I am happy to write this review to support AJ Tutoring! Joe and Aaron are great guys who started…read moreout as tutors themselves. They really get the business and understand the needs of both the children and parents. The have created the most professional environments and offices in many key locations of any other tutoring business. I've been to Menlo and Palo Alto. They are the best option and easily my wife's goto option in supporting the the brightest future for our kids. AJ has and was recommended by several of our friends who have sent their boys and girls to there with great results. I was fortunate enough to get to know Joe beforehand and was able to instantly see the passion he has for kids education and the care they take to recruit and train the best tutors. It takes a certain personality to be able to do this job well and consistently and their team has it!

My son had an excellent experience with Caleb Liu preparing for the ACT. Caleb is extremely…read moreprofessional, listens attentively to the individual needs and goals of the student and parent, and goes above and beyond to ensure the success of his students. He was recommended to me by a parent whom he successfully tutored with great results as well. I was especially impressed by him when there was a practice test hiccup, was super responsive in resolving the issue, and took it upon himself to do a personal makeup for my son. I highly recommend Caleb as a 5-star tutor for test prep. Overall, our experience with AJ was very positive, but there is significant room for improvement for practice test sessions. My son took two practice tests that were not well-organized and frustrated him because he had prepared for them only to feel like his time was wasted. I provided direct feedback to AJ because I was surprised that that this happened twice in a row to my son. I expected a premium tutoring service like AJ to be able to run practice test sessions routinely and smoothly because when they don't it causes additional stress and time on the students and parents. I hope AJ takes this as constructive feedback for the future.

Arthur is a great tutor He is knowledgeable, flexible…read more And caring . Very devoted Tutor . Highly recommended.

My granddaughters were having some math problems in school, grades 6th and 7th grade. We were set…read moreup with Ruby, and she is very knowledgeable, and the girls are learning more from her than their school. We have had other tutors from other companies, but they seem to favor Ruby and thinks she is the best!! Now school is much more pleasant as they feel more confident in their skills.

I began taking lessons with Irina in early 2019, after more than 20 years away from playing. To say…read moreI felt intimidated going into this endeavor would be an understatement. Irina, however, quickly put me at ease. She has a unique ability to inspire you to work harder without being intimidating. Equally important, she has helped me improve my technique a lot--teaching me to relax my hands and arms and to focus on the musicality of a piece--and the effectiveness of my practice. She is a flexible instructor, tailoring her teaching to a student's interests rather than dictating particular materials or pieces. Irina is patient and warm, with a seemingly endless optimism about her students' potential. I genuinely enjoy my lessons with Irina and only wish I had met her earlier.

Ms. Irina took my children (then ages 13, 11, and 8) on when we moved here from Boston. They were…read moreall at various skill levels but had only ever studied with one other teacher and so were a bit shy moving to a new instructor. Ms. Irina is charismatic and engaging -- she is very good at drawing out her students so that they are fully engaged in the lesson. Ms. Irina holds them to high standards, and rewards them for their efforts. She is honest and direct in her feedback to both the kids and to parents. Her piano instruction always includes sight-reading and theory in addition to pieces that the kids are working on towards performance at recital, festivals, etc. She also periodically hosts weekend games at her house as a fun way to reinforce theory. She has a contract with expectations that both parents and students sign so you know the expectations. She is great about giving lessons on Zoom if someone is sick or needing to quarantine. When I asked my kids what they think is great about Ms. Irina, they said, "She challenges you and pushes you to be better." That is a pretty great compliment from kids who say they don't like taking piano lessons.

I am a recent Wellesley College graduate who was looking for a tutor…read moreto tighten up my physical science section on the MCAT. The first time I met with Clark, I was impressed that he took time to understand my strengths and weaknesses before delving into subjects I wanted to work on. He asked me questions about subjects I thought I knew well only to find room for improvement. During our meetings, he focussed on how I learn and pushed me to understand details I previously neglected. He had the intuition to know whether I truly understood the material. Most importantly, he pushed to see if I had the knowledge required to answer MCAT style questions. His quizzing ensured that I could quickly answer questions I struggled with in the past. Not only was Clark well-tuned to the MCAT and the details one must know to get a good score, but he had numerous resources that were extremely helpful. He has very extensive and very helpful notes on practically every subject in physics and chemistry. These notes were of particular use when I was out of town working an internship in Chicago. While I was out of town, I still wanted to work with Clark. He was flexible and agreed to tutor me over Skype. We used google documents to draw diagrams in order to discuss problems. After working with Clark for two months, I already sense an improvement, not only in how much I understand the material we have reviewed, but also on the way I approach the typical MCAT-type problem. When I recently took the MCAT, I felt prepared. (I raised my score by *FOUR* points!) I cannot stress how important it is to feel prepared on your test day. Having a tutor like Clark can make a world of difference when you sit down to take the test and you realize you know the answers to the questions you are being tested on.

From the owner: I began tutoring middle-students in college as a volunteer with and later president of a Columbia…read moreUniversity community-service group called Harlem Restoration Project. Since graduating college in 2009, I've continued tutoring a wide variety of students. I have over 1000 hours of experience tutoring middle-school, high-school, and college students for classes, SAT's, AP's, and MCAT's.

Online only tutoring. My understanding is that Mr. Test Prep used to be great when he had kids come…read moreto his home. Now it is entirely online. My son (who actually does well with online learning) did the trial and felt he could do better on his own. I eventually got someone who did in person tutoring. In my experience, a lot of these online classes and tutors benefit the tutor but not the students. If you have a student who does well with online teaching, maybe this is okay. But if you want to pay big money, make sure you get results. For our family, the benefit of taking the SAT over and over was good. But not having any human interaction with the tutor or peers was not good. My son eventually scored a 1570 but with an in person tutor and taking the SAT five times.

It was divine appointment that we found Mr. Test Prep. I…read morealmost never use Yelp anymore to search for anything (sorry, yelp!) but I came on here just to see if there was any SAT prep service that could help my son. He had already sat for the SAT in his 10th grade, and had a decent 1550 score, but we wanted to see if he could improve it. Mr. Test Prep's approach and clear value proposition really stood out to me in the sea of the multitude of tutors and SAT prep services. We gave it a try, our son Ethan loved Michael's style, and format, and it was a good fit for our family's needs all around. Ethan sat for the SAT again in a few months of working with Michael, and his score was perfect. Of course, everyone's mileage may vary. For us , it was a match made in heaven :) Thanks, Michael

Eugene has been my daughter's high school math tutor for one and a half years. He was highly…read morerecommended by a close friend of mine whose son had been tutored by Eugene for more than 3 years. Eugene has a wealth of knowledge and experience tutoring high school math and physics, and truly meets the student where they are. He focuses on strengthening understanding of the fundamentals before moving to more challenging problem sets. I noticed a clear improvement in my daughter's confidence in tackling challenging mathematical concepts and problems. Highly recommended!

Eugene taught my son AP Physics 1 and did a fantastic job. He explains theorems with examples and…read morealso makes students read the textbook a lost art in today's schools. This made my son grasp principles really well. I would recommend him w/o any reservations.

My son Was a senior this year and I reached out to Cardinal Tutors and was lucky enough to find the…read moremost amazing tutor. I wish I had found him earlier. Peter did an amazing job. He was extremely knowledgeable in his area of expertise. Accommodated my son ( who had very limited time due to spots training) with the times that he was available - between them they always came up with a solution. As for the company - they make us easy to contact your tutor, payments are set up in advance and feedback is always asked for. Great service.

We have used Cardinal Tutors for over 4 years for two of my sons in different courses: Alegebra,…read morePre-Calculus, and Calculus. Neil at Cardinal Tutors has always been attentive to finding the right personality to fit the needs of my two different sons. We also found them to be flexible and understanding about scheduling. When your kid needs a session to help with a big test: they need a session! The tutors themselves have been great: well-prepared, thoughtful and on-time. At each level of math needed, we found these Stanford students to be not just helpful tutors but great mentors as well. I not only would recommend them, I have recommended them to several friends and never heard a complaint. This is a first class operation.

We had Collin for our son for 2 years on Chemistry (Chem Honor and AP Chem). Collin is the best…read moretutor we have ever had - he has heart - he gave inspiration, encouragement, patience, and coaching. He is very accessible, gives advice on studying and test taking techniques, foster subject interest to make it understandable. Our son is a non-STEM subject student, and under Collin's positive influence he got A in both classes, and did well in AP exam. It's truly "transformative". We'd highly recommend Collin to any future students!

Skilled and talented tutors, coordination and correspondence top notch. Highly recommended.read more

We couldn't be happier with the results! Daron connected us with Jillian who worked with our son in…read moreHonors Biochemistry and helped him build both his understanding of the material and his confidence in the class. Thanks to Jillian's expertise and ability to explain complex concepts in a way that made sense, our son earned an A in the class! Daron is very easy to work with, flexible and rates for tutoring are very reasonable! I'm sure we'll be working together again in the near future as our son advances to physics and sports medicine courses.

Hi Bay Area Tutors, Just a quick note to say THANK YOU! We received report cards this week and my…read moreson ended up with a "B" in Itegrated 2 math. He would not have been able to do it without the two amazing tutors we worked with. Please pass along our gratitude to them both. Thanks again! I'll be in touch for next school year and Integrated 3!

Lingling has made playing violin a long-lasting passion for my daughter. My daughter started her…read moreviolin career with Linging 6 years ago, and it is still going... Lingling strives to know her students well. She tirelessly demonstrates, corrects, and identifies problem areas until students come close to perfecting the techniques. While her disciplinary approach has laid a solid foundation, Lingling's enthusiasm for violin has helped nurturing my daughter's life-long love for music, which is Lingling's ultimate goal. She is an excellent teacher who teaches from the bottom of her heart, and I know, my daughter knows that. We are grateful to have Lingling as our violin teacher.

Lingling is a very accomplished musician, and her standards are high. She encourages each student…read moreto learn and play to the best of their abilities. From the beginning, she focuses on musicality -- dynamics and personal expression, in addition to technical skills. From her example and guidance, students learn the qualities of beautiful violin music. Our son has been taking lessons with Lingling for the past three years. He started in the summer before middle school, and thanks to Lingling's skilled instruction he was able to play in the school orchestra that fall, despite being new to the instrument. He enjoys taking lessons with Lingling very much, and her approach to teaching has inspired him to continue his violin studies beyond school orchestra for personal fulfillment and fun. He says Lingling is an awesome teacher!