Advantage Testing of Long Island

213 Roslyn Road
Roslyn Heights, NY 11577

Phone: 516.484.3580
Email: longisland@advantagetesting.com

Vairam Alagappan, Director
Casey Maphet, Associate Director
Darlene Toporcer, Program Coordinator

 

For more than 30 years, Advantage Testing of Long Island has set and raised the bar for excellence in educational services in Long Island. Launched by Vairam Alagappan in 1990, we have prepared thousands of students for standardized tests and academic courses, helping them reach their academic and professional goals.

Our services include preparation for the SCAT, SSAT, ISEE, CHSEE, AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12, ACT, SAT, AP Exams, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, DAT, and other standardized tests. Additionally, we provide academic tutoring in a wide range of subjects from middle school through graduate school, college application counseling, and interview training for college and professional jobs, including management consulting.

Advantage Testing of Long Island serves students throughout Long Island from the Hamptons to Queens. Open seven days a week, our office is a few blocks north of the LIE service road and the Northern State Parkway, and we are within walking distance of the Roslyn LIRR station on the Oyster Bay Branch. Our standalone building was designed exclusively for tutoring and testing in order to provide our students with an outstanding learning environment.

In addition to in-person tutoring, our tutors work with students in Canada, Europe, and several domestic and international boarding schools via Zoom. Interested students should speak with our program consultant to discuss distance tutoring options.

Tutors in Long Island

Vairam Alagappan /

Vairam Alagappan

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, SHSAT, CHSEE (TACHS, HSPT), AMC 8, AMC 10, Mathematics, Science, English, Miscellaneous, Admissions Counseling

M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
B.A., magna cum laude, in Mathematics and Computers from the University of Pennsylvania.
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society; Scholastic Honor Society; President of Mortar Board National Honor Society; University of Illinois Teaching Award.
Director of Advantage Testing of Long Island.

Vimala Alagappan /

Vimala Alagappan

Tutor of: ACT, SSAT, Mathematics, Science, Languages, Miscellaneous

A.B. (in progress) in Physics and Math from Harvard University.
John Harvard Scholar; Detur Book Prize; Judge's Prize for Science and Cooking Fair; Friends Academy Outstanding Student Award; Friends Academy Science Olympiad Club Leader, Math Club Leader, Peer Tutoring Leader, and Writing Fellow; Gold Medalist, National Spanish Exam; Second Place, North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition.

Joe Avellone /

Joe Avellone

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, MCAT, CHSEE (TACHS, HSPT), Mathematics, Social Studies, Business

M.B.A. in Finance from New York University, Stern School of Business.
M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs.
B.A. in History from Columbia University.
Money Marketers Thesis Award.

Jazzmin Lamas /

Jazzmin Lamas

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, CHSEE (TACHS, HSPT), CFA, CFP, Mathematics, Social Studies, English, Business, Admissions Counseling, Miscellaneous

M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University.

Steven Lewis /

Steven Lewis

Tutor of: SAT, MCAT, AP Biology Boot Camp, Science, Social Studies, English, Admissions Counseling

M.D./Ph.D. (in progress) from Stony Brook University.
B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Yale University.
B.A. in History from Yale University.
Postgraduate Research Associate in the Yale Immunobiology Department; National Merit Scholar.

Casey Maphet /

Casey Maphet

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

Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
A.B. in Philosophy from Princeton University.
New Jersey Scholar.
Associate Director of Advantage Testing of Long Island.

Krishan Mistry /

Krishan Mistry

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, TACHS, HSPT, CHSEE, Mathematics, Social Studies, English, Admissions Counseling

M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Brown University.
B.A., cum laude, in English Literature from New York University in Abu Dhabi.
Adjunct Professor in the Integrated Design and Media department at New York University.

Drew Novins /

Drew Novins

Tutor of: Bar Exam, Law

J.D. from Georgetown University School of Law.
B.A. in History from the University at Albany, State University of New York.
Multistate Bar Exam Top 3%; Former Assistant Director of Admissions at New York Law School.

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.

Fred Reiter /

Fred Reiter

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, CHSEE (TACHS, HSPT), Mathematics, English, Admissions Counseling

A.B. in Science in Human Affairs from Princeton University.
Academy Award Nominee.

Ripal Shah /

Ripal Shah

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, SSAT, GMAT, MCAT, USMLE Series, DAT, NCLEX, Science, Social Studies, Business, Admissions Counseling, Miscellaneous

M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
M.P.H. in Healthcare Management from Harvard University.
B.S. in Economics and Chemistry from Duke University.
Triple Board-Certified Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford; Chief Resident at the Stanford School of Medicine.

Jonathan Shapiro /

Jonathan Shapiro

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

BPhil, with distinction, in Philosophy from Oxford University.
B.A., cum laude, in Economics-Philosophy from Columbia University.

Barbara Zinn /

Barbara Zinn

Tutor of: Languages

Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania.
M.A. in Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania.
B.A., magna cum laude, in Spanish from Queens College.
Phi Beta Kappa; Former Assistant Professor of Spanish at Colgate University.