High Marks Prep

Teaching students how to become disciplined thinkers, improve standardized test scores, and stand out on college applications.

At High Marks Prep, we teach high school students how to think critically, write for impact, and excel on standardized tests.

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The truth is: traditional test prep doesn't work.

Despite the billions of dollars spent in education, special programs, private tutoring, and test prep, standardized test scores have not improved. And some subject areas reading and writing have worsened.

We offer the best college and test prep to raise reading and writing test scores and prepare students for college. Our program goes beyond traditional test prep: High Marks Prep students engage in seminars, write essays on profound topics, and learn how to study to be successful anywhere.

High Marks Prep classes show students how to be successful in universities and beyond.

Improve Reading and Writing Ability

Seminars on the most profound texts in human history. Writing instruction that teaches students how to bring forth their voice and develop on meaningful arguments.

The end result? Improved test scores, better college admissions essays, and higher quality work in university classes

Prepare Students for College

We address the weakest links in student performance on all tests and in college classes -- writing ability and study skills.

Successful college students write with confidence and focus. They also have the stamina to dive deep into texts and persevere through challenging topics as they study. We provide comprehensive writing instruction and study skills so students from any background can succeed.

Stand Out on College Applications

Learn the strategies students use to get into top tier colleges. We prepare students to win the college admissions process with compelling personal essays, impressive interviews, and excellent standardized test scores.

Our guidance goes beyond the generic college application advice. We show you how to highlight your individual strengths.

Why High Marks Prep?

founded by an educator and ivy league graduate

Dr. Matt Jette dedicated years to education at the high school and university levels before he started High Marks Prep. His insights into what makes students successful come from years of research and work with students from all backgrounds.
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guided by insights from professors at top universities

To be successful at top universities, incoming freshmen must have:

“The ability to write clear and succinctly, incorporating analyses of data and arguments made by others, then making an argument of one’s own.”

“The imaginative capacity to see concretely how life and certain social problems actually might appear to someone of a different background (empathy informed by fact).”

“The ability to read carefully and critically-to evaluate arguments, understand rhetoric, and situate a text in a communicative context…and understand texts in relationship to structures of power.” 

 

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Learn from High Marks Prep what it takes to stand apart from other college applicants.