Local Ivy League Entrepreneurs Take on Test Prep Industry

By Ivy Insiders
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
06.21.2011
Contact:
Jake Golden, Princeton, NJ Branch Manager, Revolution Ivy
575 Snowden Ln.
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone (day and night): 609-240-3887
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.revolutionprep.com/ivy/jake_g
Ivy League Entrepreneurs Take on Test Prep Industry
To prep or not to prep? For a growing number of high school parents and students, that is the question. And with college admissions getting more competitive every year, many students have begun turning to a short list of pricey test prep companies to help them earn the scores they need to compete.
But the dominance of the old-school test prep giants may not be here to stay. At least that’s what two entrepreneurial college students are banking on.
This summer, Jake Golden and Chris Bechler, two recent Princeton High School graduates, have been selected to bring Revolution Prep’s Ivy Insiders programs to Princeton.  Revolution Prep, an innovative test prep company started in 2002, selects undergraduates from top colleges around the nation to run its Ivy Insiders programs during the summer. 
“The old-school education giants have dominated test prep for too long,” says Golden (PHS ’10, Brown University ’14), who was hired to run Revolution’s Ivy Insiders programs based on his SAT teaching experience and perfect score of 2400 on the test itself.
In the past nine years, Revolution’s Ivy Insiders programs have helped nearly 10,000 students raise their SAT scores by an average of almost 300 points—results that outpace most traditional test prep companies by a factor of two. According to Golden, such unprecedented success can be traced to three unique features of Revolution’s Ivy Insiders programs: a focus on mentorship, a personalized learning approach for every student, and an intensive three-week delivery that allows students to escape the stresses of the school year.
“The reason Ivy Insiders has had so much success is that we take a student-centered approach to the test. We approach the SAT like a game to be beaten and expose students to some its best players—Ivy League undergraduates who beat the exam themselves. By simplifying the test’s content, tailoring our instruction to individual students’ needs, and focusing on results, we’ve been able to produce score jumps that are unprecedented.”
Bechler (PHS ’09, Washington University in St. Louis ’13) is also new as a Revolution Ivy instructor, but he’s certainly not a stranger to standardized testing. As a high school student, he not only prepared for the SAT, but also scored in the 99th percentile on the ACT as well. He will be using this diverse expertise to instruct students on both types of test this summer.
“I’m thrilled to be in Princeton this summer to spearhead Ivy Insiders’ launch,” says Bechler. “It really is the full package: top instructors, the right approach, reasonable prices, and of course, guaranteed results. I think the potential of this program is limitless.”
Revolution Prep will run Ivy Insiders courses and tutoring programs in Princeton throughout this summer. For more information, please contact:
Jake Golden
Phone (day and night): 609-240-3887
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.revolutionprep.com/ivy/jake_g