ISEE tutoring for LA's independent schools.

Most Los Angeles private schools weigh the ISEE alongside the application and the interview. We prep your student to walk in calm and finish on time, with the verbal and quantitative reasoning skills the test actually measures.

The students we tend to do best with.

Most of the families we prep are applying to Harvard-Westlake, Marlborough, Brentwood, Crossroads, Marymount, Polytechnic, Buckley, Curtis, Campbell Hall, and schools like them.

Four things every ISEE engagement includes.

01

Three levels, three different tests

We prep Lower Level (entry to grades 5 to 6), Middle Level (grades 7 to 8), and Upper Level (grades 9 to 12 application). These are genuinely different tests, and we treat them that way.

02

Verbal reasoning, the hard part

Synonyms and sentence completion reward vocabulary that does not get explicitly taught in school. We build a focused word list and quiz it the way the test does.

03

The quantitative section rewards shortcuts

QR tests logic and estimation more than calculation. Our tutors teach the shortcuts that turn 30-second problems into 10-second ones.

04

Essay coaching

The essay is unscored, but the admissions office reads it. We work on giving your student something to actually say and a clear way to say it, rather than handing over a template.

A plan you can read in a paragraph.

Eight to fifteen hours over six to ten weeks works for most students. We aim for honest stanine gains rather than overprepped ceilings, because admissions readers can tell the difference.

ISEE questions families ask.

When should we start ISEE prep?+
Most families start eight to twelve weeks before the test date. For Upper Level applicants targeting top tier schools, sixteen weeks gives more headroom for stanine gains.
Can the ISEE be taken more than once?+
Yes, once per testing season (summer, fall, winter, spring) across paper and online formats combined. Most schools see only the most recent score.
Do you also prep for the SSAT?+
Yes. A few LA schools accept either; ask your advisor and we will match the prep to whichever your target schools weigh more heavily.

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