Plant High School, Tampa. No college fund. I was going to college no matter what, the only question was who was paying for it. My first SAT was a 1050. So I built a system. By senior year I scored a 1430, and that number earned $30,000 in Bright Futures, a spot in FSU Honors, and the FSU Presidential Scholarship. They give twenty-five of those a year. $81,000 in scholarships total. College paid for. Meal plan paid for. Rent paid for.
Over the past few years my team and I have done this for hundreds of Florida students. My favorite part of this job is a phone call: the one where the score just posted, mom is on speaker, and everybody is yelling. Because that number was never a number. It is the acceptance letter on the kitchen counter in March. It is a tuition bill that says zero.
A small team, on purpose. You will know everyone by name, and your teen's strategist gives you their direct line.
Florida admissions got hard fast. UF, FSU and UCF now turn away strong students every cycle, and with almost every applicant carrying above a 4.0, the GPA stopped separating anyone. What is left is the one number a school cannot inflate. Our job is to make that number an asset for your teen instead of the thing that keeps them out. Bright Futures money rides on the same score, so most of our families end up collecting both.
That is why the guarantee exists, and why we put it in writing: finish the program, hit the Bright Futures score, or we keep tutoring free until your teen does.
The people actually teaching your teen, in live classes and 1-on-1 sessions. Between them they have written SAT curriculum and practice exams and worked with hundreds of students.
Spent nearly a decade writing SAT prep materials and practice exams, so she knows exactly how the test is built. Creates targeted study plans, and volunteers teaching SAT prep to underserved students. B.F.A., Sam Houston State University.
Has worked with hundreds of high school students on the SAT, ACT, and SSAT. Economics graduate of Cornell University, and certified in Mandarin.
Coaches students through the exact sub-topics leaking points, one leak at a time, in live classes and 1-on-1 sessions. B.S., UC Berkeley.
Works with students on timing and test strategy, the points most prep never touches.
Scored a perfect 1600 on the digital SAT himself and has coached students to perfect scores. Triple major in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
Has tutored every section of the SAT and ACT since 2006. Former Assistant Director at Huntington Learning Center, where she developed curriculum and original question sets.
The score gets your teen to the door. These two walk them through it: school lists, essays, deadlines, and the aid paperwork most families get wrong.
Thirty years as a professional school counselor, the last eight serving IB students and their families at Hillsborough and Robinson High School in Tampa. 2023 Yale Educator Award. M.A. in Guidance and Counseling, University of South Florida.
Six-plus years helping students win admission to elite institutions, including the Ivy League. Master's in Higher Education from the University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in Biopsychology and Neuroscience from Michigan.
Backed by a full operations and media team working behind the scenes. Every family also gets direct text access to their teen's strategist and a written progress update every week.
45 minutes on Zoom with the founder, not a sales rep. You leave with your teen's target score and a plan, yours to keep either way.
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