Arun Alagappan

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, ACT, 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 Prep for Prep, served as vice president of the board of trustees of LEDA, and is president of the Advantage Testing Foundation.