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Bill Jackson's SAT/ACT Tutoring

Chosen one of DC's Best Private Tutors by Expertise.com for five years running. Rigorous learning with less stress and more fun.

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Services

Focused Test Prep

  • All material for SAT, ACT, PSAT, SSAT, ISEE, HSPT, Walls test

 

Tutoring Subjects

  • Study skills including time management
  • English/literature
  • writing (see "On Writing" below)
  • subject math through algebra I and geometry
  • US history

 

Skill building and coaching

  • study skills
  • AD/HD coaching
  • exam prep
  • time management, daily and weekly organization
  • advanced reading comprehension
  • essay-writing
  • test-taking

 

College Essays

  • planning and editing for college application essays

 

On Writing

“The great art of writing is the art of making people real to themselves with words.”—Logan Pearsall Smith

“Another damned thick book!
Always scribble, scribble, scribble!
Eh, Mr. Gibbon?”—Duke of Gloucester on receiving Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire


 Until graduate school I never had a teacher show me, step by step, how to organize a paper.

Clarity in essay writing grows out of having a solid argument.  An argument relies on clear structure in which each sentence grows out of the last. There is a progression of thought that is transparent and satisfying. The teaching of argumentation is the basis for the teaching of writing.

The foundation for good essay writing can be taught.  Early on, writers learn by editing others, and over time learn to become editors of their own work.  With time, a writer develops an eye (and ear) for the right word or sentence—and, most of all, an eye for a good argument.

Good writing also grows out of a passion for reading. In high school I had an English teacher who tied discussions of books to his students’ questions about life’s choices and problems. Somewhere between reading The Scarlet Letter and The Return of the Native, I was hooked; I wanted to think about what I read and how it was structured.

As a tutor, I enjoy helping students discover an appreciation for good writing.

“In composition, I do not think second thoughts are best.”—Lord Byron

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"After two months of working with Bill, I felt confident walking into that test room.  I used the skills he taught me and managed to score a perfect 36 on my first try (up from 29 in ACT practice)."--Julia S., B-CC student
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“Bill helped my writing immensely. He helped me execute my ideas with clarity and precision. Bill was always patient yet direct, and pushed me to produce the best work I was capable of. ”—Michael K., magna cum laude, Univ. of Maryland
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"My daughter used ten individual sessions with Bill Jackson to improve her ACT score from 30 to a 34. Her commitment, and Bill's careful mix of rigor and encouragement, were responsible for this improvement. His tutorial was professional, informed, and effective. We are both very pleased with the program."-- D.V., B-CC parent
"My son got a late start to tutoring, but in a short amount of time Bill helped him raise his score by almost 400 points! I think Bill's style helped my son's confidence in his performance on the SAT."--Marie M., Washington Waldorf parent
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