David Chernew has been providing students training for high stakes admission exams for almost two decades. After working for a major test preparation company for two years, he left to start his own business. His purpose was to provide high-end one-on-one instructional sessions for private students and reduced-price workshops to nonprofit agencies which help underprivileged students gain admission into either college or graduate school. Since he started his first company, David has worked with thousands of students on both coasts of the United States.

Because he has always been fascinated with how people learn and think, David created his own materials and methodology.  He has been fortunate enough to have had amazing students from which to learn and gain feedback.  In the 14 years that he’s had his own business, his thoughts on the most effective ways to increase scores have constantly evolved, to the point he has developed a unique and innovative approach to high-stakes testing. He takes a much more holistic approach to the exam than the big test-prep companies. Rather than see these exams as a test of just content, he sees them as a test of how a student learns, decides and executes.

As a result of this viewpoint, he teaches traditional test preparation content and strategy, and also provides students with innovative insights and thinking tools that will improve their mental game.  An improved mental game increases a student’s score, regardless of whether he or she is learns new material. David’s ultimate hope is that students take what they learn from his classes and use it in areas outside of the test, to improve their performance in all settings.

In addition to teaching classes, David consults and speaks at a number of conferences and workshops throughout the year.