Shaun Veran, GMAT & GRE tutor

Shaun is a microbiologist-turned-test-prep-expert with a 99th percentile score on the GMAT. With over a decade of tutoring experience, he brings a methodical approach to teaching that turns confusion into confidence. 

Shaun graduated from UCLA with a degree in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. After graduating, he spent six years in biotech, developing products for gene-sequencing technologies and robotic liquid handlers. Today, the products he created can be found in top research labs and universities around the globe.

Shaun also has a penchant for the startup scene, and he brings an innovative, scientific, “growth-hacking” mindset to his tutoring. As a serial founder, he’s bootstrapped an e-commerce venture from zero to seven-figure revenues and partnered with an Iron Chef. One of his products even appears on an episode of Law & Order.

Somewhere between pipetting at a lab bench and optimizing e-commerce websites, Shaun discovered his love for teaching. For Shaun, nothing is more satisfying than guiding students towards “aha” moments, when everything suddenly clicks. 

Shaun has nudged hundreds of GMAT, GRE, SAT, and ACT students towards these light-bulb moments. His teaching style is equally supportive and strategic, sharply focused on efficiently identifying and tackling a student’s areas of weakness – while keeping a smile on everybody’s faces. 

When he’s not dissecting data sufficiency or coaching critical reasoning, you’ll find Shaun hiking in national parks, doing yoga, surfing, boxing, or planning his next excursion abroad. He also volunteers with several nonprofits, including Make-A-Wish, which flew his family out to DC when granting his brother’s wish to meet the president of the United States. In his spare time, Shaun attends Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.