I’m Jay, a third-year UW–Madison student majoring in math and physics. I tutor the ACT and SAT with an emphasis on personalization. At its heart, my process is simple: diagnose errors, teach the missing rule or habit, then verify mastery. Each week's session centers on problems that stress the exact skills identified in the prior assessment. Your child works through examples with me, then solves a few independently while I watch for execution errors. It’s a steady cycle of assessment, instruction, and reassessment. I never recite problems from a fixed curriculum. Every student’s strengths and weaknesses differ, and spending hours on skills your child already commands wastes both their time and your money.

Afterward, your child receives a short paper-and-pencil homework packet—about twenty minutes a day. I build each packet myself after every session, tailoring it to the student’s diagnostic profile. Generic online worksheets recycle what students already know; a personalized packet focuses only on the points that still leak away. It's important that your child does the homework. Research shows that frequent, focused retrieval of relevant material—short, repeated practice on what actually causes mistakes—is the biggest factor behind large and durable score gains.

Progress is measured, not guessed. Every few weeks your child takes an official-style practice test under real test conditions. We chart accuracy, pacing, and confidence question by question. Those results drive the next packet and the next session. Over twelve weeks, the work becomes less about rules and more about automaticity—spotting patterns instantly and finishing with time to spare. That’s what moves the score curve, and it’s the metric that guides how I teach your child.

Sessions run ninety minutes in person, usually once a week. The first third is review: we go over the prior packet, isolating every error pattern. The next half is teaching and guided practice on new material. The final minutes are timed drills—short, deliberate, and diagnostic. Parents receive a brief note afterward summarizing progress and the week’s goals. I travel within Madison and the nearby suburbs; all sessions are one-to-one. 

Good tutoring isn’t about charisma or endless materials; it’s about precision and accountability. Each one of my students receives a plan, and each session has a measurable objective. When the process is tight, improvement stops being random. Start with a Diagnostic Session—a ninety-minute meeting where we test, analyze, and map the first three weeks. The cost rolls into any plan if you continue. To learn more about session structure, pricing, and what each plan includes, visit the Packages & Pricing page. Payment is not requested until sessions are scheduled.

Before getting started, I meet with each parent for a quick, no-commitment 15-minute call to understand goals and outline next steps. 

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