Prior to founding Elite Ivy Tutors, Brian graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. After working for several years as a bond trader and a corporate strategy consultant, he began volunteer SAT tutoring for underprivileged students through New York Cares. He quickly discovered his passion for tutoring and the positive feedback from his students encouraged him to found Elite Ivy Tutors (EIT) so he could train other tutors to use his proven methods.

Brian wanted to distinguish his services by holding his tutors to the highest standards.  Brian is proud that the hard work of his tutors has recently earned EIT the ranking of “Best Test Prep Tutors in New York” out of 1,971 companies by Expertise.com.

Brian’s tutoring experience includes SAT, ACT, U.S. and world history, ISEE, SSAT, GMAT, GRE, SHSAT, statistics, Spanish, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and college essay writing. He has over a decade of full-time test prep tutoring experience and has worked with hundreds of students over tens of thousands of hours. A Long Island native, Brian enjoys golf, snowboarding, reading and travel.

Corey is a dual-degree graduate of the Jerome Fisher program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds degrees with honors in both Entrepreneurial Management and in Chemical and Biomolecular engineering. Corey earned the Naren Udayagiri Scholarship for #1 performer in the Jerome Fisher program-exclusive course, Management of Technology, and won several awards and grants as part of the Wharton Venture Initiation Program with his startup company, Osus, inc.

Corey scored perfect 800s on the Math SAT and the SAT Subject Tests in Chemistry and Math (Level 2). He also scored perfect 5s in AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, and AP German. Corey was twice recognized among the top 12 in the state of North Carolina during the National Chemistry Olympiad. He has more than 3000 hours of tutoring experience.

Riva graduated summa cum laude from Harvard with a concentration in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, a secondary concentration in English, and a certificate in Spanish. She is presently a zoology PhD student at the University of Cambridge, where she teaches Evolution and Behavior courses to third year undergraduates. She has won two teaching awards there and has developed her passion for teaching and research. She also enjoys writing fiction in her spare time, and loves stories about nature and animals.

Riva has tutored students from middle school through high school and particularly enjoys tutoring chemistry, biology, Spanish, literature, and writing at the AP level. She also works with younger students to help them build a substantial foundation to support learning at a higher level. She believes that teaching should empower students to develop their own understanding of the material and tackle tests (like the SAT Subject tests, for example) with confidence.

Avanthika graduated from Princeton with a BA in French and Theater and scored a perfect 5 in nearly all her AP exams. She also holds an MFA in acting from the American Conservatory Theater. Having spent 2 years as a chemistry major at Princeton, she also has experience in tutoring college students in General and Organic Chemistry. Currently, Avanthika is a professional actor and an executive coach in NYC, where she works with corporate officials and CEO’s, helping them improve communication, public speaking skills, and content creation. Recent clients include Roche, Cisco, Salesforce, and the UN.

Avanthika has tutored students from middle school through high school, and specializes in tutoring French, SAT and ACT prep, ISEE and SSAT, college application prep, and interview skills. In her free time, she loves to sing Indian Classical music and go scuba diving.

Dr. Kerry McElroy (MA Columbia, MA Carnegie Mellon, PhD Concordia) is an international tutor, editor, and freelance writer who tutors across the humanities. She is a film and cultural historian holding advanced degrees in Humanities, Literary and Cultural Studies, and European Studies, tutoring in these subjects while focusing with younger students on English, Literature, Writing, History, Art HIstory, Politics, and Ethics. She also worked extensively on college admissions, camp and university applications, writing contests, and SAT/B/GCSE prep.

McElroy is a published international writer of both scholarly and popular materials from book chapters to academic journals and popular magazine series. Thus, her approach to English, Literature, and the general humanities offers the rare opportunity for students to work on reading, research, organization, writing, and editing alongside the hands-on experience of a working writer.

Diana graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in linguistics and holds a masters in education from Temple University. A certified teacher and former head of the Gifted and Talented Education program, Diana has served as adjunct professor of composition at California Baptist University and for 30 years taught English and writing to students of all grades. A writer and mafia editor, she has led writing workshops for teachers at conferences and workshops on great college application essays in Atlanta school districts.

Diana coaches SAT and ACT, language arts, and essays, using with interested students simple kinesiology techniques to help optimize attention and processing and mitigate performance anxiety on high-stakes tests. Her articles, prose, and poetry feature in magazines, anthologies, digital and print. She scrubs commas and rescues dangling modifiers from The New York Times for the dopamine.

Nick has 18 years of teaching and tutoring experience and has helped hundreds of students get into their target schools. He grew up in New York City and went to Hunter College High School, a public magnet school on the city’s Upper East Side. He scored a 1500 on the SAT (700 Math, 800 Verbal), a 750 on the SAT Writing subject test, an 800 on the SAT Literature subject test, and as a junior Nick also received honorable mention in the City College Spring Poetry Festival (one of 10 from over 3,000 entrants).

After graduating from Columbia University with degrees in English and Economics, Nick earned a teaching certificate and moved to Barcelona to teach English. He subsequently fell in love with both teaching and traveling and since 2003 he’s been teaching all over the world, usually spending winters in Berlin and summers in Barcelona. Nick has tutored over 600 students one on one, many of whom have been admitted to the top graduate and undergraduate programs in the US and Europe. His students routinely improve by over 20 percentile points, and his most successful student improved his GMAT score by 300 points.

Nick’s teaching style is characterized by his patience, empathy, and humor. He knows how to make clear even the most obscure concept, and he excels at instilling confidence in his students. The most common thing he hears from his students is “I wish you had been my math teacher in school.”

Carla is Harvard graduate (cum laude) based in Brooklyn, NY, who has specialized in tutoring SAT, ACT, SSAT, and ISEE prep since 2015. With a degree in Government and French, she brings a unique blend of academic expertise and creative flair to her tutoring sessions. Her background in film production enhances her approach to teaching English, French, public speaking, and debate, fostering a dynamic and engaging learning environment for her students.

She’s helped many students improve scores on their standardized tests and prepare amazing essays to get into top schools. Carla has worked with students on SAT + ACT prep, college counseling, French, English, and public speaking / debate. She’s passionate about helping students grow into their fullest potential and develop their own unique passion and voice. When she’s not tutoring or making movies, Carla enjoys taking dance classes, baking bread, and watching movie marathons with friends and family. 

Dumebi graduated from Harvard with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics with a secondary in Art, Film, and Visual Studies. While at Harvard she was a course assistant in the Mathematics Department where she earned a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching Award as well as a teaching fellow in the Engineering Sciences Department. In addition to university classroom instruction, Dumebi has also been a mathematics tutor and test prep both virtually and in person for over 7 years, specializing in Calculus, SAT, ACT, ISEE, and SSAT prep, and has also taught two high school level photography courses.

Outside of her teaching roles at Harvard she also served on the executive board of a number of organizations including the Nigerian Students Association (Treasurer), Club Lacrosse (Co-Captain), Photography Club (Vice President), Scholars of Finance (Co-Founder and Director of Marketing), the Signet Society (Member Liaison), Harvard Undergraduate Student Art Collective (Artist Liaison) and Women in Business (Membership Development Committee). She loves photography, cooking, lacrosse, and bad television.

Ben is a Harvard graduate and has been tutoring students ranging from elementary to collegiate and graduate level for more than 5 years. Ben has helped students excel and overcome struggles in several subject areas (Math, Science, Coding/CS, Music, English, Spanish) and has also helped students ace standardized tests like the SAT, ACT, ISEE, PSAT, and a number of AP exams.

In addition to years of experience tutoring, Ben was a teaching assistant at Harvard University, and in the Music, and Computer Science departments at MIT while studying Music and Computer Science as a dual-enrolled undergraduate in Cambridge, MA.  He is excited to continue teaching and sharing his passion for learning with young people in New York, and in his free time he reads and does research for a website that provides historical economics data for academics and journalists.

Huailing has two bachelors in English and a minor in Computer Science from the Dual B.A. Program between Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University. As a student of both literature and STEM, Huailing is passionate about the intersection between the arts and sciences. She teaches difficult concepts in a way that is tailored to each student’s learning style.

Huailing is experienced in tutoring students from kindergarten to college in a variety of subjects, including SAT/ACT test prep, math up to calculus, and college essay writing. She has helped raise SAT scores by 200 points and has worked with over fifteen students with essay writing. Huailing received a 1570 on the SAT, a full score on the PSAT, a 35 on the ACT, and 5s on thirteen AP tests including AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, and AP World History. Outside of tutoring, Huailing is involved in the housing justice movement in NYC and is a performing singer-songwriter.

Daniel holds a PhD in Physics and has taught undergraduate-level physics courses for over six years. Prior to this, he earned an MS in Physics from Brown University, instructing summer physics classes for middle and high school students. Passionate about education, Daniel leverages his personal experience with dyslexia to connect with students and emphasize the importance of individualized learning approaches.

Throughout his teaching career, Daniel has worked with diverse student populations, recognizing that foundational misunderstandings can hinder progress in math and physics. He focuses on identifying and addressing these root issues, guiding students to comprehend complex concepts as interconnected ideas rather than isolated facts. By fostering a supportive learning environment, Daniel empowers students to develop problem-solving skills that are applicable across various disciplines, ultimately transforming their perception of the world.

Angie graduated with honors from Harvard, earning a B.S. in Chemical and Physical Biology and a citation in Mandarin Chinese. She is currently a medical student at New York Medical College. While at Harvard, she was a peer leader for neuroscience and statistics courses and taught in a variety of settings—from creating and leading an original epigenetics seminar in China to teaching English in South Korea.

Angie scored in the 96th percentile on the MCAT and the 99th percentile on the SAT. She has over five years of experience teaching and tutoring students of all ages, helping them excel in AP and college-level courses, raise their test scores, and gain admission to top schools. She has also worked with Harvard Student Agencies to teach many Pre-Med Academies.

Originally from New York, Angie is also a classically trained violist, a lover of languages, and a big believer in meeting students where they are. She tailors her teaching to each student’s learning style and brings patience, energy, and a sense of fun to every session. Angie specializes in biology, chemistry, math, SAT, MCAT, and college prep.

Will graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English on the premedical track, earning a 3.95 GPA. While at Princeton, he tutored with College Bound Ivy League Tutors for all four years, working with hundreds of students on SAT/ACT prep, as well as STEM and English coursework. Will scored a perfect 36 on the ACT and landed in the 99th percentile on the SAT. He also earned 5s on the AP Chemistry, Biology, Physics C, and English exams.

Will specializes in the SAT, ACT, Biology, Chemistry, English, and college admissions essay consulting. He is currently preparing for medical school and works in HIV research and treatment, bringing the same care, curiosity, and attention to detail to tutoring that he uses in caring for his patients. Will also loves reading, Thai food, and running every morning!

Mark graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, having designed his own concentration in Theater Arts & Performance. For his senior thesis, he created and performed in an original musical inspired by the life and works of Oscar Wilde. At Harvard he worked extensively at the Tony Award-winning American Repertory Theater.

Mark graduated valedictorian of his high school class and scored perfect 5 on nearly all his AP exams. The son of a lifelong teacher and an experienced arts educator for students of all ages, Mark is passionate about using education to empower others. He specializes in literature, writing, SAT, and ACT, and enjoys increasing students’ preparedness and confidence. Mark also listens to a lot of Fleetwood Mac.

Katy has a Master’s degree in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University and her B.A. from Swarthmore College in Political Science and Islamic Studies, where she was awarded the Judith Polgar Ruchkin prize for the best Political Science thesis. For the last five years, she has advised humanities-based college applicants who have gotten into Princeton University, the University of Chicago, Georgetown University, University of California Berkley, and other top colleges. She draws from her own experience receiving 5 scores in AP U.S. History, AP French, and a perfect score on the Spanish SAT subject test in her success preparing her students to obtain top score in these subjects.

Katy speaks Spanish, Arabic, French, and Farsi and has lived around the world, including years in Jordan, Lebanon, Germany, France, Argentina, and Mexico. She worked representing vulnerable refugees before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, spent years conducting fieldwork with Syrian documentary-makers, and most recently is completing various documentary film projects in Mexico City.

David graduated from Columbia University with a BA in English literature. He is a New York State licensed teacher with over a decade of experience and holds a master’s degree in education from Hunter College. His knowledge of curriculum and assessment allow him to recognize students’ needs and create plans of instruction to help them achieve their goals. As a student of literature, he uses his love affair with the English language to help students understand the nuances of test passages and questions. He enjoys the logic and beauty of math and guides learners to understand the reasoning behind math problems. David invites students to see test prep not as a chore, but as a challenging game that can be played to win.

David is passionate about social-emotional learning and believes that a positive state of mind is a key component of academic success. In 2018, he received a fellowship grant for a program he helped design in which students manage their emotions while writing songs together. He has studied meditation and Tai Chi for over 10 years, which helps him to focus with clarity on the needs of students.

Nick graduated from Yale University with a research-intensive B.S. degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) and Distinction in the major. At Yale, he spent all four years performing research in the Cooley lab at the Yale School of Medicine and playing baritone saxophone in the Yale Jazz Ensemble. After graduating Yale, he spent a year as a Postgraduate Associate in the Cooley lab and published a second-author paper in PNAS. He also co-founded an orthopedic device company that designs and patents surgical instruments and is currently working for a consulting firm that advises clients in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Nick scored in the 99th percentile on the MCAT and the ACT and was a former student of Elite Ivy Tutors prior to joining as a tutor. He graduated as salutatorian of Greenwich High School and scored a perfect 5 on his nine AP exams. In addition, he scored an 800 on the Molecular Biology SAT Subject Test, a 770 on the Math Level 2 SAT Subject Test, and a 760 on the US History SAT Subject Test. Nick specializes in tutoring for the MCAT, ACT, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, undergraduate level chemistry and biology, undergraduate admissions, and medical school admissions.

Nick focuses on teaching students to approach their exams strategically and knows how to personalize his tutoring for each student, identifying the student’s strengths and weaknesses to help him or her get the highest score possible on each exam. He also has a passion for helping students tell their stories in their admissions essays and guides them in crafting powerful essays that highlight their diverse life journeys. In his free time, Nick enjoys traveling, listening to jazz, cooking, and watching Big Bang Theory.

Anya majored in math and physics in her undergraduate studies, and went on to study particle physics in her graduate studies at Columbia. She has been tutoring the SATs, GREs, ACT, Regents, and high school and undergraduate math and physics for many years.  She also taught undergraduate General Physics I & II lectures and labs as a graduate student, where she was the recipient of the Arthur Quinton Teaching Award as well as the Best T.A. Award for Physics.

Teddy graduated from Duke University with a BA in Public Policy Studies and minored in Economics and History. He also obtained his Master’s in Management Studies from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. After graduating, Teddy spent nearly five years working in financial services at Bloomberg LP and Wood Mackenzie in New York City before returning to school. He is currently a Levy Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in his second year, and is also pursuing a Masters of Science in Social Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice. Teddy had aided several students through the grad school application process, including reviewing resumes, personal statements and providing interview prep. He scored in the 99th percentile of the LSAT with a score of 171.
In his free time, Teddy enjoys basketball, boxing, traveling and cooking.

Yubin graduated Cornell University with a B.S. and M.Eng in Operations Research and Information Engineering with a concentration in Data Analytics. At Cornell University, she TA’ed for several upper level engineering classes, and was an enrichment instructor and tutor for Multivariable Calculus, Calculus, Physics and Chemistry. Since high school she has competed in several mathematics, physics and chemistry competition: In high school, she scored in the top 1.5% in the American Mathematics Competition 12A. She also has scored perfect scores on all of her APs: AP Physics B, AP Physics C- Mechanics, AP Physics C- E&M, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, and AP Computer Science.

Coming from a very strong STEM background, Yubin brings effective strategies for test-taking and problem solving to her students. She has over 10 years of experience tutoring and has tutored over 50 students from all different backgrounds and skill levels. Some subjects she has experience tutoring are AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Calculus, Biochemistry, Statistics, SATs, ACTs and mathematics for all levels. She always personalizes her teaching methods to match each students needs, in order to optimize their performance on each subject.

Olivia graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a BA in English and a minor in Theater Performance. She just completed her MFA in Acting at Brown University. She has an extensive background in tutoring with a particular focus in the humanities. In addition to the SAT and ACT, she teaches AP US History, AP World History, AP English Language and Composition, and the regular and honors level courses in English and History.

Olivia has also worked as a college application advisor, seeing students through every phase of this very exciting process (choosing schools, writing essays, and preparing for interviews). A true bookworm, Olivia most enjoys helping students discover a love of reading, storytelling, and personal expression through writing. When she isn’t tutoring, Olivia works as an actor and playwright.

Cara earned a B.A. from Princeton University, where she studied Spanish and Portuguese with a concentration in Iberian, Latin American, and Luso-African literatures. As an undergraduate, she received multiple writing and academic excellence awards, including early election to Phi Beta Kappa. After graduating with a 3.95 GPA, she taught English on a Fulbright Scholarship at the National University of Colombia. She has since continued to pursue her passion for education by developing pedagogical guides for an international literary magazine and assisting with neuroscience studies on learning and memory in the Department of Psychology at NYU.

Cara received perfect scores on the reading section of the SAT, the SAT Subject Tests in Math Level II and U.S. History, and almost all her AP exams. As a tutor, she hopes to make preparing for standardized tests an engaging and memorable experience, as well as encourage students to be lifelong learners. Outside of academics, Cara is a two-time roller skating national champion and a former member of Team USA.

Esteban is a Columbia graduate with a BA in Applied Mathematics and History & Theory of Architecture. He has served as teaching assistant for accelerated multivariable calculus courses during three of his four years at Columbia, and has remained on the Dean’s list every year. He has worked as a high-school tutor for STEM subjects and the SAT across multiple organizations in NYC. As a former employee of the Columbia Office of Admissions and a member of the Alumni Representative Committee, he has conducted interviews for dozens of prospective Columbia students.

It is Esteban’s belief that all students who undertake a study of mathematics will inevitably struggle, but by working through such challenges with someone who has been stuck in the exact same place, anyone can come to know the beauty inherent to math. Esteban knows that the same may be said for much of the content evaluated by standardized tests, and scored a 33 on his ACT, a 163 and 168 on the verbal and quantitative reasoning portions of the GRE, and a 5 on numerous AP tests. He views each tutoring opportunity as a chance to personally connect with a student in order to achieve their very best by working together.

Shivangi graduated cum laude from Harvard in 2017 with a BA in Evolutionary Biology. While at Harvard, she completed a thesis about male-female bonds in olive baboons after doing field work in Uganda for three months. Post-graduation, she worked on various neuroscience projects at the Feng Lab at MIT with authorship on multiple papers before matriculating to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 2020. She is now in her third year of medical school and is interested in general surgery.

Shivangi has had perfect or near perfect scores on all AP exams, the SAT, and most recently the MCAT. She has previously tutored students in the subject areas of English, algebra, pre-calc, biology, chemistry, SAT, and essay-writing. She is passionate about teaching and hopes to incorporate it into her future career. In her spare time, she enjoys knitting, crocheting, working out, and painting with different mediums.

Kieran has over seven years of tutoring experience, specializing in SAT/ACT prep and college essay editing. He has also tutored extensively in English, biology, chemistry, mathematics, and college admissions consulting. Having worked with 200+ students of all ages and levels, Kieran explains concepts clearly, adapting to the student’s strengths and weaknesses. Originally from Arizona, Kieran recently graduated from Dartmouth College on the pre-medical track with a neuroscience major and an English minor and is now working in biomedical research in Boston.  

Natalia graduated with a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry from Brown University. She has been working in the area of Neurodegenerative diseases and also teaching at the University levels at Universities such as Simmons University and University of San Diego. She has been tutoring AP students in various biological subjects and as a result the students gained admissions into top Universities such as MIT and UCSD. She has also successfully worked with pre-medical students and other biology majors including MCAT test preparation and GRE General and Subject preparation.