Saratoga High School • SAT · ACT · PSAT
California's NMSQT cutoff is among the highest in the country. Saratoga's Semifinalist output reflects a student body where focused preparation makes a real difference for students in the range. The PSAT happens once. October junior year, no retake. Starting in January of sophomore year is Michael's consistent recommendation for Saratoga students with National Merit goals.
Saratoga's mathematics and science emphasis tends to favor students on the SAT's math sections. But the evidence-based reading and writing sections carry equal weight, and pacing and strategy in both matter as much as content. The ACT changed in 2025; Science is now optional. Michael assesses both tests during the free trial.
The Trial Session
The free trial on Zoom includes a diagnostic, direct work with Michael, and a follow-up call with both student and parent. Michael presents a specific recommendation: which test gives the student the best opportunity, how far their score may be able to go, a recommended training plan, and which upcoming test dates are most strategic. No financial commitment until both sides agree.
Every Session
Sessions are two hours long and combine individualized coaching, structured practice, and timed work using official SAT and ACT material. Students stay actively engaged while receiving ongoing guidance and feedback from Michael throughout the session. No homework.
The Guarantee
Students who complete the agreed program and are not satisfied with their results continue at no additional cost after the agreed session cap until they are satisfied or available testing opportunities have been exhausted.
The Mr. Test Prep Method™ builds the execution strategies and pattern recognition that transfer directly to test conditions. A-Game Access™ is the mindfulness and peak performance system built into every session — addressing the gap between practice performance and test-day performance.
Saratoga High School's student population does their homework before committing. If you are reading this page, you already know that Michael has worked in the Bay Area for nearly 30 years, that the documented outcomes in his testimonials include perfect SAT scores and National Merit recognition, and that the program is built around one instructor and no homework. What you may not know is what the preparation specifically looks like for a Saratoga student.
Saratoga students typically arrive with SAT scores in the 1350 to 1500 range. The preparation challenge is almost never content at this level, it is execution, pacing, and test-day performance consistency. Michael's diagnostic identifies which specific questions a student is missing, how much time they are spending on questions they get wrong, and whether the performance gap between practice sessions and real test days is present or absent.
The Mr. Test Prep Method™ builds pattern recognition that becomes automatic over multiple sessions. The aim is not just to review content, it is to build the specific habits of timed execution that allow a student to reproduce their best performance on test day rather than something below it. For Saratoga students who are already scoring at 1450 and want to close the gap to 1550, that execution focus is where the remaining points live.
The Mr. Test Prep Method™ and A-Game Access™ together address both sides of what preparation that did not work typically missed. A-Game Access™ is specifically relevant for Saratoga students who have the content but are not converting it to scores. If the content is there and the scores are not improving, the gap is almost certainly in performance management, and A-Game Access™ addresses that directly.
The diagnostic produces a specific recommendation: which test gives the student the best opportunity, how far their score may be able to go, a recommended training plan, and which upcoming test dates are most strategic.
Stanford's middle 50% SAT range is approximately 1500 to 1570. UC Berkeley's competitive applicant range is approximately 1350 to 1530. Saratoga students often aim for the upper portions of both ranges.
Yes. The documented perfect-score outcomes at mrtestprep.com came from students who started with strong existing scores. The program is built around each student's specific gap, whatever the starting point.
The trial is a two-hour Zoom session where your student works through a diagnostic with guidance and feedback from Michael throughout. Afterward Michael calls both student and parent with a specific recommendation: which test gives the student the best opportunity, how far their score may be able to go, a recommended training plan, and which upcoming test dates are most strategic.
The trial is free with no obligation to continue.