SAT & ACT Coaching
"Because of my work with Erika, I felt better about the testing process and more confident about learning in general." —Jenna |
For decades, the SAT & ACT prep process has followed a familiar structure:
– Review academic content, such as grammar rules and math equations.
– Teach test-taking techniques, such as eliminating answers and underlining key words.
– Give students opportunities to practice applying their skills and knowledge.
Students who work with me get all of this and more.
While these steps are essential for success, they don't fully unlock a student’s potential.
What’s often missing from traditional test prep is a focus on mindset and mental habits.
Our thoughts, attitudes, and self-talk play a powerful role in shaping how we perform under pressure. By paying attention to the ways we approach challenges, students can cultivate habits that promote clearer thinking, better focus, and stronger resilience in high-stakes environments—like the test room.
– Review academic content, such as grammar rules and math equations.
– Teach test-taking techniques, such as eliminating answers and underlining key words.
– Give students opportunities to practice applying their skills and knowledge.
Students who work with me get all of this and more.
While these steps are essential for success, they don't fully unlock a student’s potential.
What’s often missing from traditional test prep is a focus on mindset and mental habits.
Our thoughts, attitudes, and self-talk play a powerful role in shaping how we perform under pressure. By paying attention to the ways we approach challenges, students can cultivate habits that promote clearer thinking, better focus, and stronger resilience in high-stakes environments—like the test room.
Less Stress ➝ Higher Scores
Here are the key components of my test prep program:
– Review academic content, such as grammar rules and math equations.
– Teach test-taking techniques, such as eliminating answers and underlining key words.
– Address mental habits and thinking patterns that may hinder performance.
– Provide students with tools to reframe negative or distorted thinking and reduce test anxiety.
– Give students opportunities to practice applying their skills and knowledge.
– Apply the principles of deliberate practice—including a thorough review of completed practice sections and setting specific, clear, actionable goals for future practice—to ensure the time students spend taking practice tests helps raise their scores.
This system leads to my students and their parents reporting improvements that span beyond higher test scores: greater creativity, better relationships with friends and family, better time management, and more confidence in school.
Students thrive in an environment that inspires their confidence, engages their sense of purpose, and ignites their passion for learning. My goal is to educate, inform, and empower students so that they walk into the test room feeling and performing like the absolute best versions of themselves.
– Review academic content, such as grammar rules and math equations.
– Teach test-taking techniques, such as eliminating answers and underlining key words.
– Address mental habits and thinking patterns that may hinder performance.
– Provide students with tools to reframe negative or distorted thinking and reduce test anxiety.
– Give students opportunities to practice applying their skills and knowledge.
– Apply the principles of deliberate practice—including a thorough review of completed practice sections and setting specific, clear, actionable goals for future practice—to ensure the time students spend taking practice tests helps raise their scores.
This system leads to my students and their parents reporting improvements that span beyond higher test scores: greater creativity, better relationships with friends and family, better time management, and more confidence in school.
Students thrive in an environment that inspires their confidence, engages their sense of purpose, and ignites their passion for learning. My goal is to educate, inform, and empower students so that they walk into the test room feeling and performing like the absolute best versions of themselves.
Test Prep Coaching is available for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, ISEE, SSAT and SHSAT.
Test Prep Coaching packages consist of twelve 2-hour or twelve 1.5-hour sessions. Upon completing a package, families may either purchase an additional package or add additional sessions at 10% off the cost of sessions without a package.
Test Prep Coaching sessions are available without the commitment of an extended package. You may commit to any number of sessions—from one to eleven—and pay for the sessions as we meet.
For more details on Test Prep Coaching (including rates), visit Information for Parents.
I coach students in-person in Manhattan and provide online coaching via Zoom.
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Test Prep Coaching is available for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, ISEE, SSAT and SHSAT.
Test Prep Coaching packages consist of twelve 2-hour or twelve 1.5-hour sessions. Upon completing a package, families may either purchase an additional package or add additional sessions at 10% off the cost of sessions without a package.
Test Prep Coaching sessions are available without the commitment of an extended package. You may commit to any number of sessions—from one to eleven—and pay for the sessions as we meet.
For more details on Test Prep Coaching (including rates), visit Information for Parents.
I coach students in-person in Manhattan and provide online coaching via Zoom.
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SCHEDULE A CONSULTATION
I begin each test prep program with two complimentary consultations: first, one for the parent and then one for the student.
During these consultations, you'll share your student’s academic background and goals, while I address any questions you have about the test preparation process. Together, we’ll create a customized plan designed to help your student achieve their goals.
During these consultations, you'll share your student’s academic background and goals, while I address any questions you have about the test preparation process. Together, we’ll create a customized plan designed to help your student achieve their goals.