Our Founding Story

Hi there! My name is Aditya Palekar and I am the founder of Academic Allies. After taking and receiving a mid-1500's on my SAT, I received a full-tuition ride to school. Standardized exams are the number one reason for merit-based scholarships in the USA and I wanted to help out. But unfortunately, all test prep tutoring is often $150+/hr and simply not affordable. After running a summer beta class and average improvement being 180 points in 4 weeks, I created Academic Allies.

Academic Allies was found on the merge of high quality, affordable, and data-driven tutoring. We average a 5-star rating; our expectation is to keep that. All of our bootcamps are $15/hr or less. And every one of our tutors is a top 1% scorer at a top 1% school. We are here to help every child hit that mark.

With an average improvement of 220 points on SAT, 5.5 points on ACT, and 100% of our students scoring a 4 or 5 on AP Exams, we are proud to be your premier, affordable, test prep service. Reach out to us today and let us know how we can help you!

Our Team

Jenny Chen
SAT: 1600
UVA Scholar
Yael Spector
SAT: 1570
Cornell Pre-Med
Maya Bose
SAT: 1590
MIT; Author
Lucy Gale
ACT: 36
UPenn Scholar
Kyle Wu
SAT: 1580
UPenn Double Major
Karen Nakamura
ACT: 36
MIT CS Major
Arnav Jain
SAT: 1560
Rutgers Full-Ride
Sid Hejamadi
SAT Math: 790
UIUC CS Major
Angela Nguyen
ACT: 35
Stanford; Science
Maria De-Fex
SAT: 1570
UPenn; Finance
Jack Burgess
History Tutor
UPenn Double Major
Nafisa Khan
Reading SAT: 790
UIUC Pre-Law
Genna Handel
SAT: 1540
Cornell; AP Scholar
Arnav Sharma
SAT: 1550
UMich Pre-Michigan
Jessica Aldana
SAT: 1530
Yale Double Major
Natalia Ramos
SAT: 1540
Yale Double Major
Nkemdilim U.
Brown Graduate
Tufts Med School
Regina Velasco
SAT: 1530
Cornell; Engineering

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