Tutoring and Test Preparation

Welcome to the Tutoring and Test Prep Division of Marks Counseling Associates, LLC (MCA)! We are conveniently located in downtown Bethesda at 4827 Rugby Avenue, Suite 001.

MCA offers tutoring services for almost all independent and parochial school, college and graduate school standardized tests, for high school academic subjects, and for tailored work on study skills.  Our tutors are Nitin Sawhney (nitin@marksca.com), who directs the Tutoring Division, Daniel Bloss (dbloss@marksca.com), Jill Salisbury (jsalisbury@marksca.com) and Nisha Sardella (nsardella@marksca.com).

MCA offers custom designed materials for test preparation, including workbooks tailored to the test and a vocabulary list and flash cards compiled from, among other sources, published College Board tests.  We proctor standardized tests every Sunday, and by appointment.  All practice standardized tests are free.

Over the 2008-2009 school year, MCA students achieved an average score improvement of 315 points from their Sophomore PSAT scores to their final SAT test. Over 80% of our students achieved Junior year PSAT scores that, according to College Board statistics for the class of 2008, would qualify them for National Merit Semifinalist or National Merit Commended Scholar status.

Our tutors take the SAT and other standardized tests multiple times a year to monitor carefully the changing trends in the tests they tutor.

Nitin Sawhney

Daniel Bloss

Jill Salisbury

Nisha Sardella

For a complete list of tests for which we tutor, click here.

If you wish to enroll for tutoring services, click here.

For further information, please contact Phillip Porter at pporter@marksca.com or 301-907-7605.