Chyten Tutors & Test Prep

Specialties

Test Preparation

Chyten teaches innovative strategies for tests such as the SAT, ACT, ISEE and SSAT, and has received national recognition for the effectiveness and originality of its methodologies. Chyten students experience an average SAT score increase of 274 points!

Academic Tutoring

Professional 1:1 tutoring is available for most K-​12 school subjects, including all levels of math, reading, writing, history, and science.

Study Skills Training

Chyten’s proprietary RANDD Reading and Study Skills program transforms struggling students into star students by helping them incorporate advanced study techniques directly into their school coursework.

College Counseling

Chyten’s comprehensive college counseling program incorporates goal setting, coursework planning, college visit and interview strategies, application essay strategies, financial aid coaching, deferral and waitlist strategies, and customized services for athletes, artists and scholarship candidates.

History

Established in 1984.

In 1984, private tutor Neil Chyten perfected a series of innovative, insightful strategies for standardized test taking and study skills, and published his definitive textbook, «Mastering the SAT». Encouraged by the consistent success of his strategies, and convinced of the need for a personal, one-​to-​one approach to tutoring, Neil hired a select few, highly-​experienced tutors to whom he taught his time-​tested strategies. In 1999, Neil officially opened the first Chyten Education Center in Newton, Massachusetts. By 2004, Chyten had grown to such an extent that Neil had to give up tutoring himself to run the company full time.

By 2007, the company had 5 centers in MA and was ready to expand nationally. Chyten opened its first franchises in MA, NY, MD and CT that year, and designed the nation’s first ACT vs SAT Comparison Test. In 2008, Chyten revealed the Magnostic, a comprehensive SAT diagnostic, and opened 8 more franchises, bringing its total number centers to 19 (and counting).

Meet the Business Owner

Bernard W.

Business Owner

Bernard opened Chyten of the Main Line in 2008, as an important step toward his goal to help children succeed by teaching them to reach their full potential academically.

Before Chyten, Bernard practiced law at Drinker Biddle Reath in Philadelphia. Prior to that, Bernard was a litigator at Dickstein Shapiro in New York, where he was awarded the Justin D. Simon Core Values Award for exemplifying the values of excellence, loyalty, respect, initiative and integrity. Prior to Dickstein, Bernard practiced law at Cravath Swaine & Moore. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Theodore McMillian of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Bernard received his B.A. from American University and his J.D. from NYU School of Law, where he served as an editor on the Law Review. In 2001, Bernard was awarded the prestigious Arthur T. Vanderbilt Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon an NYU Law graduate, in recognition of his achievements and commitment to the law school.