About Ivy Insiders
Ivy Insiders offers the world's most effective SAT and ACT prep taught by the planet's most talented test-takers. Our programs consistently raise students' SAT scores by more than 250 points and their ACT scores by more than 4 points on average.
About Ivy Insiders
Ivy Insiders was started in 2003 by Harvard graduates and test prep veterans brought together by a simple belief: that the best way for high school students to beat standardized tests is to learn from college students who beat the same tests themselves.
Over the last five years, we have employed many of the most talented test-takers on the planet – in total, more than 300 Ivy League graduates and undergraduates. Our team of subject-matter experts and test-taking savants have reverse-engineered the SAT, ACT, and dozens of SAT Subject tests and AP exams.
To date, Ivy Insiders classroom courses and tutoring programs have helped more than 5,000 students raise their SAT scores by an average of 255 points and their ACT scores by over 4 points – results that surpass those of any major test prep company on the market.
As Ivy Insiders grows from visionary start-up to international market leader, our mission remains unchanged: to help you maximize your SAT and ACT scores by tapping into the insights of the most brilliant test-takers in the world.
99th Percentile Instructors
Teaching standardized tests effectively requires more than strong general teaching skills. It requires a deep understanding of every aspect of the exam at-hand – the sort of understanding that only comes from beating the test one's self.
At Ivy Insiders, we have assembled a team of teachers that includes many of the world's most outstanding SAT and ACT test-takers. Each is an Ivy League graduate or undergraduate who scored in the 99th percentile on the tests themselves within the last five years.
To attract the most outstanding teachers, we pay more than any other major test prep company. We also offer our instructors significant bonuses based on the score improvements of the students they teach.
Superior Curriculum
Superior score improvements don’t come from learning the broad content areas that the SAT and ACT test-makers claim their exams measure. These are the things that every student studies – and any test prep company can teach.
Over the last five years, we have employed the most talented test-takers on the planet to reverse-engineer the SAT and ACT in order to develop programs that target only those concepts and strategies that actually result in huge score improvements.
Our “results-only” approach to curriculum creation is unique in the test prep industry and has helped our students raise their SAT and ACT scores by more than the students at any other test prep company in history.
Unmatched Results
We measure our success on one thing: your score improvements. As an Ivy Insiders student, you will have access to an online interface for tracking your score progress in real-time from the beginning until the end of your program. As a result, you, your parents, and your instructor will know at every moment right where you stand.
As a company, we aggregate student score improvement data for every test we teach, parse it along every concept tested on each exam, and use the results to continually refine the strategies and content in our programs. Coupled with outstanding instructors and superior curriculum, our commitment to rigorous results measurement has enabled Ivy Insiders to consistently produce the largest score improvements in the test prep industry.
By the Numbers
Below are actual statistics collected between 2007 and 2009 through more than 3,000 student exit surveys.
- 2290: Average SAT I score of Ivy Insiders tutors
- 310: Average SAT I score improvement of Ivy Insiders 30-hour tutoring students
- 267: Average SAT I score improvement of Ivy Insiders 20-hour tutoring students
- 255: Average SAT I score improvement of Ivy Insiders classroom students
- 113: Average single-subject SAT (I and II) score improvement of Ivy Insiders 10-hour tutoring students
- 96: Percentage of Ivy Insiders students who say they'd recommend Ivy Insiders to their friends
- 85: Percentage of Ivy Insiders students who rate their tutor a perfect 5 out of 5
- 77: Percentage of Ivy Insiders students who gain admissions to their top-choice college
- 64: Percentage of Ivy Insiders tutors with one or more perfect SAT section scores
- 4.87: Average student rating of Ivy Insiders tutors on a 5-point scale
- 4.35: Average ACT score improvement of Ivy Insiders students