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Online SAT Tutor Matthew

Matthew

Matthew

10+ Years of SAT, ACT, GMAT & GRE Tutoring PhD Mathematics Educator

5.0

$156/hr

I provide personalised, high-level test preparation for students targeting competitive SAT, ACT, GMAT, and GRE scores. Having taught and tutored 100+ students, I specialise in turning difficult concepts into clear, repeatable strategies that students can apply confidently under exam conditions.

Matthew
5.0
748 classes

Columbia & NYU Graduate - 10+ Years of SAT, ACT, GMAT & GRE Tutoring - PhD Mathematics Educator

I provide personalised, high-level test preparation for students targeting competitive SAT, ACT, GMAT, and GRE scores. Having taught and tutored 100+ students, I specialise in turning difficult concepts into clear, repeatable strategies that students can apply confidently under exam conditions.

Recent Students: 6
Total Hours: 683
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All-time Students: 140
Total Classes: 748
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Recent Students: 6Total Hours: 683Last Online:
All-time Students: 140Total Classes: 748Signed Up:

About Me

I have more than 10 years of experience teaching and tutoring mathematics and standardised test preparation, including the Digital SAT, ACT, GMAT, and GRE.

My tutoring combines three areas of experience: subject expertise, university-level teaching, and research in mathematics education. This allows me to do more than show students shortcuts. I focus on understanding why a student is struggling and then adapting my explanations and practice accordingly.

For students who find mathematics intimidating, I break complex questions into manageable steps and build the underlying skills before increasing difficulty. For stronger students pursuing top scores, I focus on efficiency, advanced problem-solving, identifying traps, pacing, and reducing avoidable errors.

Sessions can include diagnostic assessment, targeted content review, timed practice, test-taking strategy, error analysis, and an individual study plan between lessons. Every student is different, so the preparation is built around the student's current score, target score, examination date, and areas for improvement.

My aim is simple: every lesson should have a purpose, and every student should leave knowing something they could not confidently do before the session.

Tutor Experience

I am a PhD-trained mathematics educator and experienced test-preparation tutor specialising in the Digital SAT, ACT, GMAT, and GRE. Over more than a decade of teaching and tutoring, I have worked with 100+ students, helping them strengthen their academic foundations, develop effective test-taking strategies, and approach high-stakes examinations with greater confidence.

My academic background includes a PhD in Mathematics Education, a master’s degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from NYU. Alongside private tutoring, I have taught mathematics at the university level, giving me extensive experience explaining difficult concepts clearly to students with very different academic backgrounds.

For the Digital SAT and ACT, I work with students across both the quantitative and verbal sections, including SAT Reading & Writing and Math and ACT English, Math, Reading, and Science. For graduate admissions, I prepare students for the GMAT and GRE, with particular expertise in quantitative reasoning, problem solving, data analysis, and mathematical strategy.

My lessons are highly personalised. I identify the areas costing you points, teach the underlying concepts in a clear and approachable way, and then show you how to apply those concepts efficiently under timed testing conditions. Rather than simply working through question after question, we develop a strategy for why you missed a question, how to recognise that question type again, and how to solve it more efficiently next time.

Whether you are targeting a competitive undergraduate programme, MBA programme, or graduate school, my goal is to help you make measurable progress while becoming a more independent and confident test taker.

Topic Expertise

Digital SAT: Reading & Writing, Math, Algebra, Advanced Math, Problem-Solving & Data Analysis, Geometry & Trigonometry, Desmos strategies, pacing, and test-taking strategy.

ACT: English, Mathematics, Reading, Science, data interpretation, time management, and test-taking strategy.

GMAT: Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Data Insights, problem solving, algebra, arithmetic, ratios, percentages, statistics, data analysis, and quantitative strategy.

GRE: Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, algebra, arithmetic, geometry, data analysis, quantitative comparison, problem solving, and examination strategy.




Client Reviews

Matthew was very effective in teaching IB AA HL maths. Would strongly recommend.

- Maths

Matthew is patient and meticulous, benefited a lot from his class

- GRE

Matthew is extremely personable and knowledgeable when it comes to the GRE. He concisely explained problems and tailored examples to best capture my weaknesses. I already feel more confident after one session! Thanks Matthew!

- GRE

Very helpful! My son improved a lot with Matthew!

- SAT

Went through topics I needed work on and explained anything I didn't understand quite well.

- SAT

Very good at step by step walk throughs on how to solve questions. Very patient and good at helping you understand questions which may be challenging. Great person with a good attitude too.

- SAT

Good consultants

- GRE

Very positive

- ACT

Communicates well and provides detailed feedback

- ACT

The class was good, we practiced science.

- ACT

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Qualifications

University of East Anglia,School of Education and Lifelong Learning, Norwich, UK
Doctor of Philosophy, April 2024
Mathematics Education

Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY
Master of Arts, February 2017
Mathematics Education

New York University, Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY
Bachelor of Science, May 2015
Mathematics

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