I grew up in New York City. My education started at a small, private, all-boys Catholic school named Saint David’s. Saint David’s gave me a great education, but for high school I wanted to leave the nepotistic private school world and attend a school whose admissions were based solely on merit. So I applied and was accepted to Stuyvesant High School via New York City’s SHSAT.

Stuyvesant gave me an excellent education in mathematics. I was accepted into their honors program where I was taught by amazing teachers including Jim Cocoros (the then-captain of the NYC math team) and Oana Pascu. They expanded my existing love for mathematics.

At certain points during those high school years the material became difficult enough to where I could no longer get straight A’s without studying. I remember crying when I failed my first math test. My ego was attached to the idea that I had natural ability. I was too proud to study math!

I eventually swallowed my pride and started to put in the work. The results I wanted came back. I began to excel again and I was ultimately admitted to MIT where I received my bachelor’s in comp sci.

My math SAT scores are a reflection of this story. The result of my first practice test was in the mid-500s! But after I changed my childish attitude and started studying, I received a perfect 800 on the actual test. I also received a perfect score on every other College Board math test I took (800 on the Math SAT II and a 5 on AP Calc C.)

I’m now happy to be passing on what I’ve learned from my teachers in Stuyvesant. I view the math SAT test like a sporting competition, and I enjoy being the coach of talented math-athletes. I badly want my students to get a perfect 800. If you decide to hire me, I will do everything I can to help you / your child succeed!