Testimonials

I started studying for the SAT in October. It was the beginning of my junior year. I was really lost, I could tell that at the very beginning, I didn’t know what I was doing. Khan Academy works for some people, but the truth is that it’s very minimal work. I feel I didn’t really gain much from it. 

My best friend Marta told me that I needed to join Peace of Pi because she did it andwhen she got her score in March, it was a very different story from mine. She was very happy and she told us she got a 1360 and she had been working nonstop. She just told me “I can assure you that if you do this, you’ll be fine, you’ll get the score that you want and it’s worth every penny”.

The fact that you have to send your answers every time we’re doing a problem throughout the class just really kept me engaged. In my classes in high school, I never had to do that. Virtual learning had never been like that for me. I was paying attention, I was learning, I was engaged and it was very cool. And it’s really impressive, the whole system that Peace of Pi has and it clearly works. I’ve always been someone who struggles with math, and I’ve always needed the extra help, so I’m not new with tutoring, but again, this course prep and the system that you have, is so unique. I’ve always been an extremely determined person and I’m a hard worker, which is why it was so frustrating because the SAT is another monster that you need to crack and figure out the code of. It’s not like school. It’s not like regular classes that you’ve taken since  elementary school. It’s completely different. 

So, what I have to say is just because you’re in Peace of Pi, yes, even though it’s an amazing course prep, you need to put in the work. The number you want to see won’t magically appear. You have to do the homeworks that they assign, and you know what you’re doing. So if you’re telling someone to do something, it’s because they should. That’s how I got my score.

I think I learned so much and I think that I also just became better at math, in general, not just for the SAT but in math I just feel more prepared. And again,  the system where you have to send your answer during the class I think it builds a healthy, good competitive environment in my opinion. That just made me not want to get the answer wrong. You don’t want to hear your name. I didn’t want to hear “Mercedes, that’s wrong”.

I went from a 590 to a 710. So a 120 point improvement. Every time I would hear people be like, “Oh, yeah, I got a 700 in math” I would be like, “What? How did you do that?” And I got a 710

The reality is that the SAT does matter a lot, especially in Florida. So, getting that score just made me feel relieved and secure and made me gain my confidence back in a way. I was proud to showcase my score, whereas before I wasn’t. And I just learned a lot. I learned a lot about myself, what I can do, and what I’m capable of. I learned that even though you have to do things that doesn’t mean that it’s a bad thing. You can do things with a smile on your face, you can do your homework with a smile on your face. It doesn’t mean that it has to be this heavy thing on your shoulders. And I continue to tell myself that to this day. Even though it may seem like a lot right now,  in a few months, you’ll look back and you’ll be like, “Wow, I did that” and you’re going to feel so proud.

The first time that I met with Renan, I realized that I was very uninformed about the SAT. A lot of people talk when you’re in high school and you hear stuff from everyone and I thought that you couldn’t super score if you took the SAT more than three times which Renan told me wasn’t true. Rumors like that make you go crazy for no reason. So I would also say, just do your research. Peace of Pi also posts information on Instagram that’s helpful if you’re interested in a school, look at the average SAT scores to give yourself a goal.