TRThe Roster

The Practice

Six areas of practice.

Two areas are primary. The others are offered alongside them or in their natural season.

Primary

SSAT and ISEE

Preparation for admission to New York's independent schools.

  • Horace Mann
  • Trinity
  • Dalton
  • Spence
  • Brearley
  • Chapin
  • Collegiate

SSAT and ISEE preparation starts with a full diagnostic across verbal, quantitative, reading, and writing. Sessions pair test-specific strategy with the fundamentals that produce durable gains: vocabulary, mathematical fluency, reading stamina, and a disciplined approach to unfamiliar problems. The essay is part of the curriculum from the start.

Who it serves

Students in grades four through eight preparing for admission to Horace Mann, Trinity, Dalton, Spence, Brearley, Chapin, Collegiate, Riverdale, Browning, Nightingale, Marymount, and the broader landscape of New York independent schools.

Timeline

Engagements typically run six to nine months, beginning in late spring for fall and winter test dates.

Primary

SAT and ACT

Junior and senior year preparation for the college admission tests.

  • SAT Verbal
  • SAT Math
  • ACT English
  • ACT Math
  • ACT Science
  • ACT Reading

The first diagnostic determines the right exam, the highest-value sections, and the recurring question types. From there, each plan combines targeted instruction with timed practice and close review. Students learn where points are being lost, how to use time well, and how to make their strongest sections more consistent.

Who it serves

Rising and current high-school juniors and seniors. Often also students preparing simultaneously for AP exams.

Timeline

Engagements typically run three to eight months, depending on the diagnostic and the family's target test dates.

Concurrent

Subject Tutoring

AP and honors-level coursework, taught from the structure of the discipline.

  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Biology
  • AP Calculus
  • AP Physics
  • APUSH
  • AP World
  • Writing

Most weekly subject engagements run the length of the school year and pair naturally with test preparation. The approach is the same: read the discipline from its structure rather than the structure of any single textbook, then close the gaps that homework and class time have not addressed.

Who it serves

Students in grades seven through twelve carrying difficult coursework at independent or selective public schools. Most engagements are AP-level or near it.

Timeline

Weekly, across nine months of the school year, with quarterly review.

Companion

Executive Function and Strategy

Coaching for the student who knows the material and loses the test.

  • Executive Function
  • Study Skills
  • Time Management
  • 2e
  • Athletes

For the student who can write the paragraph and cannot start the paper. For the athlete or performer whose schedule has erased the margin for error. For the twice-exceptional learner whose mind is faster than the page. Often woven into a test-prep or subject engagement rather than offered as a standalone.

Who it serves

Students in grades four through twelve, typically alongside a subject or test-prep engagement.

Timeline

Ongoing, with a re-evaluation each quarter.

Seasonal

SHSAT and Hunter College High School

Preparation for New York City's selective public-school admissions tests.

  • SHSAT
  • Hunter HS Test
  • Quantitative
  • Verbal
  • Essay

The SHSAT and the Hunter College High School exam reward different kinds of preparation. SHSAT work emphasizes verbal and mathematical fluency under time pressure. The Hunter exam has its own verbal, mathematical, and essay logic. Each engagement begins with a test-specific diagnostic and a timeline built around the target administration.

Who it serves

Students preparing for Hunter College High School or New York City's Specialized High Schools.

Timeline

Set from the target test date, with sessions typically weekly.

Seasonal

College Essay

The personal essay and supplemental essays for selective admission.

  • Personal Essay
  • Supplements
  • Common App

The personal essay is treated as a piece of writing, not a marketing document. The work runs from outline to final draft across six to ten weeks, summer through October. Supplemental essays are taken on case by case.

Who it serves

Rising seniors applying to selective and Ivy League undergraduate programs.

Timeline

Six to ten weeks, summer through October.

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