“Moira was responsible for my daughter’s 110 [of 1600] point jump in SAT score. Focused, funny, and fiercely intelligent, she immediately assessed my daughter’s personality type and how to elicit the most from her. The ideal tutor for teenagers.”
– Dr. Janis Bergman-Carton, Chair
Art History, SMU“I had always thought the purpose of being tutored for the SAT was to learn the mechanics of taking the test in order to score well. So I was thrilled that Moira taught my daughter the tricks: knowing which questions to answer; when to guess and when to move on; the best way to learn vocabulary, and how to write a compelling essay.
What I had not expected was how much more than that Moira would teach my daughter. Moira took a good writer and made her an excellent writer. She taught her how to think intuitively, and how to think quickly, something I did not know was even possible to teach. Moira is not only a great teacher but also a great mind.
And, yes, my daughter scored very high on the SAT! I cannot recommend Moira highly enough. She is fabulous.”
- Jane Wolfe, Author, “Blood Rich” (Little, Brown Publishers, New York); “The Murchisons: The Rise and Fall of a Texas Dynasty” (St. Martins Press, New York)
“Moira Muldoon is smart, observant, nourishing, and critical: students understand her high standards of effort and achievement, and they respect her enormously for them. Her skilled teaching brought out the best in our daughter and helped her get great SAT scores and into the college of her choice, Scripps….”
– Dr. Kurt Heinzelman, Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing, Univ. of Texas, Austin
“Moira’s strengths—her sense of humor, student-centeredness, and mastery of her subject area—serve her well, whether she is teaching a full class or tutoring individual students.
I recommend her highly and without reservation.”
– Sue Beebe, Director of First-Year
English in the Department of English
at Texas State University
“We were delighted that Moira Muldoon was available to tutor our daughter for the SAT tests. Her demeanor, attitude, and positive approach gave confidence to our daughter. She did extremely well on the tests….
It was a good decision in all ways to work with Moira. We’d recommend her as a tutor to anyone.”
– Laura Kooris
“Jess went running down (like it was Christmas morning) to the computer this morning at 7:30am [He’s] up 150 from his last test! Thank you! I plan on passing out your name to as many Moms as I can.”
– Marilyn B.
“[My son] was really impressed. He said you really know your stuff.”
– Stephanie Breedlove
“[Moira Muldoon] is the first teacher James has had who made him feel like he enjoyed writing. He commented more than once that he learned more in Moira’s course than he had in all his years in private school. I read some of her comments and they were both encouraging and, where critical, clear and actionable. James now has an interest in and appreciation of writing that he never had before thanks to Moira.”
– nomination, CTY Outstanding Instructor Award