Specifix Prep

Patrick worked patiently with our student over three test administrations (including one botched administration), pushing her to a 400-​point improvement in her score.
We interviewed other SAT tutors for our high school junior before choosing to go with Patrick. We liked that he works with a curriculum he had developed himself and that he tailors it to the needs of the individual student. After spending some time talking with our student and going over a practice test she had taken, he recommended his thirty-​hour package, and we signed up.
I was initially nervous about making what seemed like a major commitment, but I shouldn’t have been. Patrick is a master of the teaching craft: He’s responsive, unfailingly punctual, personable, flexible and — important when dealing with a somewhat shy high school student — funny. Patrick identified our daughter’s strengths and weaknesses, taught effective time-​management and other test-​taking techniques, and showed her how working hard and taking ownership of your goals develop into confidence over time. And that lesson was at least as important as the improvement in her test scores. Highly recommended.

I began taking the SAT course this school year for the January SAT. Being my Junior year, I want to do really well on the SAT for any early applications. After taking Patrick’s course, I can easily see my SAT score going above 2000 with great improvements in all of the tested areas (An official practice SAT shows that I can get over 2000). It’s a great class that cannot leave anyone bored.

Hard to know where to begin. Patrick worked with my daughter on her SATS and she jumped by almost 300 points from her PSAT baseline. He personalizes his approach for each student, gets to know there strengths and weaknesses cold, and is able to concentrate study time on areas where improvement is attainable. Goes above and beyond (even sits for the SATs himself to keep up with changes to the exam) and provides support until the desired outcome is achieved. My daughter loved working with him and got in to the reach college of her choice. If you are skeptical about professional test prep or have not gotten the desired results in other places, I strongly endorse giving Patrick and his approach your consideration. There are no miracles in test taking but he has the ability to help each student reach there potential in my view.