Meet Your Instructor

Michael Stroup is a perfect SAT & ACT scorer with over 4,000 hours of 1-on-1 and group tutoring experience. He works to fine-tune each student’s techniques and knowledge of the test, so his students are able to achieve the best possible scores on test day. His students have achieved perfect scores on both the SAT and ACT. Michael graduated from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business with a degree in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. During his time on campus, he was actively involved in peer-to-peer tutoring. Michael has worked as a full-time tutor since 2015 and has helped over 800 students conquer on the SAT and ACT. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, surfing, reading, and taking on complex recipes (he was making his own sourdough long before 2020).

Our Proven Process

Customized Plans for Each Student

Everything we do in sessions is personalized to each student, so there is no set program. For students who have never taken the SAT or ACT before, we will provide a practice SAT and practice ACT and will use the diagnostic scores along with the student’s feedback to determine which test is the better fit and identify each student’s individual strengths and weaknesses. For students who have already decided on the SAT or ACT, we review their most recent scores before the first session. Our expertise allows us to immediately pinpoint what students need to learn to improve their scores.

In general, we meet weekly with students for 1-hour or 1.5-hour sessions for a total of 12-20 hours in sessions. Each week, students can expect 3-5 hours of homework. Of course, the benefit of 1-on-1 tutoring is that we can build a plan that will work for you. If you are in a rush to take the ACT, we can set up a crash course with longer sessions and meeting multiple times per week. Already taken a class and only need some help on a specific section? Not a problem! No matter what your schedule, budget, or past prep, we can put together a plan that will help students improve on test day!

We will also act as your personal SAT/ACT consultants and guide you throughout the entire test prep process. When should we start SAT/ACT Prep? Which test is better for me? When should I take the test? You have questions. We have answers, to these questions and many more.

An Organized Approach

PrepPros private tutoring focuses on five major components to increase student confidence on test day and maximize scores:

1. Mastery of content. Learn all the content featured on the test. Exactly what content is taught in sessions is tailored to the student strengths, weaknesses, and scoring goals.

2. Pattern recognition. Increase “test IQ.” Learn the all the ins and outs of the SAT and ACT. The better you know the test, the easier it becomes.

3. Effective strategies. Find a the best strategy for you. The right strategy can turn a hard section into an easy one (edit).

4. Structured studying. Complete weekly homework assignment. Contrary to what some other companies may tell you, there are no quick tricks to bump your score. Big score improvements take hard work week after week.

5. Applied Practice. Complete full-length SATs and ACTs, lots of them. Most students complete 5-8 practice tests. Repetition and obsessively learning from mistakes is key to maximize improvement.

We Write Books on This Stuff, Seriously

The best, most up-to-date materials are a crucial part of maximizing SAT and ACT improvement.  We did not love the materials out there, so we wrote our own.  The materials are constantly updated accurately reflect the most recent version of the SAT and ACT.  To date, we have written over 1000 pages of materials and counting.