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Alex is a fantastic instructor. First off, he walks the walk, having scored a 170Q/170V on the GRE. Secondly, he's clearly passionate about teaching, and puts in a lot of effort towards making the material clear and engaging. You feel his enthusiasm, which in turns motivates you to study! All in all, it was a very positive experience. I whole heartedly recommend working with Alex.

Alex was a great coach. He personalized instruction when possible, and he was always responsive. I learned many tips and tricks to help me prepare for the GRE. I highly recommend working with Alex!

Alex Southmayd was very helpful. Alex kept the sessions fun and quick-moving. He’s a very practiced teacher with indelible energy and a passion for encouraging excellence. I saw a marked improvement of my score and I looked forward to each session. Make sure you ask for Mike Tyson references; they do not disappoint.

I had a great experience working with Alex. I had already taken the GRE once before and was looking for some additional tips over a short, four-week period before my next test date. Alex was extremely helpful in getting me to the next level and was a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Alex!

Stop procrastinating and work with Alex Southmayd. Incredible instructor, clear delivery of material, great tips & tricks, and has completely changed the way I approach the GRE. He'll recommend approaches tailored to you and will provide great reading recommendations to reduce test anxiety. Cannot recommend Alex highly enough!

I worked with Alex Southmayd for over two months in one-on-one tutoring sessions and was thrilled with the progress I made. Alex was flexible to my hours and was always ready and enthusiastic in our sessions. He made a point of isolating and showing me my weaknesses, presenting me with the tools to address them, and drilling with me until they eventually became strengths. If you are ready to put in the work and you are looking to find a teacher to match that commitment, I could not recommend Alex any further.

I worked with Alex on GRE math. I learned how to quickly recognize problems, approach difficult graphs and wording, and form strategies for taking the GRE. MyGRE score improved significantly and I was ultimately accepted into an engineering graduate program at the University of Southern California. I highly recommend working with Alex.

I worked with Alex Southmayd for a month of GRE quant tutoring. Alex was extremely clear and thorough in his explanations of different math concepts and strategies. He was also patient and encouraging during our sessions as I hadn't touched math in nearly a decade. My results speak to Alex's effectiveness as a tutor - I raised my quant score from 149 - 159. I directly attribute this improvement to my work with Alex.

I worked with Alex on GRE prep and he exceeded my expectations in every respect. Alex is able to skillfully teach the content and the strategies in a manner that is tangible for students to grasp, particularly for someone like myself being many years removed from the quantitative concepts.

Alex Southmayd was fantastic. His strategies helped improve my GRE Quant score by 30 percentile points, my GRE Verbal score by 20 percentile points, and I scored in the 99th percentile on Analytical Writing. This is a testament to his fantastic teaching and help with guided study. I was skeptical for a long time that I could study to improve on these tests, so I was shocked to see so much improvement.