Graduate test prep from tutors who specialize in one exam.

Why we don’t use generalists for graduate exams

The MCAT, LSAT, GRE, and GMAT have almost nothing in common beyond being long and high-stakes. A tutor who teaches all four well is rare, and a tutor who claims to is usually strong on one. We match each student to a tutor who has spent years on that one exam, and we say no when we don’t have the right person.

What every program shares is the KFT approach: a diagnostic before any plan, a timeline that works backward from the application date, official practice materials wherever they exist, and error analysis after every practice test that sorts wrong answers into content gaps, reasoning errors, timing, and misreads. That last step is where most self-study stalls, and it is the one our tutors spend the most time on.

MCAT tutoring

The MCAT runs about seven and a half hours across four sections: Chemical and Physical Foundations, Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS), Biological and Biochemical Foundations, and Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations. Each is scored 118 to 132, for a total of 472 to 528. Content knowledge gets a student to the middle of the scale. Passage reasoning in hour six moves it from there.

Our MCAT tutor is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, a 99th-percentile scorer, and a former top MCAT instructor at The Princeton Review. His students have improved an average of 10.5 points from their initial diagnostic. He specializes in live AAMC passage breakdowns, showing students how to read a passage the way the test writers expect, and in simplifying the content that most textbooks make harder than it is.

• Diagnostic on an official AAMC full-length exam, then a section-by-section plan
• Content review targeted to gaps, not a tour of every chapter
• CARS strategy, which cannot be studied from a book and responds well to coaching
• Full-length practice tests on a schedule that builds stamina for a seven-hour day
• Timelines built around coursework, research, and clinical commitments

LSAT tutoring

The LSAT changed in August 2024. Logic Games are gone. The scored test is now two Logical Reasoning sections and one Reading Comprehension section, plus an unscored variable section, with LSAT Writing completed separately. Scores still run 120 to 180. Advice built around games strategy is obsolete, and Logical Reasoning now carries two-thirds of the score.

Our LSAT tutors are full-time LSAT specialists, not general test prep tutors. One has taught the exam for more than twenty years, is the author of multiple test preparation books, and built an online platform for LSAT students. The other has hundreds of one-on-one hours and a method focused on making a student’s thinking visible, because once a student can see how they reached a wrong answer, they stop reaching it.

• Diagnostic on an official LSAC PrepTest, then a plan weighted toward Logical Reasoning
• Argument structure, question-type patterns, and the language the test uses to hide the answer
• Reading Comprehension pacing and passage mapping
• Timed sections with full review, and a retake strategy that accounts for how law schools treat multiple scores

GRE and GMAT tutoring

Both exams were shortened recently. The GRE, since September 2023, runs under two hours: one Analytical Writing task, two Verbal Reasoning sections, and two Quantitative Reasoning sections, each of Verbal and Quant scored 130 to 170. The current GMAT runs about two hours and fifteen minutes across Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and Data Insights, scored 205 to 805.

Which one to take depends on the programs. Most business schools accept either, and many public policy, education, and science programs take the GRE only. Quant-heavy applicants often prefer the GMAT’s Data Insights section. Applicants stronger in verbal reasoning often do better on the GRE. We help students decide with a diagnostic of each when the program list allows it.

Our GRE and GMAT tutor holds a degree in chemical engineering, has worked as both an engineer and an educator, and teaches math through calculus and differential equations alongside test prep. For applicants whose quant skills have gone quiet since college, that combination matters.

• Diagnostic on official ETS or GMAC practice material, then a plan tied to target-program score ranges
• Quantitative review from the foundations up, including the arithmetic and algebra most adults have not used in years
• Verbal strategy for reading comprehension, text completion, and critical reasoning
• Data Insights practice for the GMAT, and Analytical Writing feedback for the GRE
• Scheduling around a full-time job, including evenings and weekends over video

How long does graduate test prep take?

These are starting points. The diagnostic sets the timeline, and we say so plainly when a target score and a test date don’t fit.