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At Prep Expert, we only hire the best tutors. We pay more than any other test prep company and hire teachers who truly care about the success of every student. Not only has every one of our tutors scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT and ACT themselves, but they have also demonstrated an exceptional ability to convey material in a fun, personalized, and results-driven way. In addition, they have all been trained by Prep Expert founder Shaan Patel.

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Clay Cooper

Clay is a Perfect SAT & ACT Scorer and has also scored in the 99th percentile on the PSAT, LSAT, GMAT, and ISEE, among other standardized tests. He has taught and developed courses for high school, college, and graduate-level standardized tests extensively around the country, and he specializes in the field. He has studied law at Georgetown University Law Center and also spent time in the legal field, working for attorneys, judges, and the Tennessee Attorney General.

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Daniel Lee

Daniel graduated from Vanderbilt in 2017. His passion for tutoring started in his early college years when he would tutor family friends. Additionally, throughout college he volunteered in tutoring communities in the Metro Nashville area. He scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT 1 back when it was 2400 points, and also on the ACT, as well as in other subject/AP tests. He is an avid gamer and transfers that passion over by currently making a video game on the side. When it's getting cold outside, he likes to go to the local archery gallery to unwind.

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Celina Paudel

Celina is a perfect SAT scorer on the SAT! She raised her score 240 points to a perfect SAT score after taking a Prep Expert SAT Prep Class. We offered Celina a teaching position job at Prep Expert after she had demonstrated exceptional teaching ability. Given that she was once a Prep Expert student herself, she has an unprecedented ability to relate to students in the course.

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Dr. Will York

Dr. York is a Raleigh native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, where he majored in biology. He scored in the top 1% of test takers on the SAT and is an instructor at Prep Expert. Will holds a PhD in Cognitive Science and a master’s degree in History & Philosophy of Science, both from Indiana University. Before attending graduate school, he taught high school physics, chemistry, and math in San Francisco.

Silver Tutor
Nathan DeVera

Nathan is a Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics Double Major at Southern Methodist University’s Lyle School of Engineering. He has tutored a large number of students throughout high school and college in various classes of all disciplines, giving him the experience needed to tailor his teaching to students' needs. He is eager to share his SAT knowledge, which helped him score in the 99th percentile. He is also excited to share his academic and personal experiences, which he believes will aid students in their future endeavors.

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Nishi Patel

Nishi scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT and has a passion for teaching. She loves thinking outside the box and coming up with unconventional methods to teach topics because no two students learn the same way! She is a junior in the Nursing School at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, where she entered college with 40 credit hours from her AP classes. In her free time, Nishi loves to do DIY crafts and anything artsy.

Silver Tutor
Hassan Bhatti

Hassan scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT and can teach advanced math, physics, and biology. He has been teaching the SAT, and tutoring in other subjects for many years. He attended Dartmouth College on a full ride scholarship.

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Dan Swanson

Dan is a senior at the University of Notre Dame completing degrees in pre-medical studies and economics. He scored in the 99th percentile on the ACT and the 95th percentile on the MCAT and has extensive experience tutoring all levels of math and science courses. Dan also mentors students through the whole college process and has helped students gain admittance to schools like Harvard and the University of Michigan.

Silver Tutor
Kevin Parrish

Kevin has had plenty of experience with standardized testing, having scored in the 99th percentile on both the ACT and the SAT. He also passed 15 different AP Exams, making him Nevada’s recipient for the College Board’s 2016 State AP Scholar Award. He is currently attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he is dual majoring in Mathematics and Physics, and minoring in Computer Science. In his free time, Kevin likes to listen to music and re-read all of the Harry Potter books.