Success Stories & Blogs

After a decade and a half at the forefront of global test prep, I’ve realized one thing: Anyone can teach a student what they need to know (knowledge), but very few can teach a student how to  think  like the test-maker.   My journey at Kaplan wasn’t just about delivering lessons; it was a 15-year masterclass in student transformation. Now that I’ve started my own business in Super Performance Test Prep , I’m often asked:  "Paul, how is your methodology different from the oth

It was June 2025 and A.T. (initials of his real name) just received his SAT results. It was not good news – he got 1280 (Reading & Writing 630; Math 650). The score was average – the average of Asian students taking SAT; only a 90-point increase from his Dec 2024 SAT score of 1190. He thought, “Anybody can get 90 points improvement without much work.” But he has been studying with his SAT trainer since August 2024, and a 90-point improvement was disappointing. The June 2025 r

Ever since I started teaching test prep many years ago, I often hear parents asking me this question: “Are you teaching any test strategy in your lessons?”  Usually, I would answer with something like this: We will do practice on the questions and find out the student’s weaknesses and continue to do more practice to overcome these weaknesses until they can solve the problems easily.  For most parents, this kind of answer seems to suffice.  But as I gained more experience in t

Ever since Trump’s taking office, news coming out of the US have not been good.  Some foreign students have had their visas revoked,...

During the Covid pandemic, a lot of lessons have been cancelled or moved online.  With the passing of the pandemic, many lessons are...

In the test prep market today, we are seeing more and more smaller local companies coming into the market and compete with those big-name...

In the last article, we talked about score fluctuations in math and the core and peripheral topics covered by the tests.  Although the...

Without saying, I think everybody knows that finishing a test within the required time is a very important element in getting a higher...

I have seen a lot of advertisements posted by test prep providers touting the scores that their students have purported got.  I am sure...