1:1 SAT/ACT tutoring
Packages of 8 to 12 online sessions, with lessons built from your student's diagnostic results.
Online SAT/ACT and college math tutoring
SAT/ACT and college math tutoring, with a plan you can see.
Sessions with Ben Fichter start with a free diagnostic practice test and end with written notes sent to parents.
How it works
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Free diagnostic
Your student takes a full-length practice test. You get a score report that shows where points are being lost.
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Parent call
We spend 20 minutes reviewing the results and agreeing on a plan, including whether tutoring makes sense at all.
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Online sessions
Your student meets with me on video. After each session, I send you written notes on what we covered and what to practice.
The free SAT/ACT starter plan
Before you pay for anything, you get all of this, free:
- A full-length practice test, taken under real timing.
- A score report by section and topic, with every mistake sorted into concept gap, careless error, or pacing.
- A 20-minute call with you to turn the report into a plan.
- An honest recommendation, including when the answer is that your student does not need a tutor.
- Entry to the free parent workshop on reading PSAT scores.
You keep the report and the plan whether or not you ever work with me.
What I teach
Small-group SAT/ACT classes
Four to six students per class, with the same diagnostic-driven approach and practice together.
College math tutoring
Calculus I to III, linear algebra, differential equations, and statistics, one-on-one or as exam-week group reviews.
Your tutor
I'm Ben Fichter. I'm a National Merit Scholar and Dean's Scholar, studying Computer Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Maryland.
I teach in three parts: understand why a method works, practice under test conditions, and review every mistake until it stops repeating.
Common questions
Do you guarantee score increases?
No. Nobody can honestly promise a score, and I do not publish average increases. What I do commit to is a clear plan based on the diagnostic, regular practice between sessions, and written feedback after every session so you can see what is happening. If the plan is not working, I will tell you and change it.
How do online sessions work?
Sessions happen on a video call with a shared digital whiteboard, so we both write and draw on the same page. Your student needs a computer or tablet, a working camera and microphone, a stable internet connection, and paper and a pencil for practice problems. Sessions run 60 minutes TODO: confirm session length. After each session I email the parent written notes: what we covered, what went well, and what to practice before the next one.
What happens in the free diagnostic?
Your student takes a full-length SAT or ACT practice test. A full SAT takes a little over two hours and a full ACT takes about three, plus breaks TODO: confirm test formats and delivery method. I score it and send you a report that shows results by section and by topic, so you can see where points are being lost and why. Then we have a 20-minute call, with the parent, to go over the results and talk through a plan. There is no obligation to continue.
Start with a free diagnostic.
You get a full practice test, a score report, and a 20-minute call. Nothing to pay and no obligation.