Course Format

  1. •One on One or small group sessions once a week for 50 minutes in my home classroom.

Course Length

  1. •SAT: 10 to 16 weeks depending on the baseline PSAT reading and writing scores

  2. •ACT: 6 to 10 weeks

  3. •SAT II Literature: 4 Sessions +

  4. •GRE, GMAT: 6 Sessions +

  5. •ISEE, COOP, SSAT: 6 sessions

  6. •ESSAYS: Variable

UNDERGRADUATE SERVICES


Alyssa Petrone TEST PREPARATION is Just

ALYSSA PETRONE


Other test prep services will “match” students with a tutor who often is not a seasoned professional but a student looking to earn extra money while finishing a degree or a recent graduate tutoring part-time until a “real” job comes up. Test preparation has been my full time profession for many years. As a Master Tutor, I am proud to say that I have built my business and my reputation one student at a time solely through word of mouth. Every student who comes through my program is given 100% of the knowledge, expertise, and individualized attention upon which I have built my reputation.


Alyssa Petrone Test Prep will teach you:


READING:


  1. •Learn to use prefixes, suffixes and roots to “decode” vocabulary words

  2. •Learn how to “set-up” sentence completions

  3. •Learn how to avoid “distracter” answers

  4. •Learn to spot and eliminate the most commonly used wrong answers

  5. •Learn to establish the “scope” of a reading passage and use it as a guide to the correct answer

  6. •Learn to read in a way that minimizes distractions and maximizes time and accuracy

  7. •Develop a pacing strategy that enables you to work calmly and comfortably within the time constraints of the test

  8. •Formulate a test-taking plan that emphasizes your strengths and downplays your weaknesses

  9. •Understand the importance of PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!


WRITING:


  1. •Learn the most commonly tested grammar rules

  2. •Learn how to spot the “tip offs” to grammar errors on the test

  3. •Learn how to Identify and Eliminate wrong answers more quickly

  4. •Learn a pacing strategy that enables you to work calmly and comfortably within the time constraints of the test


  2. Thank you for your work with me last year.  With your help I raised my Reading and Writing score by a combined 210 points.... I was accepted to Duke, Dartmouth, Washington U and Boston College and I chose to go to Williams College in Massachusetts.  I do not think I would have ben accepted to these institutions without your help.

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  4. Jimmy Kinney,

  5. Glen Rock HS class of 2010

  6. Williams College class of 2014


  2. Alyssa prepared both my sons for the SAT.  She demystified the test for them, taught them key strategies to use, and most of all, encouraged them to think they could do well, which they did. She developed a relationship with them that made them trust her and trust the process.

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  4. David Engel, father of:

  5. Matt, Ridgewood HS class of 2004

  6. Connecticut College class of 2008

  7. Dan, Ridgewood HS class of 2007

  8. Boston University class of 2011


 
 


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