I had Ilia as my teacher, and I'm not exaggerating when I say this: He was one of the best teachers I've ever had, if not the best. He is truly a rockstar but without the guitar. I was fortunate enough to have Ilia as my teacher for the PSAT 4-Week Course and multiple hours of tutoring. Before working with Ilia, I had been scoring in the upper 1400s range on my practice tests, unable to get over the hump into the 1500s range. My biggest struggle was always with English, specifically with grammar. Ilia's wealth of knowledge, particularly in semi-colons, colons, idioms, and minor more technical aspects of vocabulary, was a game-changer for me.
Here are the results of my six sat practice tests while working with Ilia. I got a 1600, a 1590, two 1580s, one 1560, and one 1550. These are the total results of all practice tests I took while working with Ilia. My scores represent, on average, a 100-point increase from the high 1400s that I was scoring. On the practice tests for math, I got four 800s and two 780s. For English, I got two 800s, one 790, one 780, one 770, and one 760. These scores and results speak volumes for Ilia as a teacher, Prep Expert as a company, and founder Shaan Patel.
The classes and tutoring were perfect in terms of structure. Ilia ensured the class was engaging while providing insightful information and strategies, always answering every question precisely, as needed, to understand the material better.