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Nick Mecikalski got me from a 1390 SAT score to a 1540. Very happy with the results.

I had a very unique situation when it came to ACT prep. Prior to my tutoring with John Oh, I had been through multiple other ACT prep tutors and courses. All of which, however, left me feeling underwhelmed and unprepared. I came to John frustrated with my score, knowing I could do better. I was putting in the work but I wasn’t seeing results. John O respected my high expectations and goals, and help me plan accordingly. Learning concepts with him was easier than it had ever been as he adapted to my learning style, and within the first few sessions I knew that this was the place for me. John‘s encouragement, enthusiasm, and overall knowledge of the ACT got me to my target score and more. I am so grateful to A-list and John. I can’t recommend John Oh enough.

A-List has been so helpful for test prep, tutoring, and the college admissions process. Kate and Dory made all this much easier for my three children who all have different learning styles. It was a great relief working with talented and dedicated tutors. Thanks!

My son had Jon O as his SAT tutor. Words cannot express how grateful we are to Jon for his tremendous dedication, patience, and commitment to success. Jon recognized our son’s strengths and quickly identified subtle but important opportunities for improvement and he targeted the exact areas to get to his desired score. No one else has been able to help him with his careless tendencies like Jon did and Jon made tremendous effort to get to know him and understand where there were small but meaningful opportunities to raise his score even higher. Jon truly invests in his students, cares genuinely about their progress, and creates a very productive environment for learning even on zoom, through his high energy, passion, and efforts to create ownership and hold his students accountable for their work and their results. We are very appreciative of Jon and grateful that we found him to help our son achieve the score he wanted! Thank you and highly recommend!

John Oh, I’m so grateful for all of the help you’ve given me along this ACT journey. I can’t believe the strides I’ve made with you to push to my complete capacity, and how you always perfectly taught to my increasing ambition and expectations.

Productive and professional consulting! Kate helped my son with applications to competitive summer internships. Kate was so flexible and made herself being available to be reached when needed. She has the gift of writing that she could quickly review my son’s essays, give great feedback, and guided him to edit his essays that stayed true to him. She also helped my son to prepare well for his interview and build him great confidence. With Kate’s excellent guidelines, my son step by step got through the rigorous selection process and accepted into one of the prestigious internships that he applied to. I would recommend Kate as a college consultant who is knowledgeable and willing to go above and beyond to help you reach your goal.

Working with John Oh raised by SAT score over 200 points. In October, I got a 1300 on my practice SAT. I began working with John at the end of February every week in order to prepare for the May SAT. John was super encouraging and helpful throughout this whole process, challenging me and ultimately raising my score to a 1510.

I came upon A-List Education at a time where I was struggling with my SAT/college preparations the most. Being a student who had wanted to improve, I had worked with multiple tutors and tutoring companies to try and find what was right for me. But after hours of practice and effort, I had still been unable to improve my SAT score by even one point. This is when I had the honor of meeting John Oh of A-List. Meeting John is an experience I can say is no short than life changing. Its meaningfulness and impact upon me is apparent. Rather than every tutor or instructor I had ventured before, John took the time to learn WHO his student actually was - rather than assign me a standard template of practice problems and assignments. In just the brief 4 weeks of working with John (meeting for only about 30 minutes each week), I improved my SAT score by over 150 points! Beyond my SAT, I worked with John for over a year with formulating and strategizing not only my common app essay, but supplemental essays as well. Each time we came across a new prompt, it would be natural for a common tutor to provide bland/generic thoughts of essay revision and edits. But, John is far from ordinary. It is not an overstatement to say John is no less than committed to his student's success personally. John was not only my teacher during this journey- but a mentor, colleague, and even a friend. His genuinity in working with his students affirm this notion and intent. One that leaves a student (such as myself) with such a deep resonance and impact unlike any other. Oftentimes when approaching a prompt, John and I would sit for hours simply to discuss various aspects of my life and who I as his student even was. In learning who I was, he learned how best to help me succeed and craft some of my absolute best writing to date. I realize now the true fruit of John's abilities. John did not add another piece onto me in order to help me succeed. Rather, he unlocked the potential within me and helped me realize my capabilities- I just needed a little push in the right direction. It is nothing short of extraordinary, impactful, and inspiring to have had the opportunity working with John. Thank you A-List, and thank you John for lighting the path for the next steps in my journey!