Many of his students have gone on to receive 5s and surpass their goals and initial expectations for themselves. He utilizes socratic methods in his tutoring to encourage the students to discover answers themselves and become independent and process oriented. His students have described him as engaged, enthusiastic, and empathetic.
Nalini
Emory University, BS
Nalini has taught students in the most prestigious schools in the Los Angeles area. Her areas of expertise are the ISEE, ACT, SAT, all levels of Biology, math up to Algebra 2 and Literature. She has an excellent track record of significantly improving students’ standardized test scores. Her teaching career began as a Teaching Assistant in Advanced Biology courses at Emory University. Nalini has worked with students of all ages K-12 and at various levels of the learning curve. From autism centers to highly competitive test prep schools, Nalini is excellent at zoning in on the specific learning process of her student, developing their weaknesses and strengths, achieving goals, and creating passion and confidence along the way. Nalini has taught elementary, high school, and test prep for Academic Achievers for over ten years.
Peter
University of Southern California, MS
Peter is a distinguished STEM educator with over 25 years of experience specializing in advanced Mathematics and Science instruction. A best-selling author of over eight STEM textbooks, he has topped Amazon’s “#1 New Release” charts for AP Precalculus, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus. With a proven track record of coaching students to top-tier finishes in the SAT Math, ACT Math/Science, and all levels of ISEE Math, he maintains a 95% pass rate (Scores 4 or 5) among his AP students for their AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB/BC, AP Statistics, ensuring they are prepared for both elite competitions and university-level coursework.
Rebecca
Columbia University MFA
Cornell University, BA, summa cum laudeRebecca has been a classroom teacher, academic and test preparation tutor, teacher trainer, and test prep content developer for over 25 years. She has helped students succeed on the ISEE, HSPT, PSAT, SAT, and ACT for decades and knows the tests and materials. She is a specialist in standardized test taking preparation. Rebecca has also worked in a special education classroom and has tutored students with various learning challenges. This range of experience has given her the ability to adapt to the needs of every student. Rebecca’s students excel in their test-taking skills and demonstrate high score improvements.
