Testimonials

My name is Angeline Fuxa, and I took the Peace of Pi SAT prep course in May/June. What made me realize I needed this service was my PSAT score of 450, which is below what I had hoped for. I knew I needed people to actively help me with math because teaching myself wasn’t going to cut it. 

I needed a higher score to apply to schools like Duke University, but there’s a lot of geometry and Algebra 1 on the SAT, and at the time, I was taking pre-calc, so I didn’t remember much of that information. Before the prep, I started getting better at math when I took Algebra 2 in sophomore year, but the SAT includes topics I hadn’t been good at. 

I’ve never really been a math person, but the course taught me a lot. It helped me think outside the box, and now, I find geometry and algebra much easier. Before tutoring, I was clueless—I had a 560 in math, and I guessed on almost every question. But after the course, I actually knew how to answer.

I didn’t have high expectations for virtual group learning, but I was pleasantly surprised. I liked that you had to have your camera on and that everyone had to participate. The engagement was key to learning. 

One thing I’d tell any student considering the course is that you’ll have to put in a lot of work. There’s a lot of homework and practice exams, but it’s worth it. I used every bit of free time—at a friend’s house, in between classes, at the library—to focus on the course. Because of that, my math score increased by 120 points, from 560 to 680. It’s given me a lot of hope, and I believe I can push it into the 700s. The tutors were amazing, and I couldn’t have done it without them.