Hi, I’m Annick!
tutoring credentials
10000+ hours of one-on-one and group course teaching experience
Vetted tutor and professional member of The Association of Test Preparation, Admissions, and Private Tutoring (TPAPT).
Worked as a tutor for large, mid-size, and small tutoring companies from 2010-2018: PrepNow, Higher Ground Learning, and The Learning Edge.
Created test questions and content for McGraw-Hill Study Guides (2016)
Created questions and content for numerous SAT study apps
Served students from all over the US: California, Washington, Wyoming, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and of course, Maine!
Served students from all around the world: Egypt, Honduras, Italy, Germany, England, Peru, Korea, China, Japan, and the Cayman Islands.
Part of my passion at The Tutoring Nook is ensuring that standardized test preparation is not an unreasonably stressful process for students, as the ultimate goal is building confidence for test day and building critical skills for beyond test day.
I originally hail from a suburb of Houston, but I left the south to attend Haverford College, where I graduated in 2010 with a degree in Molecular Biology. After beginning a Ph.D. program in Molecular Anthropology at Yale University, I started to tutor part-time for the SAT and ACT. After the first year of my program, I dropped out and pursued an ocean-based career in Honduras, working as an underwater videographer and Scuba Instructor while continuing to tutor online for the SAT and ACT.
When I moved back to the US in 2014, I worked full-time as a standardized test prep instructor and manager of a tutoring branch for a Connecticut-based prep company. In 2018, I moved to Maine and founded The Tutoring Nook.
My Approach
Humans are pattern-seeking creatures. I teach standardized tests by illuminating repetitive elements in each section of the test and encouraging students to slow down and become more conscious of these patterns.
Additionally, success on standardized tests takes a bit of grit, so I focus on the mental aspects of test-taking, including building mental stamina for test day and fine-tuning methods of maintaining focus or re-centering when focus has been lost. I like to say that the SAT is a marathon for the brain, so it’s important to do some long practice runs before race day. Taking full length exams is a core part of my curriculum for any student.
Building skills for college and beyond
Teaching standardized tests is boring. I’m not in the business of just teaching the SAT. I want my students to learn actual skills that can benefit them in college and in life.
What sort of skills am I talking about? I want my students to have a set of tools for reading pieces of text more critically and with greater comprehension. I want my students to have a holistic understanding of major math concepts and be able to recognize math equations in the real world. I want my students to feel confident navigating punctuation and foundational grammar rules.
The greatest gift I can receive is an email from a student, at some point during their college journey, expressing gratitude for the skills gained during our preparation sessions and how those skills have significantly impacted their academic performance in college.