University Select’s Tutor Training Program
Each of our tutors is highly qualified and has graduated from competitive institutions. But that alone would be insufficient for the program-wide success we expect. Each of our tutors undergoes an intensive ACT and SAT tutor training program. But that’s just the beginning. For as long as they work with University Select, each tutor participates in an ongoing mentorship program that includes a library of resource videos and weekly meetings with a Director to brainstorm student lesson plans.
We do this to ensure that - in addition to their considerable abilities as teachers - our tutors leverage University Select’s targeted data analysis and outside-the-box methods. We rely on our tutors to make real time assessments of a student’s needs. But we first make sure that they have all the training and resources they need to efficiently move your student’s score.
Harrison Goodall
Harrison is a medical school student at Emory University. Harrison graduated from Pomona College - ranked a top 5 liberal arts college nationally - in 2016 with degrees in Cognitive Science and Theatre. After graduation, he was awarded the prestigious Watson Fellowship which allowed him to conduct research on the science of movement in 16 countries. Equally comfortable with math as with reading, Harrison loves changing the script for students who struggle with standardized testing, particularly for those students whose test scores fail to match their GPA. He is a circus acrobat, dancer, yoga teacher and loves blending art and science.
Michelle Peters
Michelle graduated as valedictorian from Orange Park High School and headed north to Duke University where she could experience every season of the year. She graduated magna cum laude from Duke where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Biology and an elementary education teacher certification. Michelle then continued at Duke University where she earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2001 and became a licensed physical therapist.
Nowadays, you can find Michelle homeschooling her five children, serving alongside her husband at their church, teaching classes at her girls’ dance studio, and cheering loudly for her boys on the sidelines of any given sport. Having extensive classroom and one-on-one tutoring experience, Michelle continues her love to encourage students in their academic endeavors with University Select.
Rohan Ramnath
Rohan graduated from Harvard College in 2016 with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Economics. He is currently pursuing a career in professional golf and spent the past year competing on PGA TOUR Latinoamerica.
Rohan grew up in Weston, Florida and recently moved to Jacksonville Beach after graduating college. During a gap year before college, he spent many months tutoring for the SAT and all levels of high school math and science. He hopes to continue his passion for learning and teaching through University Select while also pursuing his dream of becoming a top 10 golfer in the world. In his free time, Rohan enjoys watching sports, reading, and occasionally jamming on his saxophone.
Helen Geter
Born and raised in New York City, Helen has maintained an avid fascination with “why?” Upon graduation from Marist College with a degree in English, Writing, and Secondary Education, she found her footing at Marvel Comics, where she was a longtime marketing executive. Six children later, Helen pursued her love of words as a high school English teacher, challenging and encouraging her students to explore the infinite world of inquiry. She has contributed to the growth of thousands of students for more than a decade in the public school systems of several states including Georgia, North Carolina and Florida. Her experience includes Project Based Learning, Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition, Journalism, and Forensics mentoring. An irreparable bibliophile, she is happiest when she is either making or reading books.
Sandy Fitzburgh
Sandy is an experienced teacher and tutor, with special expertise in mathematics and a rich background in finance, teaching and real estate. Sandy earned an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at NYU, a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Sandy is also a candidate for Associate of the Society of Actuaries.
For over 30 years, Sandy has advised senior executives from some of Americas largest corporations on complex investment and corporate finance topics. Sandy is also a licensed real estate broker and currently lives in St. Augustine with his wife & 3 boys. When not tutoring or closing real estate deals, Sandy enjoys golf, music and spending time with his family.
In addition to test prep, Sandy also tutors a range of math-related subjects.
Eudorah Vital
"Eudorah is pursuing a medical degree at Emory University School of Medicine and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on understanding the biophysical processes that underly blood diseases/disorders and developing point-of-care diagnostics for them. She graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County as valedictorian in 2018 with a Bachelor’s of Science in biochemistry and molecular biology. Throughout her academic journey, Eudorah has thoroughly enjoyed engaging students across numerous academic disciplines. She plans to pursue a career in academic medicine where she will teach and closely mentor students in a research lab and practice medicine that is closely tied to her research. In her free time, Eudorah enjoys running, biking, roller skating, and going on adventures with her dogs, friends, and family.
Aakash bajpai
Aakash currently attends the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Robotics Ph.D. student with concentrations in artificial intelligence, mechanics, and controls. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) with a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Entrepreneurship. With the end goal of becoming a university professor, Aakash leads a team of undergraduate researchers and enjoys mentoring. At UMBC, he tutored engineering, math, physics, and SAT math. Aakash enjoys playing volleyball, running with his two dogs, weightlifting, and playing guitar.
Caroline Jones
Caroline is a recent graduate of Vanderbilt University where she majored in French and Medicine, Health and Society. In her gap year before medical school, she is conducting research on ALS and frontotemporal dementia at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. Caroline aims to foster confidence in her students that will allow them to be successful on the SAT/ACT and beyond. When she isn’t working, Caroline enjoys spending time at the beach and volunteer-tutoring adults in basic literacy skills
Meera Rothman
Meera is a graduate student, earning a joint master’s degree in Health Policy, Planning & Financing at the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She graduated from Yale University in 2021, with a degree in Ethics, Politics, and Economics. At Yale, Meera served as the editor-in-chief of the Yale Human Rights Journal, the president of RISE (a tutoring group for refugee students in New Haven), and the committee leader for SHEA, a racial health equity organization on campus. In her free time, she enjoys running, swimming, and creative writing.
Adam Snowden
Adam grew up locally in the Jacksonville area and graduated as valedictorian from Ponte Vedra High school. Afterwards, he attended Duke as an Angier B. Duke Scholar, and in 2021, he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology and Computer Science. Most recently, he was accepted to attend medical school at Washington University in St. Louis as a Distinguished Student Scholar and hopes to pursue a joint career in clinical care and academics. He has thoroughly enjoyed tutoring students in a variety of subjects - including mathematics, chemistry, physics, English, and computer science - at both the high school and collegiate level. In addition to tutoring, Adam enjoys spending time with friends and family, reading fantasy, exercising, eating baked goods, and watching the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Hannah Yi
Hannah is a senior undergraduate student working towards an architecture degree at Yale University. She is a coxswain on the varsity women’s crew team and works with the Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning as an academic strategies mentor, as well as mentoring underclassmen in her major as a member of Ink and Vellum (an undergraduate architecture society). In her free time, she enjoys swimming, hiking, and painting.
Ben Clark
Originally from Atlanta, Ben is currently studying at Stanford Law School, where he is a Markowski-Leach Scholar. He graduated summa cum laude from Middlebury College in 2016 with a B.A. in History. In the years between college and law school, Ben’s work focused on defending civil and human rights: first as a Watson Foundation Fellow, then at an immigrants’ rights organization in Arizona, and later as a voter protection advocate in Georgia. He hopes to continue this trajectory by becoming a public interest lawyer. Ben brings years of experience working one-on-one with students of all skill levels. He loves supporting students on their learning journey, helping them set personalized goals and find strategies that work for them.
Ananya Kumar-Banerjee
Ananya is a MSt candidate for World Literatures in English at Oxford. They are a graduate of Yale University, where they majored in Ethnicity, Race & Migration and were a Human Rights Scholar through the Law School. At Yale, Ananya co-founded a creative writing workshop through the Yale Prison Education Initiative, was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Literary Magazine (the nation's oldest student literary magazine), and was a Nancy Horton Bartels Scholar at the Yale Center for British Art. Ananya has also done editorial work for Farrar, Straus & Giroux and the Asian American Writers' Workshop, among other places. They also have a background working in congressional politics in New York City. In their free time, Ananya enjoys rowing, knitting and writing stories.
Maya Meschkuleit
Maya is a Junior Undergraduate student studying Global Affairs and German foreign policy at Yale University. She is a rower on the Yale Women’s crew team, and is aiming for the 2024 Canadian Olympic team.
She is outgoing, articulate and well-versed in tutoring high school level students in any topic that is required. In the past she has had great success working one-on-one with students on test preparation and homework help.
In her free time Maya enjoys hanging out with her friends, going on hikes and reading!
Maya is fluent in English, French and German and looks forward to helping students improve their SAT and ACT testing scores.