Why Michael?

My tutoring isn't just for tests or college apps; it's a guide to becoming your best self, and living your best life. 

The best way to explain is through the acronym CHAMP: Confidence, Humility, Ambition, Mindfulness, and Patience.

These five elements exist in all of us. Many people naturally identify with one or two, while the others may seem difficult. CHAMP is a step-by-step way to unlock the rest of them. The SAT, ACT and other exams are just useful tools to get us there.

The Confident Student Learns Humility

The Method starts from an element the student can already identify with. If a student is especially Confident, for example, their next challenge is Humility (Or, as we like to call it, "The real reason you should read the whole question, and double-check as soon as you finish). From there, a student who is Confident-yet-Humble is ready to move on to mastering the next element--Ambition: "If I'm not as perfect as I once thought, then how can I improve?"

The Unconfident Student Learns Patience--And Discovers Confidence

Many students lack Confidence to begin with. These are students who always doubt their first answer choices on tests. Since these students are often the same students who pay the most attention to their thoughts, a concept such as Mindfulness is a much easier starting place for them.

A student armed with Mindfulness can be trained in Patience--that is, Patience with one's self, so that we have the chance to see what we're capable of in the first place. Self-Confidence takes root and grows when we allow it to do so. When it finally does--in my experience--it only keeps growing from there: