About Proven Prep
Founded by Teach for America alumnus and elite NYC test prep specialist Matthew Brandon, Proven Prep seeks to show that when teachers care as much about their students’ success as their students do themselves, anything is possible. Matt’s journey as a teacher began with his acceptance into the Teach for America program, a highly selective and prestigious teaching fellowship that seeks to end educational inequality for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The students that he inherited at his Phoenix, AZ high school, though intelligent, passionate, dedicated, and immensely creative, did not have a history of success on standardized tests. In fact, only 29% of his ninth grade students passed the state math test (AIMS) the year before entering his class. To reverse this trend, he designed a specialized test prep class focusing on the skills and strategies necessary to master standardized assessments. After working through his program, more than 90% of them passed the math AIMS.
After three wonderful years teaching high school, Matt moved back to New York and joined one of New York City’s premier test preparation companies, Manhattan Prep. Armed with 99th percentile scores on both the SAT and GMAT and the confidence of knowing that he had survived an audition process that only 1.8% of applicants successfully complete, Matt began dedicating all of his professional energy to helping students master standardized tests. As one of the company’s top instructors, Matt was routinely selected to lead courses for Manhattan Prep’s most important corporate partners, including Google, JP Morgan, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
After leaving Manhattan Prep in 2018, Matt launched Proven Prep and continued to build upon his reputation as one of New York’s leading test preparation experts. Matt’s students have improved their GMAT scores by as many as 350 points, the equivalent of 520 points on the SAT or 14 points on the ACT, and have attended some of the world’s top academic institutions, including Harvard, Stanford. Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania. Nearly 80% of Matt’s GMAT students have achieved a score of 700 or higher, with some scoring as high as a 770.
Matt is working to build Proven Prep into one of standardized test prep’s recognizable brands one student success story at a time. Let Proven Prep show you what you can achieve with the help of a teacher who is as invested in your success as you are.
