Nikita

Nikita is an expert SAT/ACT and humanities tutor. He tutors AP exams, including AP English Lit, AP English Lang, AP US History, AP World History, AP European History, and AP Government & Politics.

In addition, he is very experienced in helping students with college application essays.

His students typically raise their test scores by about 20 percentile points. These results come from using evidence-based strategies: Nikita regularly studies educational research and applies methods that help students learn efficiently and retain what they’ve practiced.

Nikita’s tutoring success is bolstered by his experience in writing SAT and ACT practice questions for national testing organizations.

In addition to test prep, Nikita is an award-winning fiction writer. He draws on his storytelling background to help students write college admissions essays that are both honest and compelling. His students have been admitted to selective schools including Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.

Students and colleagues describe him as kind but firm, encouraging but direct, and always focused on progress.