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Work History
Education
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INDEPENDENT MINDS

INDEPENDENT MINDS

Matthew Dellapina / Tutor And Mentor

Summary

200+ SAT-Point Gains • 20+ Students Into Top Colleges

Personalized SAT/ACT & academic remote tutoring for high-achieving and high-potential students.

With 20+ years at elite prep firms, I drive transformation—not templates. My students consistently gain 150–250 SAT points or 5–7 ACT points, many earning admission to Top-25 universities. I limit my intake each season to guarantee full focus and results.

Contact me to book your free 15-minute strategy session.

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Families choose me not just for expertise, but for results:

  • Students typically improve 150–250 points on the SAT or 5–7 points on the ACT.
  • Many of my students earn admission to top private and public universities
  • Parents often tell me their children leave our sessions more confident, motivated, and independent learners.

I only take on a limited number of students each season to ensure dedicated mentoring and results-driven support.

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Recent Success Stories

  • NYC Family - SAT +230 Points
    “Worth every penny. Our son actually looked forward to sessions.”
  • NYC Family - son admitted to Princeton University
  • New Canaan, CT Senior - ACT 27 → 34, admitted to RIT
  • New Canaan, CT Senior - SAT 20% point gain, admitted to UT Austin
  • Darien, CT Senior - ACT 21 → 33
  • Darien, CT Middle Schooler - ISEE score improved by 45%, admitted to King School

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Limited fall & winter openings
Book your free 15-minute consultation

Work History

Academic and Test Prep Tutor

Boost Tutors and Mentors
11.2024 - Current
  • Helped New York City students improve SAT/ACT scores significantly (many above 1400 SAT and 30+ ACT).
  • Designed personalized study plans with timed drills, targeted weak-spot remediation, and admissions strategy support.

SAT and ACT Prep Tutor

Bridgewater Prep
02.2024 - Current
  • Supported competitive students aiming for Ivy/Top-20 admissions.
  • Delivered mentorship for middle-school student aiming to remediate academic success through weekly guidance sessions, targeted breakout lessons, and personalized review.

SAT, ACT, ISEE Test Prep Tutor

Summit Educational Group
02.2024 - Current
  • One-on-one prep for students across Fairfield & Westchester counties.
  • Average student score gains: 200+ SAT points, 10+ ACT points.
  • Major jumps up to 50% in middle schooler ISEE scores

Your After School

Math Olympiad Coach
09.2023 - Current
  • Trained advanced students in competitive math.
  • Fostered resilience, focus, and creativity for regional and national contests.

Independent Educational Consultant

Subject and Student Mentorship
07.2015 - 02.2020
  • Supported students across multiple subjects, including math, reading, and GED prep.
  • One student improved from a D to a B+ in math; another gained college readiness after earning GED.
  • Recently passed both Praxis Core and Praxis II Subject tests to best represent current pedagogical methods and understanding.

Research Associate

Elias Sports Bureau
06.1998 - 12.2011
  • For this leading sports statisticians firm, duties included fact-finding, exhaustive football play review for over 20 weekly NFL games, daily baseball pitch review, historical scouring, data entry, and proofreading.
  • Validated incoming data to check information accuracy and integrity while independently locating and correcting concerns.
  • Completed exhaustive research into weekly NFL statistics using databases, physical records and digital resources.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Comparative Literature

SUNY Binghamton
Vestal, NY
08.1998 - 05.2001

High School -

Regis High School
New York, NY
09.1994 - 06.1998

Skills

Group and individual instruction

Progress reporting

Small Group Supervision

Familiarity with variety of standardized tests

Accomplishments

Decades as a professional actor, including stage roles at NYC's leading theaters (incl. Roundabout, Vineyard, Second Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville) plus starring and guest roles across Television and Film (incl. Netflix's The Beast n Me, The Night Agent, CBS' Bull, ABC's For Life, Lionsgate's Dirty 30).

Writer and producer of several films (These Hopeless Savages, The Woods Are Real) and a comedic digital series, Adult Ed. (Tribeca Film Festival)

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