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    Your child's university future starts with the right decision and the right exam

    Elite Test Prep is an advisory and diagnostic platform for students in Egypt and the Arab world: we help you choose the right exam (Digital SAT / ACT / EST / IGCSE ESL with Cambridge, Edexcel and Oxford AQA criteria / Cambridge First Language 0500 / IELTS), understand the current Tanzik and bonus rules, and measure your child's real level in English writing and speaking within minutes.

    Free 3-minute diagnostic — get your estimated band instantly, no sign-up

    Why Elite Test Prep?

    Master's-level teaching

    Teachers holding an M.Ed. and CELTA, experienced in Cambridge curricula and US admissions tests.

    Data-driven diagnostics

    Every essay is marked against the official exam criteria, naming the three weaknesses costing the most marks.

    Three tracks, one platform

    Digital SAT, IGCSE ESL and IELTS — with a study plan built on diagnostic results, not guesswork.

    IGCSE ESL in full

    Formal and informal writing, summary and spoken responses — all marked to Cambridge criteria.

    Human review of every score

    A teacher reviews the automated score and adds written notes and audio feedback for each student.

    🇬🇧 British Council Certified UK Education Counsellor (#120707)🇺🇸 UoPeople M.Ed. & ambassador

    Planning for a UK university or an accredited US degree?

    Independent guidance for you and your family: the right route, real entry criteria and target scores — no brokers, no false promises.

    The fee is fully credited toward any package you join.

    Exams and boards we prepare for

    Elite Test Prep is an independent tutoring service. Exam and board names are used to describe the qualifications we prepare students for; we are not affiliated with or endorsed by these organisations.

    Mr. Khaled Hassan
    Meet the instructor

    Mr. Khaled Hassan

    I prepare Egyptian and Arab students for the Digital SAT, IGCSE ESL and IELTS — and I train the teachers who teach them.

    • 15+ years in classrooms
    • M.Ed. Advanced Teaching — UoPeople, 2023
    • CELTA — Cambridge, 2021

    SAT, ACT or EST?

    Every exam suits a different kind of student. Pick one to see its structure, its standing in the Egyptian tanzik system, and its international acceptance.

    Digital SAT

    The global gold standard
    7 sittings a year

    Exam structure

    • • Adaptive digital test (Bluebook), 2 hours 14 minutes
    • • Two sections: Reading & Writing + Maths
    • • Scored out of 1600

    Egyptian tanzik

    Fully recognised in the Egyptian tanzik system, with bonus points of up to 8

    International acceptance

    Accepted by US and European universities, and private/international universities in Egypt

    Who is it for?

    • • Students targeting top faculties or study abroad
    • • Those who reason and analyse better than they memorise
    • • Those with enough time for structured preparation

    We mark to each board's own criteria: Cambridge, Edexcel, Oxford AQA, and IELTS

    Every diagnostic is assessed against the board's own official mark scheme — the same criteria names and the same final task score — with a weaknesses report, sentence rewrites, and teacher review when needed.

    Cambridge IGCSE ESL

    0510 / 0511

    Cambridge International

    • • Informal email
    • • Formal essay / report
    • • Text summary
    • • Speaking

    Official 0–8 scale

    Start Cambridge IGCSE ESL

    Edexcel IGCSE ESL

    4ES1

    Pearson Edexcel

    • • Paper 1 Writing (20 marks)
    • • Paper 3 Speaking (40 marks)

    Speaking certificate: Distinction / Merit / Pass

    Start Edexcel IGCSE ESL

    Oxford AQA IGCSE ESL

    9280

    Oxford AQA International

    • • Writing Q1 (6)
    • • Writing Q2 (12)
    • • Writing Q3 (18)
    • • Speaking (40)

    Marks vary by question

    Start Oxford AQA IGCSE ESL

    Cambridge First Language

    0500

    Cambridge International

    • • Directed Writing (40)
    • • Composition (25)
    • • Summary (20)

    Native-speaker standard criteria

    Start Cambridge First Language

    IELTS Academic

    Band 0–9

    IELTS Academic

    • • Task 1 (data analysis)
    • • Task 2 (essay)
    • • Speaking Parts 1–3

    Four official criteria, scored in half bands

    Start IELTS Academic

    IELTS General

    Band 0–9

    IELTS General Training

    • • Task 1 (letter)
    • • Task 2 (essay)
    • • Speaking Parts 1–3

    Four official criteria, scored in half bands

    Start IELTS General

    Digital SAT

    Digital SAT

    College Board

    • • Mini CEFR test (15 questions)
    • • Strategic Reading & Writing

    CEFR level + expected score range

    Start Digital SAT
    On-request service — for university students

    Academic writing in the social sciences

    A bespoke service offered on request only: a clear scope, an agreed timeline, and academic feedback on every draft — exclusively for social science disciplines.

    • Quantitative research
    • Literature reviews
    • Presentations
    • Projects
    • Reports
    • Analyses
    • General papers

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    Not sure what the next step is?

    Send us your child's scores or a single essay and we will reply with a clear plan: the right exam, the timeline and the target score.

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