About Pencils Down
Why I Built It
I studied mathematics at the University of Chicago and scored a 1570 on the SAT and a 35 on the ACT, on my first try. But Pencils Down really came from years of working with students, and it still does.
I kept running into the same gap: there was not enough hard, representative practice for where the digital SAT was heading.
Plenty of resources teach the fundamentals well. Once a student is strong, the questions turn repetitive. They know every concept involved and still stall when a familiar idea shows up in an unfamiliar structure.
What they need is practice connecting ideas they learned separately, spotting the same structure in a new form, and picking the right tool when the question does not name one.
I built Pencils Down to develop that ability.
Armaan SinghFounder, Pencils Down Labs
University of Chicago Mathematics1570 SAT · 35 ACT · 1,000+ hours tutored
About Me
I’m Armaan Singh, the founder of Pencils Down Labs.
I tutor mathematics, physics, SAT and ACT students, and have for more than seven years. Over 1,000 hours of SAT and ACT instruction so far.
I am still teaching every week, which is the part that keeps this current. The digital SAT is recent enough that what a strong student actually finds hard on it is something you learn from watching them, not something you can settle once and write down.
The math background shapes how I write problems. The tutoring taught me where students hesitate, and why recognizing a solution is not the same as producing one.
This is what I wanted for my own students. I could not find it, so I built it.
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