I’ve always believed that great test performance comes from recognizing patterns, practicing deliberately, and learning the techniques and associations that make difficult problems easier to solve.
That philosophy started when I taught — and later coordinated — organic chemistry tutoring for my university’s Department of Chemistry. I went on to teach SAT preparation for The Princeton Review and MCAT preparation for The Berkeley Review before becoming a physician.
My academic career later included serving as an Instructor in Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Harvard Medical School, a member of the Harvard Medical School Admissions Committee, and an Assistant Clinical Professor at USC.
Years later, while helping my oldest child prepare for the SAT and college admissions, I realized how much better the process could be.
So I built PrepApex: an adaptive question bank that identifies weaknesses, recognizes patterns in performance, and directs students toward the practice they need most.
How that shows up in the product
- ✓A diagnostic that reports which of the 30 Digital SAT skills is costing you points, rather than a percentile.
- ✓Practice that re-targets after every answer, so time goes to the weakest, most heavily tested skills.
- ✓Explanations that say why each wrong choice was tempting, because that is where the pattern is learned.
- ✓Readiness that counts untested skills as untested, instead of inflating a score from a few lucky answers.
The Princeton Review, The Berkeley Review, Harvard Medical School and the University of Southern California are named here to describe the founder’s own teaching and academic history. None of them is affiliated with, sponsors, or endorses PrepApex. SAT is a registered trademark of the College Board, and MCAT of the Association of American Medical Colleges; neither is affiliated with PrepApex.