College Prep Tutoring

03/10/2026

📚 Enhance your student’s test prep with our top-notch tutoring services! At College Prep Tutoring, we offer personalized and targeted test preparation and work with you through the entire college/transfer/grad school application process. Ideal for students seeking to excel in all parts of their high school, college, and graduate school applications. Boost your scores and unlock your potential!
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07/17/2024

Breaking News! Some welcome changes are coming to the ACT in Spring 2025! Most notably: it will be a shorter test (keeping up with the SAT), it will be available online (again, keeping up with the SAT), and the Science section will be optional. Please go to the FAQs page of my website (www.sdtutoring.com) to read the ACT's announcement and an analysis of what these changes really mean!

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01/19/2024

ACT Students! I have a gift for you: a $5 voucher to use towards registration for any February, April, June, or July 2024 ACT test date. This voucher is only available until January 22, 2024 — just contact me for the authorization number. Let’s make your dreams a reality!

07/06/2023

Registration for the Fall ’23 ACT Test Dates opens on July 10!

*Students can order their Test Information Release (TIR) with the September test for 2023 (TIR will not be offered in December). TIR will also be available for the 2024 April and June test dates. This is an optional service, but some students like to see exactly which questions tripped them up. (See https://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/scores/request-a-copy-of-qa.html)
*The September 9 ACT® test registration deadline is Friday, August 4.
*Be sure to register for the ACT without Writing (colleges no longer require the Writing section, so there is no point in doing this extra work)

How to request a copy of your ACT test questions and answers.

01/07/2023

Curt Lewis, who has been teaching at Poway High since 1999, spent $70,000 of his own money developing the app

12/04/2022

Plummeting student performance shows the consequences of abandoning standards.

08/28/2022

I still think Standardized Testing is essential for the college applications process! Here’s a good article on the topic:

Standardized tests help level the playing field for college admissions, particularly in the face of rampant grade inflation.

07/29/2022

If you plan to apply to MIT, please contact me ASAP so we can get started with your test-prep!

in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

12/20/2021

News from my alma mater: over half of the class is already filled with Early Decision applicants!
Seniors, please let me know if you would like me to help you perfect and polish your application before the January 5 deadline! Juniors, let's work over the summer to complete your applications so you can be ready to submit your Early Decision and Early Action applications next fall.
***Congratulations to all my students who have already received several acceptance letters and large scholarship awards! I am so proud of you!!!***

Of the 7,795 applicants to The Early Decision Program, 1218 students from 42 states and 60 countries will be entering the Class of 2026.