Test Prep · Evanston, IL
Ascent pairs every student with an expert tutor and a diagnostic-driven plan — so SAT, ACT, and graduate-exam scores rise, and the right schools open up.
What We Coach
From the SAT and ACT to graduate gateways like the GRE and LSAT, every Ascent student gets a diagnostic, a plan, and a tutor who has scored in the top percentile of the test they teach.
College-admissions tests broken into a section-by-section plan, with real practice exams that mirror test-day timing and pressure.
Early prep that builds the fundamentals — and puts National Merit recognition and scholarship dollars genuinely in reach.
Quant, verbal, and the essay — strategy-first coaching for grad school and MBA applicants who need to stand out.
The toughest gateways, taught by tutors who have lived them — logic games, passages, and content mastery, done right.
Why Ascent
Big prep chains hand you a binder and a script. Ascent starts with a full diagnostic, finds exactly where you're losing points, and builds a plan around it — taught one-on-one by a tutor who scored in the 99th percentile of your exam.
+180
Avg. SAT point gain
99th %
Tutor exam percentile
12,000+
Students coached
Real Students
“I went from a 1230 to a 1450 in ten weeks. My tutor knew the SAT cold and made every session count. I got into my reach school.”
SAT · +220 points
“The diagnostic showed me I was wasting time on stuff I already knew. We fixed the timing on science and my ACT jumped five points.”
ACT · 27 → 32
“I'd taken the GRE twice on my own. One quarter with Ascent and my quant score finally cleared the bar for my program.”
GRE · Grad applicant