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DAVID LEE

Founder

National Merit Scholarship Finalist

National AP Scholar

 

* 36 ACT

* 800 SAT II Math

* 800 SAT II Chemistry

* 3 year NLE Summa Cum Laude (Gold)

NOAH WERKSMAN

Co-Founder

UPenn Wharton 2020

Former Study Hut tutor

 

* 2310 SAT

* 800 SAT II Math

* 780 SAT II Chemistry

* 3.98 GPA

* 4.92 Weighted GPA

* 4 years tutoring experience

JAMIE PARK

TUTOR

* 36 ACT (Composite)

* 4.9 GPA

* 3.9 Unweighted

 

Speech and Debate 3 Year State Semifinalist and National Qualifier

Kumon tutor and 3 year independent tutor

Allbright Writing Contest Winner

West Point leadership award

CHEOLMIN IM

TUTOR

Computer Science Guru

RACHEL ODA

TUTOR

Pomona College 2020

 

* 2250 SAT (Top 1% in Critical Reading, Top 1% in Writing)

* 4.8 GPA

* 3.96 GPA (unweighted)

* National AP Scholar (5's on AP European History, AP US History)

 

Mock Trial (Pre- Trial Attorney, Defense Attorney, LA County Championship Finalist, Most Valuable Member)

Fredrick B. Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award Winner

NHS tutor

 

Specialties: AP Euro, APUSH, World History, AP Lit, AP Lang, Essay Help

JEFFREY TAN

TUTOR

National Merit Scholarship Finalist

National AP Scholar

 

* 4.94 GPA

* 1st Place Shakespeare Awards Competition for LA County Entries

* 1st Place Pepperdine Math Day

KRIS KAYA

TUTOR

Stanford University 2020

 

* 4.88 Weighted GPA

* 35 ACT (Composite)

* 2280 SAT

* 800 SAT II Math II

* 780 SAT II US History

* 770 SAT II Chemistry

 

Speech and Debate- Qualifier for Tournament of Champions in LD Debate

 

Accepted to Brown University and UC Berkeley

NOAH KOROTZER

TUTOR

* 36 ACT (composite)

* 2310 SAT

* 800 SAT II Math 2

* 800 SAT II Physics

* 800 SAT II Chemistry

* 5's on AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP Calc BC, AP US History, AP Spanish 4

* 4.9 GPA

* 4.0 Unweighted

 

4 years tutoring, 1 year Kumon tutor

Accepted to Berkeley engineering

ISAAC YANG

TUTOR

National Merit Finalist

 

* 4.0 GPA (unweighted)

* 4.89 GPA (weighted)

* 2350 SAT

* 800 SAT II Math Level 2

* 770 SAT II Chemistry

* 740 SAT II U.S. History

LAURA GRIFFIN

TUTOR

National merit scholarship finalist

AP scholar with distinction

 

* 2340 SAT

* 800 math II subject test

* 780 literature subject test

 

Speech and debate national qualifier

2 years tutoring and coaching experience

ARMAN RAMEZANI

TUTOR

Accepted to UC Berkeley as Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship candidate

Top 1.5% of UCLA applicants

 

99th Percentile for both SAT and ACT

800 SAT II Chemistry

790 SAT II Math Level 2

790 SAT II US History

760 SAT II Spanish

All 5’s on AP Exams: Calculus BC, Chemistry, Spanish Language, US History, Psychology, Human Geography (self studied)

4.94 Weighted GPA

4.0 Unweighted GPA

 

5 years of tutoring experience

Study abroad in Spain for one month

Model United Nations President, Best Delegate (x6), and Best Research (x4)

 

Expertise in all levels of Math, Chemistry, Physics, English essay writing, and Spanish.

SPENCER DALTON

TUTOR

Spencer

HUWS LANDSBERGER

TUTOR

National AP Scholar

 

*35 ACT, 2290 SAT

*800 SAT II Math

*800 SAT II Chem

*790 SAT II Physics

*4.94 Weighted (3.94 unweighted) GPA

*5 years tutoring experience

 

Accepted to UC Berkeley

College sophomore mathematics and physics experience

ANDREW WAHLEN

TUTOR

Latin Expert

 

* 3 year NLE Gold Medalist

* President of Latin

BENJAMIN STOUT

TUTOR

Merit Scholarship Finalist

National AP Scholar with Honor

 

*35 ACT

*4.8 GPA

*California Youth Speaker of the Assembly 2016

*Regularly speaks in front of 3,500 (can help with speech writing)

 

Accepted to #2 architecture school in nation (Cal Poly SLO)

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