About Me

Learn more about me and my experiences

Whether you’re just starting out in your studies, or need to break through a score that has plateaued, I can help. I absolutely love what I do and would love to help you achieve the score you need to gain a spot at your dream school.

Many clients come to me after months and months of studying. They have taken courses, worked with other tutors .. but they are stuck. So I get to work figuring out how to turn things around. Perhaps they need to better understand the logic underlying the questions, perhaps they need to fill in gaps that they didn’t know existed, perhaps they need a new strategy for timing… whatever the issues, my job is to find them and fix them.

What I Offer:

  • Create individualized paths that enable students to achieve TOP SCORES and BREAK THROUGH scores that have plateaued 

  • Special expertise helping students achieve the very top percentile scores 

  • Figure out ideal way for each student to learn most EFFICIENTLY

  • CONTINUOUSLY ANALYZE what type of study is UNIQUELY best for each student, including those who have difficult/time consuming jobs, are perfectionists (pretty common 😊), have children, or keep atypical hours

  • Support the full spectrum of tutoring needs

  • Wide range of experience with students located all around the world

  • Offer flexible hours (weekdays, weeknights, and weekends) to meet the needs of busy students and professionals in various time zones

  • My goal is to make learning fun, while I help you achieve a top score!

Hi, I’m Marissa! I am a GMAT, LSAT, SAT, GRE, and EA tutor, with over 20 years of teaching experience, including at the university level.

Over the last 15 years, I’ve turned my focus to standardized tests. Through tutoring, I have the chance to “dig” into my students’ brains, so to speak, in order to figure out the individualized paths that will work best. And that path is dynamic, changing as the student changes.

Prior to teaching, I worked as an attorney at McDermott Will & Emery, specializing in mergers & acquisitions. 

Education:

  • Columbia Law School, JD

  • Columbia Business School, MBA

  • Cornell University, BS, Industrial & Labor Relations