Advantage Testing of Boston

Newton Main Office
10 Langley Road
Suite 201
Newton Centre, MA 02459

Phone: 617.630.8680
Fax: 617.630.1942
Email: boston@advantagetesting.com

Concord Office
37 Concord Crossing
Concord, MA 01742

Daniel Kusik, Director
Patrick Connolly, Associate Director
Risa Fajkowski, Associate Director
Olivia Birdsall, Program Coordinator

Advantage Testing of Boston has delivered outstanding educational services to the New England scholastic community for more than 30 years. Launched by Mark Sander in 1991 as the first Advantage Testing location outside the New York area, Advantage Testing of Boston carries a proud tradition befitting a region renowned for its commitment to excellence in higher education.

Our tutors develop individually tailored programs that complement each student’s schoolwork and help them achieve their goals. In addition to one-on-one tutoring for undergraduate and graduate school admissions exams, we offer programs for New England’s independent school admissions exams, including the SSAT and ISEE. Given our proximity to many of the nation’s leading higher education institutions, Advantage Testing of Boston also provides an array of academic tutoring and support to undergraduate and graduate students.

Advantage Testing of Boston maintains tutoring and administrative offices in Newton and Concord, MA. Our flagship office in Newton is in the historic, neo-Romanesque Langley Place, providing students with a warm and exceptional learning environment. We also have tutors who travel to student’s homes in the Greater Boston area, across Massachusetts (including the Cape and Islands), and into New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Contact us to discuss your tutoring options.

Continuing our late pioneer Mark Sander’s deep commitment to helping socioeconomically disadvantaged students pursue their academic and professional ambitions, Advantage Testing of Boston takes great pride in our partnerships with universities and public service organizations to promote access to higher education. Each year, our tutors help METCO students prepare for standardized college admissions exams. We have also tutored classes of students enrolled in Boston Arts Academy and Charlestown Lacrosse and Learning Center, among others.

Tutors in Boston

Nathan Bernhard

Nathan Bernhard

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, Social Studies, English, Business

M.Sc., with Distinction, in Political Theory and Economics from the London School of Economics.
B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard College.

Sukanya Bhattacharya

Sukanya Bhattacharya

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science, English, Languages

B.A. in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Dartmouth College.
United States Presidential Scholar; James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar; National AP Scholar; National Merit Finalist; Carson Scholar.

Annie Chan

Annie Chan

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, English

J.D. from Emory University School of Law.
B.A. in Politics from New York University.
AP Scholar with Distinction; Presidential Honors Scholar.

Patrick Connolly

Patrick Connolly

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Arts, Business, Admissions Counseling

M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
B.A. in Pure Mathematics from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music.
B.M. in Piano Performance from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music.
Former Ph.D. Fellow in Music at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives for Advantage Testing.

Danny Crow

Danny Crow

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, MCAT, Mathematics, Science

Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
B.A., magna cum laude, in Mathematics and Physics from Middlebury College.
Capstone Ph.D. Award; Dissertation Completion Fellowship; Chancellor’s Fellowship.

Steven Deridder

Steven Deridder

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Social Studies, English, Arts, Miscellaneous

B.F.A. in Professional Photographic Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Published Poet; Platinum Award from the International Creativity Awards; Gold Medal Critique from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Jose Rodrigo Esteban Rodrigo

Jose Rodrigo Esteban Rodrigo

Tutor of: Languages

M.A. in International Relations from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
M.A. in Audiovisual Translation at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
BA in Modern Languages and Translation from the Universidad de Alcala.
Jorge Herreros Martínez Scholarship.

Risa Fajkowski

Risa Fajkowski

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, English, Admissions Counseling

M.Ed. in Language and Literacy from Harvard University.
B.A. in Sociology from Johns Hopkins University.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Associate Director of Advantage Testing of Boston.

Eli Gerstenlauer

Eli Gerstenlauer

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English, Arts

M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University.
B.A. in Music History and Theory from Oberlin College.
Scholarship for Classical Vocal Performance; Shady Hill Teacher Training Course Graduate; Citizen Schools National Teaching Fellowship Graduate; Educational Licensure in Mathematics, Physics, and Humanities.

Louis Gleason

Louis Gleason

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English, Business

B.A., with honors, in Economics from Boston College.
American Debate Association Debater of the Year; Duffy Award for Excellence in Debate; Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Political Science.

Eva Glieberman

Eva Glieberman

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, MCAT, Mathematics, Science

M.P.H. in Public Health from Brown University.
Post-baccalaureate in Pre-medicine from Harvard University.
B.A. in Anthropology from Brown University.
Former Clinical Research Coordinator at Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Clinical Trials Office-Phase I Group; Former Research Assistant at Dana Farber and Boston Medical Center.

Meghan Grady

Meghan Grady

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English, Languages, Arts, Business

M.A. (in progress) in Museum Studies from Harvard University.
B.A., cum laude, in Art, Film and Visual Studies with a Secondary Focus in Integrative Biology from Harvard College.
Winner of the 2023 Dunster House Jon Pomeroy Award for Community Engagement.

Daniel Kusik

Daniel Kusik

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Social Studies, English, Business

M.Ed. in Education from Harvard University.
B.A., cum laude, in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College.
Christian A. Johnson Research Fellow in Economics.
Director of Advantage Testing of Boston.

Andrew McDowell

Andrew McDowell

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, MCAT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science

B.A., with honors, in Chemistry from Amherst College.

Pamela Pacheco

Pamela Pacheco

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English, Languages, Arts, Business, Admissions Counseling, Miscellaneous

M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
B.A., with honors, in Political Science from Stony Brook University.
William L. Stewart Award at MIT; MIT Freshman Class President; International Program for Diaspora Youth intern; Senator Robert C. Byrd Scholarship; Half Hollow Hills High School East Valedictorian.

Julie Scheinthal

Julie Scheinthal

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Social Studies, English

B.A. in American Studies and Theatre Arts from Brandeis University.
Barbara A. Harris Award for Excellence in Stage Management.

Dan Schneider

Dan Schneider

Tutor of: Mathematics

A.B., cum laude, in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College.
M.A. in Math Education from Columbia University Teacher's College.
Math Teacher at Phillips Academy.

Milo Selden

Milo Selden

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, JLPT N5-N2, Mathematics, Social Studies, English, Languages, Arts

B.A., with honors, in East Asian Studies from Wesleyan University.
Scott Prize for Excellence in Modern Languages (Japanese); Dean's List.

Rachel Sturm

Rachel Sturm

Tutor of: SSAT, ISEE, English

B.A. in English from Yale University.

Geoffrey Tanner

Geoffrey Tanner

Tutor of: MCAT, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies

Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Harvard Medical School.
M.A.L.S. in Science from Wesleyan University.
B.S. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry and Environmental Biology from Yale College.
Yale Club of New Haven Scholar; Most Promising Project Award, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Visiting Scientist on the Israel Family Foundation for Science at Phillips Academy Andover; Amity Club of New Haven Scholar.

Ziqi Wang

Ziqi Wang

Tutor of: SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science

M.D. (in progress) at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Yale University.
National AP Scholar; National Merit Semifinalist; Scholar-Athlete Honors all four years at Yale.