We help students with test prep, admissions, career planning, and more.

Early adulthood is a time when most people make life-altering decisions with little to none of the information they need. Our goal is to tell you what you need to know to figure out where you want to go—and then we’ll help you get there.

Mike Barrett
Mike Barrett has been teaching kids to beat standardized tests like the SAT, ACT, GRE, and LSAT for almost 20 years. He’s taught live classes in conference rooms and auditoriums, he wrote e-books before the Kindle platform even existed, and he’s tutored clients on the phone all over the world. His online video courses have helped students on six continents, and his Black Books have sold well over 100,000 copies.
Patrick Barrett
Mike’s brother Patrick started his illustrious career in test prep by scoring a perfect 1600 on the SAT in his junior year of high school, followed by 800s on the SAT Writing Subject Test (which pre-dates the SAT Essay section) and the Math Level 2 Subject Test. Patrick is the co-creator of the Testing Is Easy online courses, and the co-author of the Black Books.