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My GRE tutor, Alex Southmayd, was great in all respects. He couldn’t have helped more with both quant and verbal strategies. He was particularly helpful on the verbal sections and was always encouraging and responsive. I can’t say enough good things about him and his approach which seriously helped improve my scores. If you are looking for a tutor I’d highly recommend him.

Alex Southmayd helped me achieve every goal I had set for myself on the GRE. He helped me find my weaknesses and attack problem areas. He knows it all and would be a great tutor for anybody.

Would absolutely recommend Alex Southmayd to anyone looking for GRE tutoring! After just two sessions, Alex helped me achieve my target scores, including raising my Verbal score 10 points. Alex reviewed my practice test before our session so that he could give targeted tips, and was able to recommend specific practice problems to reinforce the learnings from our sessions. He was always well prepared so I could get the most out of each session. The tutoring sessions were enjoyable and helped boost my confidence going into the test.

I had a great experience with Alex Southmayd. He was a patient and encouraging instructor for the quant portion, even for an older student tackling math after 20 years. It was great prep for test day.

Alex has a very interesting background in education, and impressive GRE scores. Alex exceeded all my expectations, he really knows his GRE material, and is a very talented teacher - really knows how to convey information to students and keeps sessions very engaging. Great experience with Alex!

I worked with Alex Southmayd and I thought he was really great! He is a PHENOMENAL and very engaging teacher. He is really smart, really cool and approachable and overall very very helpful. His coaching was so good and engaging that it incentivized me each week to keep studying. I recommend Alex 100%!

From August to October this year, I did GRE prep with instructor Alex Southmayd. Just as a reference point, I did an untimed (!!!) practice exam prior to working with Alex and scored 157 in verbal and quantitative methods, and frankly didn't write much for the essays. On exam day, I scored 166 in verbal, 165 in quantitative, and 6.0 in the analytical writing - a huge relief for me, and a reflection of the work I put in with Alex's help. Alex is an incredible teacher. He knew the content back to front and inside out, which I gather is because he has taught GRE prep so many times. The teaching was extremely focused and geared towards maximizing my chances of success.

Alex Southmayd, is hands down one of the best GRE tutors to help anyone gain an edge in their GRE prep. He helps you learn not only the concepts covered in the exam but also teaches practical strategies. Overall, I was more than satisfied with his tutoring and I believe I have gained a new perspective in tackling the GRE.

My last session with Alex Southmayd in our two-month GRE prep course was last night. He was awesome. Seriously. Excellent at breaking complex problems down, good tips and tricks, and a funny/friendly guy to boot! Thoroughly enjoyed it and truly learned a lot from him.

I had a really great experience prepping for the GRE with Alex Southmayd. Alex was really a star -- he's an incredible teacher, who was able to make some of the more complicated concepts really easy. He is patient, positive and really engaging.