Instructors
Arun Alagappan
President and Founder, Advantage Testing
Arun Alagappan is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Princeton University. In law school, Arun served on the Board of Editors of the Harvard International Law Journal and volunteered at numerous public service organizations. Later, Arun worked briefly at the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City and then for a year as a Federal Law Clerk to The Honorable Judge Nelson of The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Arun has prepared thousands of students for tests such as the SAT, SAT Subject Tests, LSAT, GMAT, GRE and MCAT; he also taught in the Mathematics Department of Harvard College and at a learning disabilities center in New York City. At Harvard, the Dean of the College awarded Arun a Certificate of Distinction for Outstanding Teaching of Harvard Undergraduates.
In 1986, Arun founded Advantage Testing, Inc. and has served as its President since. He serves on the Boards of Trustees of the public service groups LEDA and Prep for Prep and is Founder and President of the Advantage Testing Foundation.
Keith Burkum
Senior LSAT Instructor, Advantage Testing
Keith Burkum holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University and is a cum laude graduate of Calvin College. The former chairman of the Department of Philosophy at Felician College, Keith has published numerous articles on an array of issues in Philosophy and Ethics. He was the recipient of a research fellowship to develop a computer-based course in Critical Thinking and is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Society for Practical and Professional Ethics.
Keith is a senior tutor at Advantage Testing and serves as the company’s Chief Ethics Officer. He has prepared hundreds of students for the LSAT. Additionally, Keith tutors students privately for the SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests in Math and Literature, GMAT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, and MCAT and teaches pro bono SAT classes for Prep for Prep students.
