About Us
During the last twenty years, Ahead of the Class has helped over 5,000 students achieve their college dreams. We’ve helped students gain admission into every major university in the country, including Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Notre Dame, USC, Cal Tech, UCLA, Berkeley, etc.
We also employ a different teaching philosophy. Rather than just teaching tricks to get students through the SAT and ACT, we teach students permanent skills: how to read more quickly and efficiently, how to write better essays and how to use logic and reasoning to solve math problems.
What makes us unique? No college students, no inexperienced tutors.
When you work with us, you actually work with us!
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David Benjamin Gruenbaum
David Benjamin Gruenbaum is the co-owner of Ahead of the Class, a private education and test preparation company based in both Orange County and Sonoma County, California. During the past 22 years, Gruenbaum has prepared more than 5,000 students for their SAT and ACT college admissions exams.
A nationally-recognized SAT and ACT expert, Gruenbaum has appeared on CBS’s Early Show and Fox National News. His work has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, Newsweek, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and The San Francisco Chronicle.
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Heather Chagnon Gruenbaum
Heather Chagnon Gruenbaum is the co-owner of Ahead of the Class, a private education and test preparation company based in both Orange County and Sonoma County, California. For more than twelve years, Chagnon Gruenbaum has worked in the field of college admissions, helping over a thousand students with college application essays and personal statements. A nationally recognized college admissions essay expert, Chagnon Gruenbaum is regularly quoted in national news publications.
Chagnon Gruenbaum’s students have gained admission to all of the top colleges in the nation, including all of the University of California and Ivy League schools.
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