About Ultimate Test Prep
Starting in 2018, Ultimate Test Prep was founded on the principles of student success, strong foundations, and family savings. We have helped thousands of students and families raise standardized test scores, earn substantial scholarships, and become accepted into their dream schools.
We are a team of teachers, college planners, and tutors that have the passion to help students along their pathway to higher education. We make sure that each meeting is full of energy, motivation, and direction. We also help our students set achievable goals on their road to success.
Our Vision
To provide the most innovative, personalized test-preparation and college planning guidance to empower students with skills and insights.
Our Mission
We provide comprehensive testing analysis, personalized instruction, and help students reach achievable goals. We create a student-oriented curriculum for a variety of learning styles. We help students achieve higher test-scores to increase acceptance to higher education programs and make them more affordable.
Our Team
Matt Vassil
CEO and Franchise Director
For the past 6 years, Matt has designed test-prep curriculum, tutored thousands of students via both individual sessions and group test-prep classes, and guided students through the college planning process at Ultimate Test Prep. He develops new instructional material on a weekly basis and individualizes his approach for every student. He has been an important contributor to the continued revisions of our curriculum, Analyze Your ACT. As a result, students love Matt's feedback, his patience, and his insights, and the results speak for themselves.
Matt's passion goes beyond helping students. He has trained others in Ultimate Test Prep's methodology to great success, and he thoroughly enjoys helping other educators succeed in helping their students.
Winni van Gessel
Education Specialist and Franchise Trainer
Winni studied instructional design at the University of Kentucky. He applied his skills in numerous classroom programs and then focused on the ACT when he experienced how important this test score was when his daughters applied to college. Ever since, he has made analyzing and teaching standardized tests, including the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, and LSAT, to any willing student his life's work. Winni is the author of the book Analyze Your ACT.
As a past Montessori teacher, curriculum director, and high-school counselor, Winni knows how to guide, motivate, and support students on their way to college. After 10 years full time on the job, he elevates essays, provides clarity in college lists, and adds additional scholarships, while helping students set achievable goals to avoid stress and last-minute work.