Advantage Testing | Long Island Tutors

VAIRAM ALAGAPPAN
Director
Advantage Testing of Long Island

Vairam Alagappan is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, Vairam was a member of the Mathematics Honor Society and President of the Mortar Board National Honor Society whose membership is based on leadership, community service, and scholarship. After having received a B.A. in Mathematics, he pursued graduate studies in Computer Science at the University of Illinois and graduated in the top 1% of his class. His honors at Illinois include membership in the Engineering Honor Society and the Scholastic Honor Society. While in graduate school, Vairam worked in the General Products and National Accounts divisions of IBM. In 1987, he joined the Artificial Intelligence group of what is now known as Accenture and eventually went on to its Center for Strategic Technology Research.

Vairam has always had a personal and professional interest in teaching. At both the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois, he received teaching awards. At the University of Pennsylvania, he was a University tutor and a University liaison to the public school system in Philadelphia. At the University of Illinois, he taught numerous classes in the engineering school and lectured frequently in the business school. Vairam has also taught seminars and made presentations to several Fortune 500 senior executives.

Vairam's teaching experience with Advantage Testing includes tutoring for standardized tests such as the SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests in Math, Chemistry, and Physics, SSAT, ISEE, LSAT, GRE, and GMAT. He has also taught high school and college subjects including Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, and English. Vairam has received enthusiastic reviews from students he has taught privately and in the classroom. This past year Advantage Testing of Long Island has enrolled several hundred students from numerous schools.

Chris Anderson
M.Arch. Princeton University School of Architecture. Graduate of Williams College. B.A. in English. Former teacher in New York City for AmeriCorps and Embassy CES, an international English-language school. Tutor of SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Test in Math Level 1.

Joseph Avellone
M.B.A. with Distinction, Stern School of Business, New York University. M.A. in International Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Graduate of Columbia University. A.B. in History. Thesis Award at Stern School of Business. Author of online courses in finance and economics. Tutor of SAT , SAT Subject Tests in Math, American History, and World History, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, and academic Economics and Statistics.

Alyssa Bowlby
Pi Kappa Lambda Graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of John Hopkins University. M.M. in Voice and Opera Performance. Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Haverford College. B.A. in Music. Studied with American soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson. Worked for the Delaware Symphony Orchestra as a music librarian, education coordinator, webmaster, graphic designer, and operations assistant. Worked as a project manager for the web hosting and programming firm Degnanco. Professional singer. Tutor of the PSAT, SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Test in Math Level 1, academic Spanish, and basic literacy.

Cory Bragar
J.D., Harvard Law School. Honors graduate of Trinity College. B.A. in American Studies. At 14, founded and became the chief instructor of Manhattan Taekwondo, Inc., a martial arts school for children. Instructor at a magic camp for the past 12 summers. Has held numerous academic teaching and tutoring positions, including providing intensive writing instruction to college students. Practiced intellectual property law at O’Melveny & Myers. Tutor of SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Test in Math Level 1.

Peter Brendler
M.M., Manhattan School of Music. Magna Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music. B.M. in Music. Accomplished jazz bassist. Active as a performer throughout the New York area. Volunteer tutor in college. Tutor of SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Test in Math Level 1.

Jacob Feldman
High Distinction Graduate of McGill University. B.M. in Voice Performance and Opera. Completed two years of pre-medical studies. Voice and theater trainer. Tutor of the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Tests in Math.

Nikita Japra
Graduate of Johns Hopkins University. B.A. in International Studies with a minor in Writing Seminars. Bloomberg Scholar. Research assistant on South Asian Sub-Altern and Diaspora studies in the Johns Hopkins Department of Anthropology. Served as a mentor and tutor to middle school students in the East Baltimore public school system. Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Symposium on Foreign Affairs. Worked as a research assistant for the Superintendent of a public school district on Long Island. Tutor of the SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Test in Math Level 1.

Ruchita Japra
Graduate of SUNY Stony Brook. B.A. in Political Science and Issues in Health and Society. Successfully completed all pre-medical course requirements. Worked for three years for the Department of Special Education of a Long Island school district. Tutor of the PSAT, SAT, SAT Subject Tests in Biology, Chemistry, American History and World History, ACT, and SSAT.

Debra Morgenstern Katz
M.A. in Journalism, New York University. Hillier-Kreighbaum award for outstanding graduate student. Graduate of SUNY Stony Brook. B.A. in English. Freelance writer who has published more than three dozen articles in the New York Times. Honored for Science and Technology reporting by the Press Club of Long Island. College application consultant. Tutor of the SAT Subject Test in Literature. Writing Instructor.

Josiah Madigan
Honors graduate of Harvard University. A.B. in Computer Science. Computer Science Head Teaching Fellow, Harvard University Summer School. English instructor and Kids Program leader at one of the fastest-growing branches of the Nova Group in Japan. Arts Editor of the Harvard Crimson. Studied screenwriting at the European Film College in Denmark. Short films of his scripts have been screened at various European festivals. Tutor of SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Tests in Math.

Peter Ratner
Magna Cum Laude Graduate of Harvard University. A.B. in History and Literature. Norman Podhoretz Prize for Writing. Tutored undergraduate students at the Harvard Writing Center. Tutor of the PSAT, SAT, SAT Subject Test in Math Level 1, ACT, and GRE.

Fred Reiter
Graduate of Princeton University. A.B. in Science and Human Affairs. Researched the placement of mentally ill children in the New Jersey Health Care system. Studied music at the Eastman School of Music and at the Julliard School. Served on the Faculty of Stanford University and the Princeton Day School. Cofounder and leader of the internationally acclaimed New York Ska Jazz Ensemble. Has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Latin America and the Far East. Tutor of SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Test in Math Level 1.

Malik Zaidi
Graduate of Columbia University. A.B. in African-American Studies. Worked for three years as Office Manager of a New York City graphic design firm. Has prepared many students for college and graduate school entrance exams as well as for high school subjects. Tutor of SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Test in Math Level 1, and GMAT.