Vince Kotchian Test Prep – SAT, ACT, PSAT & ISEE Tutoring
12625 High Bluff Dr., #113, San Diego, CA 92130
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Vince Kotchian Test Prep – SAT, ACT, PSAT & ISEE Tutoring offers one-on-one tutoring for SAT, ACT, PSAT, GRE, GMAT, ISEE, HSPT, and SSAT. The program also offers tutoring for AP Calculus, AP Pre-Calculus, AP Chemistry, and AP Physics, as well as support with graduate school personal statements, statements of purpose, college admissions essays, and writing tutoring. Services are available both in person and via Zoom, with one-on-one SAT and ACT tutoring tailored to the student's specific misses and customized homework between sessions based on questions the student missed.
• Ages: 13–18 years old
• Price: GRE tutoring with Vince Kotchian is $270 - 295 per hour; personalized GRE study plans are $495; SAT / PSAT / ACT tutoring packages with Blake Jensen start at $2250; GRE / GMAT tutoring with Blake Jensen is $275 per hour (with package discounts); AP Calc, Pre-Calc, Chemistry, and Physics tutoring with Blake Jensen is $350 per hour (with package discounts); tutoring for the ISEE with Matt Sheelen is $247.50 - $275 per hour; graduate school personal statements, statements of purpose, college admissions essays, and writing tutoring with Lauren Hammond are $199-225 per hour
Tutors each have more than 15 years of experience and are described as specialists in test prep rather than recent college graduates. The program uses the College Board's Bluebook app and adaptive module structure for Digital SAT tutoring, offers check-ins between sessions via text or email to keep students accountable, and focuses on working with students with LD or ADHD, those managing test anxiety, and recruited athletes needing to hit Academic Index targets. A free 15-minute consultation is offered, and tutors' full names and phone numbers are published for direct contact, with tutors having complete autonomy and being paid more than four times the industry average.
The leadership team includes Vince Kotchian, a test-prep tutor and GRE specialist; Blake Jensen, an SAT and ACT specialist tutor; Matt Sheelen, an SAT, ACT, ISEE, SSAT, and HSPT tutor and credentialed classroom teacher; and Lauren Hammond, a graduate writing and personal statement tutor who is also a Graduate Writing Center Specialist and Fulbright Program Advisor. Vince Kotchian has scored a perfect 170 in verbal three times and a 167 in quant twice on the real GRE, has co-authored GRE prep books, created GRE courses and apps, published Barron's 6 GRE Practice Tests and LinkedIn Learning's GRE prep course, created the apps GRE Math Knight and GRE Vocab Cartoons, teaches for GregMAT+, and is a moderator of the GRE subreddit. Blake Jensen is a native San Diegan, father, former Division I college basketball player at St. Mary's College and Whittier College, earned a B.A. in Psychology in 2002, and has nearly 20 years of experience as an SAT and ACT specialist offering SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT tutoring. Matt Sheelen graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Theatre, has an M.A. in Education from Stanford University, works as a credentialed classroom teacher, and has been tutoring for over 15 years. Lauren Hammond earned a Bachelor's Degree in Literature and Writing with a concentration in Writing at California State University San Marcos, a Master's Degree in English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University, and completed a PhD in English at the University of California Riverside in September 2023.
The program serves students from many San Diego communities, including Alpine, Bonsall, Borrego Springs, Camp Pendleton, Cardiff By The Sea, Carlsbad, Carmel Valley, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, Downtown San Diego, Dulzura, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Imperial Beach, Jamul, La Jolla, Lakeside, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Miramar, Mt. Palomar, National City, Ocean Beach, Oceanside, Pacific Beach, Pala, Pine Valley, Point Loma, Poway, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, San Marcos, Santa Ysabel, Santee, San Ysidro, Solana Beach, Spring Valley, Valley Center, Vista, and Warner Springs. Vince offers a 15% military discount for his GRE clients, and the company offers two yearly scholarships for pre-veterinary undergraduate students. GRE is noted as a registered trademark of ETS, and the products and services are not endorsed or approved by ETS.
Last updated July 5, 2026.
• Ages: 13–18 years old
• Price: GRE tutoring with Vince Kotchian is $270 - 295 per hour; personalized GRE study plans are $495; SAT / PSAT / ACT tutoring packages with Blake Jensen start at $2250; GRE / GMAT tutoring with Blake Jensen is $275 per hour (with package discounts); AP Calc, Pre-Calc, Chemistry, and Physics tutoring with Blake Jensen is $350 per hour (with package discounts); tutoring for the ISEE with Matt Sheelen is $247.50 - $275 per hour; graduate school personal statements, statements of purpose, college admissions essays, and writing tutoring with Lauren Hammond are $199-225 per hour
Tutors each have more than 15 years of experience and are described as specialists in test prep rather than recent college graduates. The program uses the College Board's Bluebook app and adaptive module structure for Digital SAT tutoring, offers check-ins between sessions via text or email to keep students accountable, and focuses on working with students with LD or ADHD, those managing test anxiety, and recruited athletes needing to hit Academic Index targets. A free 15-minute consultation is offered, and tutors' full names and phone numbers are published for direct contact, with tutors having complete autonomy and being paid more than four times the industry average.
The leadership team includes Vince Kotchian, a test-prep tutor and GRE specialist; Blake Jensen, an SAT and ACT specialist tutor; Matt Sheelen, an SAT, ACT, ISEE, SSAT, and HSPT tutor and credentialed classroom teacher; and Lauren Hammond, a graduate writing and personal statement tutor who is also a Graduate Writing Center Specialist and Fulbright Program Advisor. Vince Kotchian has scored a perfect 170 in verbal three times and a 167 in quant twice on the real GRE, has co-authored GRE prep books, created GRE courses and apps, published Barron's 6 GRE Practice Tests and LinkedIn Learning's GRE prep course, created the apps GRE Math Knight and GRE Vocab Cartoons, teaches for GregMAT+, and is a moderator of the GRE subreddit. Blake Jensen is a native San Diegan, father, former Division I college basketball player at St. Mary's College and Whittier College, earned a B.A. in Psychology in 2002, and has nearly 20 years of experience as an SAT and ACT specialist offering SAT, ACT, GRE, and GMAT tutoring. Matt Sheelen graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Theatre, has an M.A. in Education from Stanford University, works as a credentialed classroom teacher, and has been tutoring for over 15 years. Lauren Hammond earned a Bachelor's Degree in Literature and Writing with a concentration in Writing at California State University San Marcos, a Master's Degree in English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University, and completed a PhD in English at the University of California Riverside in September 2023.
The program serves students from many San Diego communities, including Alpine, Bonsall, Borrego Springs, Camp Pendleton, Cardiff By The Sea, Carlsbad, Carmel Valley, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, Downtown San Diego, Dulzura, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Imperial Beach, Jamul, La Jolla, Lakeside, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Miramar, Mt. Palomar, National City, Ocean Beach, Oceanside, Pacific Beach, Pala, Pine Valley, Point Loma, Poway, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, San Marcos, Santa Ysabel, Santee, San Ysidro, Solana Beach, Spring Valley, Valley Center, Vista, and Warner Springs. Vince offers a 15% military discount for his GRE clients, and the company offers two yearly scholarships for pre-veterinary undergraduate students. GRE is noted as a registered trademark of ETS, and the products and services are not endorsed or approved by ETS.
Last updated July 5, 2026.
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