Confidence is built, not born.
Dr. Jason Ampel has helped over 70,000 people pass their exams. Not by studying more, but by knowing exactly what their exam was going to do, so nerves stopped costing them points. Every lesson comes in English and Español.
Browse all 944 exams, each on its own official blueprint. Free account, no credit card.
What makes it different
You already know your material. What nobody taught you is how the test itself is built, and how to beat it. Three things work together here, and no one else pairs them.
Taught, not generated
Forty short video lessons, start to finish, in English and Spanish. A real coach walking you through the research-backed strategies for how to study and how to attack the test itself, the part nobody taught you.
Your exact exam
Every board publishes a blueprint: what is tested and how much each part counts. If reading is 35% of your score and science is 10%, your prep should not treat them the same. Yours does not. All 944 are built.
On top of the lessons
Trained on that same blueprint, so questions come back in your exam’s real format. It tracks where you are dropping points, drills those harder than the ones you have, and turns it into a study guide PDF you keep.
The lessons teach you the strategy. The coach makes you practice it. See both in the tour.
The record so far
70,000+
Candidates helped pass
94 to 96%
Verified completer pass rate
2x
Double the typical pass rate
Any field
The strategy adapts. The subject does not.
Independent 2025 research by HumRRO, the Human Resources Research Organization, compared certification exam prep platforms and found the courses Dr. A designed and led produced twice the first-attempt pass rate of the major competitors. He built the BTP Method from everything behind that result, for any exam.
About the founder
Founder, Built To Pass
Dr. A was the kid the system tracked early. He pushed through anyway and got obsessed with one question: how do high-stakes exams actually work, and why do good people keep failing them?
Ten years teaching in the classroom, ten more teaching at the university level, and a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction. He built a prior platform from nothing, and by 2026 it had helped more than 70,000 people pass their exams.
In 2025, HumRRO, the Human Resources Research Organization, independently compared certification exam prep platforms and found the courses he designed and led produced twice the first-attempt pass rate of the major competitors. That came from how he teaches. He built the BTP Method from all of it, for any exam.
In their words
Public recommendations from a leader in his field, a former professor, and a candidate he coached to a first attempt pass.
I had very helpful test-taking advice from Dr. Ampel. I passed on the first attempt, so here is the proof that his test-taking advice works and is credible.
Troy Sieusankar, M.S.C.E.
STEM Educator, US Army Veteran
Coached by Dr. A
Dr. Ampel is one of the best in his field supporting educator preparation and growth. He is a staunch advocate for teachers and creates pathways for them to be successful.
Monica M. Gordon, EdD
Chief Administrative Officer
Colleague in educator prep
Jason has made amazing strides toward facilitating teachers to become certified. He brings genuine interest and heart to each class.
Dr. Susan Wegmann
Professor, Higher Education
Dr. A's former professor
From public LinkedIn recommendations about Dr. A.
How it works
Four steps, and the first one is a check rather than a video. Everything from there is aimed at the exam you are actually facing, and you finish with a study guide that is yours to keep.
Name your exam and we break it into its real parts and what each one is worth, in your board’s own words. Then you say where you stand on each. Ten minutes, and you finish with an order of attack.
What this gives you
You start knowing where the points actually live, instead of studying everything evenly.
NCLEX-PN blueprint
Hover a band to see the domain and its weight.
Step 01, for real
This is the real published blueprint for the NCLEX-PN. Coordinated Care is 21% of the exam. Health Promotion is 9%. Study them evenly and you have spent more than twice the time you should on the smaller one.
Your exam has a chart like this too, and the whole system reads from it.
Find your blueprintWant the strategy behind it? See the method and the science.
See it in action
The two things that make this a platform, not a course. An AI Test Coach that is Dr. A himself, tuned to your exam, and a personalized study guide the two of you build as you go.
Your coach is Dr. A himself, his face, his voice, and his method, wired to your blueprint. Every answer coaches how to attack the test, not just the content. He is right inside your lessons, nothing to set up.
As you move through the course, your AI Test Coach, Dr. A, helps you build your own study guide, aligned to your blueprint. You finish by downloading it as a clean PDF you keep for game day, in your own words, not a generic handout.
Your exam blueprint
Or your AI Test Coach pulls it up for you
Drop in your exam's official blueprint, or just ask your coach to pull it up.
Your AI Test Coach
From there, every question and every prompt aims at your exam, not a generic one.
Your study guide
Save what matters as you learn. Your coach shapes it into a guide you download as a clean PDF.
No two candidates get the same plan. Yours is built around your exam and the way you study.
Look inside
Flip through a few real lessons and watch the coaching for yourself. Every lesson comes in English and Spanish.
Now playing · Module 0
The mindset shift that starts everything. You are not a bad test taker.
Five lessons and your AI Test Coach, all in English and Spanish. The full plan runs eight modules.
Side by side
Here is the honest comparison between the usual review course and the way Built To Pass trains you to compete.
Any exam, any field
944 exams are built and ready, each on its own official blueprint. The strategy does not change from one to the next. What it aims at does.
A sample. 902+ more across every field Do not see yours? Search it by name, and if the blueprint is published we build it.
Pricing
Same full access on both plans. The annual plan is the better buy for anyone serious about passing.
Monthly
$29
per month, billed monthly
Annual
$197
per year, just $16.42/mo
Save $151 vs. monthly
One course, every exam you have to pass. Your access is to the method, not to a single test. Teachers needing several state exams work one, pass it, then change the target exam on the dashboard and the blueprint, practice and AI Coach repoint to the next one. As long as your access is active, there is no extra charge for the next exam.
Buying for a school, district, or association? See institution pricing.
Questions, answered straight
That is the first thing most people look for, and it is a fair question. Here is the honest answer: you can find thousands of free questions in an afternoon, and if you have taken your exam before, you have probably already worked through hundreds of them. The questions were never the part that was missing. What was missing is knowing which ones are actually on your blueprint, and why the same two answer choices keep catching you. You do get practice questions here. Your AI Test Coach writes them from your exam’s official blueprint and walks every miss through the C.L.U.E. Method, which is a different thing from a generic bank you grind through alone.
Yes. The method is exam-agnostic on purpose. You bring your high-stakes licensure or certification exam, point the system at its blueprint, and everything from lessons to your AI Test Coach aims at your test. It has been used across many fields, from healthcare to leadership to civic literacy.
Three things nobody pairs together. You learn the proven strategy for how to take a test, you align it to your exam’s exact blueprint, and you train with your own AI Test Coach linked to that blueprint. You finish by building a personalized study guide you download and keep.
No. A failed attempt is the best film you have, because it shows exactly where the test got you and what to fix. The course and your AI Test Coach turn that score report into a plan, drilling the domains that cost you points so the same traps never catch you twice.
No. Your access is to the method, not to a single test, so it covers any exam in our catalog. Teachers with several required state exams work the course once, pass the first, then change the target exam on their dashboard, and the blueprint, the practice and the AI Test Coach all repoint to the next one. There is no extra charge for the next exam while your access is active.
Seven modules and a capstone, about nine and a half hours of video in total, split into short lessons you can finish in one sitting. Every lesson comes in English and Spanish. You move at your own pace, and the dashboard tracks where you stopped so you never lose your place.
Yes. We deliver the same system as a live workshop or as licensed course access for a group, tailored to the exam your candidates are facing. Districts, colleges, and associations all run it. Use the partners page to start a conversation about cohort size and pricing.
You have the content. Get the strategy, the coach, and the study guide that turn it into a score. Walk in ready to compete, not just hoping to pass.
Built. To. Pass.
