burgeon v.
to grow and expand rapidly; to flourish; to send forth new growth; sprout
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Adam Rodgers, Elite Academic Mentor
Adam has been teaching and tutoring high school students for more than 15 years, covering a broad range of academic subjects and standardized tests. He also manages our college application essay coaching service, which allows Adam to apply his unique, personalized, story-telling approach to the challenges students face when completing their college application essays. In 1996, he co-founded MBA Applicant, which has grown to be one of the nation's leading web-based Business School application consulting services. As Senior Editor, Adam has helped hundreds of Business School applicants with the development of their essays and applications for Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, Kellogg, and dozens of other top MBA programs. Adam earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University and holds an MFA in writing from New York University.
Adam is available for: college application essay coaching, path to college mentoring, SAT, ACT, SAT II Math, SAT II Literature, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, ISEE, HSPT, SSAT, US and World History, Math through Algebra II.
Test Prep
Leading the industry with techniques mastered over more than 20 years of experience, we guide students to higher standardized test scores. No other tutoring service can match our one-on-one test prep approach and detailed performance analysis.
We have been helping students in Los Angeles maximize their SAT and ACT scores for years. Having studied the tests inside and out, we know every tip, trick and technique for achieving high scores. We even created our own best-selling SAT manual, Maximum SAT.
Our individualized, one-on-one sessions focus only on what a student needs to know to improve his or her scores — we don’t waste time on concepts and techniques a student has already mastered. Instead, we analyze the student’s test results to identify his or her weaknesses, and teach specific problem-solving techniques that will result in higher scores.
Both the SAT and the ACT are accepted by virtually all colleges. We can help students decide if they should take one or both tests and when and how often to take the tests. For many students, the ACT is a better fit for their skills and abilities, and we can help them determine that as well.
We also work with students who are preparing to take high school entrance exams (HSPT and ISEE) and graduate college entrance exams (GRE, LSAT and GMAT). Contact us for details.