Dale Porter M.A. In…read more2017, a relative of mine made an exclusive appointment for this gentleman's services in regards to "job coaching" expertise. Based on his flyer postings at the local Santa Clara library, we thought he seemed legit. My relative proceeded to call this individual to make an appointment and he sounded cordial, though a bit "high strung" on the phone for business. Nothing unusual. On the day of the agreed appointment, my relative ended up waiting an additional 15 mins. because he was either a) unable to identify my ethnicity or b) forgot where the 1st floor of the building was located. At the hour of appointment, he failed to show up, and neither called to apologize or make an appropriate reason as to why he was unable to show up on time. After much exhaustive texting as to his incessant late whereabouts and no-show policy, we decided he must be a fraud of some sort. The experience left my relative frustrated, and to add fire to the wood, the "Job Coach" lied about his rates for his services. He insisted he would be compensated $90 regardless of his failure to arrive to his destination on time. I do not know of this job coach's criminal background, but by the looks of things, it looks like a potential scam.

Dale helped me give direction for selecting the right path as per my skills, personality and…read moreliking.Talking to dale gave me motivation and positivity.He has rich experience in career coaching and advising which was reflected during our conversation.I really appreciate that he is still in contact with me for update and regularly send related job openings.I highly recommend him for career advice

Bryce coached me on the LSAT, and he was able to provide insights into how best to approach the…read moretest that made the studying process much less stressful, more efficient, and ultimately yielded the score I was shooting for. Because of his experience, he's able to explain how exactly to go about answering each type of question, and whenever I still struggled to understand how to arrive at the right answer, he could walk me through the analysis each time to ensure I could get it right in the future. He's well-versed in every aspect of the test and personable in his teaching. I'm confident that, in my studying, I was able to recognize and avoid repeating several strategic mistakes that I likely never would have even noticed had I not had the opportunity to walk through my test-taking protocol with Bryce.

20/10 recommend Bryce. My LSAT score improved by 10 points in a few months when it had been hard to…read moregain 2 points for over a year self-studying. Bryce is professional, friendly, and extremely effective at what he does. If you're looking to take your testing to the next level, you're in the right place.

Morgan had a session at the public library, and I was very impressed by her patience, thoroughness,…read moreand the fact that her pupil (middle / high school-aged child) became more confident and optimistic about doing math in just one session -- something that I've seen lacking in other tutors at the library (I'm very surprised at how many tutors have sessions in the library!). When he got something wrong, Morgan insisted to find out why and for him to understand the reason why as well, instead of just repeating that he did something wrong. Her pupil seemed to become a "bigger" person in a very short time -- rather than try to fight his personality, Morgan worked with it to help him grow into a better person. I learned Morgan also does ESL, I'm unsure how well she does that. I do know that she is extremely talented and competent in tutoring math and problem-solving!

Larkin got me into Law School. His no-nonsense approach and absurd expertise not only got me my…read morescore, but made the process intellectually rewarding. Prior to Larkin, I wasted so much time going through generic textbooks, rambling YouTube videos and countless frustrating practice tests. Upon our first consultation call, I could tell this experience would be different, but never could've predicted the rapid success and transformation it would bring me. Thank you Larkin!!

Larkin was amazing! I had a relatively high score, but was struggling to find ways to improve…read more Working with Larkin immediately helped me get more consistent and improve. I ended up with a 176 and would recommend him to anyone particularly high scorers looking to take the next step!

This review is about Angela Sun's college counselling abilities. Our experience was exactly the…read moreopposite of what's written here and I would give negative stars if I could !! She was an absolute nightmare to deal with and has zero emotional intelligence or tact to deal with young teens !! She preys on parent's weaknesses and has clearly understood parents would do anything for their children as long as she says things like she got admission into MIT, Ivy's and self proclaims that she is the absolute best college consultant who will make your child write the absolute best essays he can ever write !! (I am paraphrasing it but she said something like that to me in our first meeting !). She made it amply clear even before I met for the first time that all she cares about is money and nothing else ! She charged me $300 per hr saying it's "the weekend rate" - whatever that means (although her website only mentions 250 per hr ). She was laser focused on the money in our conversations and showed zero interest in knowing my child before or after the meeting. Her website says parents will get a detailed report within 24 hrs of the first meeting, and we received no such report. The first meeting was a complete disaster. She was so rude (and please don't say she is strict/tough /good etc). No - she was plain rude and not good as a counselor !! My son was so scared of her that after a point stopped answering even basic questions ! She gave as little info as possible in the session and made it laborious by asking my son to type out literally every word that came out of her mouth (all of it was just general info and nothing anyone wouldn't know about college admissions)! Despite all these negative signals, I still tried to go ahead with scheduling a few more sessions, because believe it or not, my son insisted he wanted to try her a bit more before giving up ! I wanted to understand how many sessions my son would need and in her response she had the audacity to say my child was a "non high functioning" kid and hence would probably need many sessions (being vague and open ended of course to milk as much money as possible from me) ! The "genius" in her, inferred all this about my son from just the 1 hr meeting !! Not to brag - Honestly, my child is in a highly specialized gifted track at school and elsewhere and in fact the very reason I was looking for a counselor so early on was to make sure I give him all the advantages possible and guide him using the best counselors ! She quoted a ridiculous number of hours at the rate of $300 per hr and I told her , her website states she will only need 3-4 sessions for coming up with a 4 year plan and her response was "website is outdated " !!! (can you believe that ??) Parents, please be careful when choosing a counselor. Please make sure the counselor has the right emotional intelligence, credentials , experience to deal with your child in this vulnerable yet important stage of their life. Please don't select a counselor based purely on 5 star online reviews or what these counselors say they achieved for themselves. If in your initial interactions you detect the counselor's main focus is money, and not your child or if the counselor is rude, evasive about answering your questions , please take these red flags seriously and run miles away from her/him ! I am very thankful that I was able to detect this problem early on and not expose my child to a horrible 4 year counselling experience !

I agree with S A 's review. Not great at emotional intelligence with teens. I think she's got a…read moremethod and that works for some kids, she isn't into customizing for how the child learns. I am sharing that his score went down a full 100 points after - full 3 months of tutoring with her. Worst yet when we shared this news she never responded to us again.

I received a freebie introductionary offer to attend a seminar. It was in the area of networking…read morefor women, something I felt I needed to learn more about. It was ok for a freebie course. I felt they were more women centric, which I liked. They also have coaches and management consultants that you can hire for individual consultations and intact work teams. Teaching teambuilding, communication, etc... Since I have access through my HR connections, this didn't meet a need of mine since I have personal connections with HR consultants. For a woman leader/manager/supervisor who doesn't, this would be a decent jump off point to find out more about professional management coaching.

John does amazing work and is very knowledgeable, professional and friendly…read more My apartment flooded and I had carpet and wall damage throughout two bedrooms, the hallway and living room. John came over the same day and started the job within hours of my call. He was able to restore my carpets and walls to avoid further damage. The apartment under me also had ceiling damage and he dried out the ceilings, retaped the seaming, retextured and painted the ceilings. My place looks great again...John did an excellent job!!

I do not recommend this program, especially for families seeking consistent support for children…read morewith ADHD. My son started off with a strong foundation in this program, and for the first couple of months, things felt really promising. But after the holidays, everything fell apart. We were unassigned from a tutor and left waiting on one teacher's return, while the interim tutor had no understanding of my son's needs and just gave him random, unstructured exercises. There was no communication, no continuity, and no accountability. The only meeting we had was one that I had to chase down and schedule. At that meeting, I was told we'd receive a follow-up by the end of March. It's now almost the end of April. I followed up again and was told someone would reach out. No one did. What's most frustrating is that we were sold a program that included regular performance check-ins, progress updates, and personalized support tailored to my son's executive functioning challenges. We completed all the onboarding and surveys with that in mind. None of that actually happened. The gap between what we were promised and what we received is massive, and this is after paying thousands of dollars each month. We were sold a dream: a well-rounded, thoughtful, and attentive program. What we got was inconsistency, poor communication, and a lack of care during a time my son genuinely needed reliable support. Parents, please be cautious. If you're looking for structure, follow-through, and actual accountability, I would not recommend working with this business.

Warning! Something has significantly changed with this company, and I am warning families to be…read morecareful with signing up for automatic payments or subscriptions. After cancelling our subscription, due to the issues listed below, we were told the payment would be refunded. Instead, they billed the next session to our credit card. After multiple attempts to reach someone with the authority to refund both payments, I finally called the credit card company to dispute and stop payment. Again, with many many emails and unreturned phone calls, even to the CEOs, the bank was able to settle the dispute after almost 6 months. The owners may be Harvard Grads, but something does not feel quite right, and they do not seem to be active in the business. After a year of sessions, I asked for an assessment of our daughter's progress. We received what seemed like a lot of "mumbo jumbo" of data and words, without evidence of progress that we could track. Within a week following the assessment, our daughter's tutor, with whom she had built a good relationship, was let go. With no notice, she was assigned a new tutor, and the only time slot they could offer was late Friday evening. We decided it was not a substantial value, so we cancelled. Eventually the site closed.