March 14th 2026 SAT Score Release Reports
The Scores Are Coming In
I'll be honest — this is my favorite part of the cycle.
The reports started hitting my inbox this morning, and what I'm seeing is exactly what happens when students put in the work over a sustained period of time. Not cramming. Not shortcuts. Just consistent effort, session after session, stacking reps until the process becomes second nature.
Grace is the story I want to lead with. She came to me last year testing between 490 and 600 using inaccurate Revolution Prep test material. After a few lessons, we got an honest assessment of 620 on her official PSAT verbal — part of a 1240 composite. Not a bad starting point, but a long way from where she wanted to be. She didn't panic. She didn't quit when progress felt slow. She showed up week after week and month after month, did the work, and trusted the process.
Her mom wrote to me this morning:
"Grace got 1540 on her March SAT with 750 for English!!!! Thank you so much for your tremendous help! She said when she did her English test she always thought 'what would Mr John pick?'"
That's the ISEE Method doing exactly what it's supposed to do — becoming instinct. A 300-point composite gain, 130 of those on a single section, built over a year of genuine dedication. That growth doesn't happen without showing up when it's hard.
Shreyans came to me last fall sitting at 690 on Reading and Writing. This morning he wrote:
"I scored a 780 RW!! Unfortunately did not do as well as I had hoped on math (770), but since I have a 790 in math already, my superscore is now a 1570. I will probably take May since I've already paid for it, but I'm really proud of my RW score this time around.
A 90-point gain in one prep cycle. And notice what he's doing with that result — not celebrating and moving on, but immediately diagnosing the one problem he knows cost him points and building a plan around it. That kind of self-awareness after a strong performance is rare, and it's going to serve him well.
Arya has been one of the most determined students I've worked with this year. He came in at 690 on English struggled to get above 700 on an official SAT and was about to give up. He just posted a 740. Fifty points on the Reading and Writing section of the digital SAT is not trivial. He stuck with it through the hard sessions, things finally began to click for him, and now he's got the elite score he wanted.
D.L. came in for a "touch up" lesson before the SAT and reported a 1550 with a 760 on Reading and Writing. 10 points gained. Excellent score, full stop.
Luna superscored her way to a 1400 — up from an 1170. That's a 230-point combined improvement. If you've ever wondered whether taking the test more than once is worth it, Luna's trajectory answers that question pretty definitively.
We're still waiting on reports from several students. If your student tested in March and you haven't shared your score yet, please do — reply to this email or send me a message directly. Every result matters, and I want to know how everyone did.
This is the part of the job I never take for granted. These numbers aren't just scores — they're the result of students who made a choice to do hard things consistently, even when the sessions were frustrating, even when progress felt invisible, even when it would have been easier to quit. Grace didn't go from a 1240 to a 1540 because she got lucky on a Saturday morning. She got there because she showed up, over and over, and trusted that the work would compound. That's true of every student on this list.
Remember, the SAT is an exploitable test. That's not a marketing line — it's the reason I've been doing this since 2018. It requires effort to "rethink" the way a test maker would think. It's not always about having the most "natural ability." It's about the right techniques with the right effort. As I like to say. It's all about the process.
For students who are happy with where they landed — congratulations.
For students who may still be dissatisfied with this round, let's go again in May and June. We have work to do. Don't wait. Don't let up.
I'm proud of you all.
— Mr. John
