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First of all, so sorry Kevyn T for writing this so late!~
So yeah, I attended his SAT summer intensive twice.
Some of you might be like what? You did it twice? But I don’t regret taking it twice and I honestly have to say that I couldn’t have achieved a score like 740 without his help.
There are so many things to say about his class that is very unique.
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He asks LOTS AND LOTS of questions to us, students. This seriously helps, like no kidding. There are so many times I get certain questions right, and I don’t give it a second thought, but then I dunno how he does it but HE ASKS ME THOSE QUESTIONS LOL. The funny thing is I really cannot explain how I ended up choosing the correct answer. So I get to really review the questions and think deeply into things that I could’ve just overlooked. (As in Kevyn’s words: DO NOT USE YOUR INTUITION/감 WHEN YOU SOLVE QUESTIONS LOL) Plus, the lecture is so much more engaging. I hate it when teachers just talk on and on by themselves.(and this is how most other academies, at least the ones I’ve attended, run)
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I took his SAT class twice both online. I really wanted to go to Korea but my mom didn’t let me….. Anyways, although I took the course TWICE online, like no doubt about it, Kevyn does it SO MUCH BETTER THAN any other academy. Period. He really interacts with those of us who are taking the course online. He makes sure that we don’t feel left out, and goes back and forth between the offline and online students. I remember over the course of last summer, like there was this one particular kid offline who was ASKING LOTS AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS during the lecture. And since we, online, cannot hear him, we all had to kinda sit there and guess what the question was about based on what Kevyn said. (Kevyn says listening to other students’ questions and hearing the explanation and answer also helps, but since we couldn’t really hear the question from the student, yeah….) I guess Kevyn T also kinda recognized this, so the next day, he brought some equipments? Microphones or sth? And VOILA! ALL ONLINE STUDENTS COULD NOW HEAR THE OFFLINE STUDENTS. Haha. Kevyn gave those offline kids who wanted to ask questions a microphone so that online could also hear the student’s questions. So yeah, if you’re worried that you’ll feel left out bc you’re taking the class online, seriously do not worry. If anything, it’s the best that’s out there.
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Last but not least (there are other things too but this is getting kinda long now lol)
His EXPLANATION IS JUST SO CRYSTAL CLEAR. Like, I’m also the type of person who asks a lot of questions. And although I’m not THAT old, I’ve met quite a bit of teachers (especially private academy teachers bc of my mom). There were so many times in my life that when I ask certain questions to those teachers, they would gimme answers that I just wasn’t satisfied with. They would say “that’s just the way they are. That’s English.” Haha. Kevyn T is the opposite. HE ALWAYS GIVES REASONS AND LOGICAL EXPLANATIONS for every single answer and every single question.
I hate to admit this, but my mom forced me to go take some other academy’s SAT course during winter after the first summer SAT course I took from Kevyn. It was “supposedly” a very famous academy and the teacher was “supposedly” the best. (sorry Kevyn… my mom forced me lol) Because I got that taste of COMPARISON, I can say with 100% confidence that Kevyn really is the best SAT teacher out there. That other academy, what was it called… leaders? I think that’s what it was. Anyways, um…. Yeah the “supposedly” famous teacher there didn’t really want to use English? (Kevyn’s like a full on bilingual. I’m kinda amazed bc I’m so bad at Korean lol, but he’s so perfect at both. Kevyn explains certain question in both English and Korean when he feels it necessary) + the explanations were just… not convincing sometimes? Like from time to time, he(not Kevyn T, that other teacher) would not be able to tell me in a clear manner why the answer I chose would be WRONG compared to the right answer + I hated the homework system there. THEY GIVE TONS OF HOMEWORK. I’m not just complaining that it’s a lot. The reason I hated it is because I felt some of the things they required for hw were TOTALLY UNNECESSARY and waste of time. It kinda felt like they were just trying to improve students by giving SO MUCH HW and hope that would make up for their lack of quality in their lecture (at least that’s the way I felt) On the other hand, although Kevyn’s Hw is definitely not little, like he tells us why he made his hw in THAT WAY. There is a clear reason for all of his hw. And I can definitely assure you that they are very, very helpful.
So, after taking Kevyn’s first summer SAT, my score went from 570->680.
(After taking the course from leaders, my score went down…. And my mom had me take the test twice just to check)
After taking Kevyn’s summer SAT course for the 2nd time, my score went from 680720 on the first test and 740 on the 2nd.
I’m really really satisfied with my score so I’ve decided to stop here.
So yeah in the end, I would definitely recommend Kevyn to anybody and everybody who is serious about taking the SAT and wanting to improve their SAT scores.
Thank you!