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Stratus Prep's LSAT classes saved my life... The teaching methodology and friendly instructors helped me increase my score by 12 points to a 172! Thank you Stratus!
I was the first of my friends to take Stratus Prep’s LSAT class. After theykept hearing me bragging about my score increasing with every practice exam (up to a 171 on the real LSAT!!!), they all signed up too! Now we’re all at top 10 law schools.
Before Stratus Prep, I took a course with a different company where there were almost 60 people in my class. I learned next to nothing because no one answered my questions. Then,luckily, I discovered Stratus Prep, where my class only had 10 students and my instructor knew my name after the first class. I never left a class confused, and by the end my score increased by 15 points!
I researched a few companies in Long Island where I live but none was as impressive as Stratus Prep. The commute ended up being so easy! The office is close to Penn Station and right near the subway. I took a Sunday afternoon class so I only had to come in once a week. Even though it was a five-hour class, my teacher made it fun, and I was never bored. Highly recommended!
My daughter had an excellent experience at Stratus Prep. From all the individualized attention she received to the quality of her instructor (a Harvard Law graduate taught her!), Stratus Prep was absolutely worth every penny.

LSAT Classes | Our LSAT Instructors

Trevor Mauck Education B.A. in Philosophy and Politics, University of New Hampshire, cum laude
J.D., New York University School of Law (in progress) LSAT Score: 174 Areas of Expertise: Puzzles and Arguments Greatest accomplishments with clients
  • Teaching all the foundations of formal logic in a single day (to a student who flew to New York from a foreign country just to study with us for 10 days).
  • Seeing a student go from fearing the puzzles to enjoying them.
Interests Golf, classical literature, and traveling
Scott Bell Education B.A. in East Asian Studies, New York University, magna cum laude
J.D., Columbia Law School (in progress)
Nagashima, Ohno&Tsunematsu Fellow at Columbia Law School LSAT Score: 177 Areas of Expertise: Puzzles, Arguments, Passages
Greatest accomplishments with clients
  • Numerous 12+ point improvements
  • Rebuilding another student's passages strategy from the ground up (after her abilities had been impaired by failed strategies from another test prep company).
  • Helping a student become flawless at Puzzles when it was once her weakest section.
Fun Facts:
  • Originally from Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Lived in Japan for a year (and speak Japanese!).
  • Was a management consultant for two years after undergrad before matriculating law school.
Daniel Coogan Education Bowdoin College, B.A. 2005
New York University School of Law, J.D. Expected 2012
Majors: Philosophy, German
Minor: Ancient Greek
Honors
Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar, 2005
Old Broad Bay Prize for Reading German, 2005
Fulbright Scholarship 2005-2006 Journal of Law and Business, Staff Editor LSAT Score: 175 Areas of Expertise: LSAT Puzzles
Greatest Accomplishments with Clients
  • In fewer than 10 tutoring hours I got an LSAT client who was completing fewer than two puzzles per section to consistently complete the entire section (4 puzzles) with fewer than two questions wrong.
  • Have consistently taken LSAT students from the low-160's into the mid-170's through tutoring.
Fun Facts
  • I do the New York Times crossword puzzle every day.
  • I lived in Germany for 1 1/2 years and am fluent in German.
  • I hope to one day study and play organized tournaments of various card games, including Gin Rummy and contract bridge.
James Sullivan Education B.A. in Political Science, New York University
J.D., NYU Law School (in progress) LSAT Score: 173 Areas of Expertise: Arguments, Passages
Greatest Accomplishments with Clients
  • Helping numerous students move from the 140’s to the 160’s
  • Assisting students who struggled with fear and anxiety around the test become so comfortable and familiar with it and the necessary strategies to succeed that they were able to demonstrate their full potential
  • A student who scored in the high 170’s on the February exam
Fun Facts I love following New York sports teams, cooking, and traveling.
Laurah Samuels Education B.A. in Political Science and History (double major), Pomona College
J.D., Columbia Law School (in progress) LSAT Score: 176 Areas of Expertise: Puzzles, Arguments, Passages
Greatest Accomplishments with Clients
  • A student who has made a more than a 20-point increase on practice tests since we began working together and who continues to improve.
  • Helped a client increase by over 10 points after she had already been studying on her own for nearly a year.
  • Helped a client completely change his approach to passages in just a few tutoring sessions.
Fun Facts
  • I love vegan cooking--especially learning how to make Indian, Lebanese, and Ethiopian dishes.
  • I have been to nearly 25 countries.
  • I'm an avid reader--particularly historical fiction
Serena Keith Education B.A. in Social Studies, Harvard College, cum laude
Received Magna Cum Laude Plus on Undergraduate Thesis, Awarded Language Citation in Italian LSAT Score: 177 Areas of Expertise: Puzzles, Arguments, Passages
Greatest Accomplishments with Clients
  • Countless puzzle breakthroughs
  • Successfully introducing a successful new passages technique in a number of sessions in the week before the exam (student had not come to us beforehand)
Andrew Krause Education B.A. in Political Science, Yale University, 2008
New York University School of Law, J.D., (In progress)
Michelle Kim Hall Education J.D., Harvard Law School
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, New York University
B.A. in English, U.C.L.A, summa cum laude
LSAT Score: 174 Areas of Expertise: Arguments, Passages, Writing
Fun Facts:
  • I ran a marathon when I was fifteen and won first place for my age division (probably because I was the only 15-17 year old girl in the race).
  • In law school I traveled to South Africa with the Human Rights Clinic for a report on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and got to interview actor John Kani.
Julian Ginos Education B.A. in English, SUNY Binghamton, summa cum laude
JD, New York University School of Law (in progress) LSAT Score: 175 Areas of Expertise:Arguments Greatest accomplishments with clients
  • Taking a client's accuracy rate on arguments from a consistent 40% to a consistent 90% in six weeks.
  • Getting a client from averaging 1.5 puzzles completed per section to averaging 3.5 puzzles completed per section.
Interests Ultimate, Racquetball, Popping
David Spector Education B.A. in American History at Columbia University LSAT Score: 173 Areas of Expertise: Puzzles, Arguments, Passages Interests I am a tennis player, gardening and organic foods enthusiast, and fly fisherman.
Elan Shpigel Education BA in Government and Politics, University of Maryland, Magna Cum Laude
Masters of Public Policy, University of Maryland LSAT Score: 174 Areas of Expertise: Passages, Puzzles Interests Reading, Travelling, Sports, Street Food
Diego Matamoros Education B.A. in Romance Languages, New York University, summa cum laude
M.Mus. in Opera, Yale University LSAT Score: 175 Teaching Experience: Adjunct instructor of French and Spanish at NYU Fun Facts:
  • Born in San Cristobal, Venezuela
  • Fluent in 4 languages (English, Spanish, French, and Italian)
  • Spent three years performing at the Metropolitan Opera