When you have to get your boyfriend to write a positive review then pretend they're a client it…read moremakes knowing whether the rest of the reviews are authentic or not. And if you are good at what you do, why would you have to. I almost hired Jeanie to help me with redoing my resume and consulting on what appropriate places of employment would be ideal to apply to based on the strength finder test. She did make a few changes to my existing resume, but I wasn't impressed. Thanked her but it left a lot to be desired. Red flags definitely went up when she referred to my being empathetic as a negative since Empathy is one of my top 5 strengths. Red flags because there is no weaknesses in your strengths when it comes to strength finder. That's the entire point of the system. Instead of trying to improve weaknesses in a career setting, strength finder teaches how to utilize your strengths. This led me to check to see if she was CERTIFIED by Clifton and strength finder and I learned she wasn't. https://www.gallup.com/learning/certification/en/directory - Her website states she is trained, which in my opinion is misleading. I did find a wonderful CERTIFIED coach and it's a world of difference. They're positive and upbeat and definitely know what they are talking about. I had also hired her for tutoring my son some years ago and to help my daughter with essay writing for college application. While I appreciated her help with my son, I didn't realize she hired college and HS students to tutor the kids while charging the rates that she does. More recently I hired a math tutor for my son, paying the same rate, but it was one on one tutoring, and there definitely was a difference. To each their own, but not the sort of place or person I want to do business with.

Jeanie at Finding Strengths completely changed my son's feelings about himself and learning!…read moreAnother mom recommended Jeanie last summer and my son (then 9) worked with her all summer. My son has significant learning disabilities and is falling through the cracks of public school special education which has led to low self esteem, frustrations, anxiety and even school refusal. He told me with tears in his eyes, "Mom, I'm just not a school person" After a summer with Jeanie, this completely changed! He was excited every week to go! He was excited to start the school year this year and he has been asking me monthly, if not weekly WHEN he can start LEARNING with Ms. Jeanie again! He is so excited to be seeing her again! I am so grateful that he feels so seen and supported by Ms. Jeanie and is starting to believe in himself again!

Club Z! In-home tutoring has provided outstanding services to two of my children over the past four…read moreyears. The Tutors were well prepared, had excellent teaching/tutoring skills, were reliable and absolutely worth the investment. A few years back, my son needed help with calculus during his senior year of high school. The UC Davis student who tutored him was outstanding. During this last year, my daughter receive tutoring in physics and math. Her tutor was also an excellent teacher, patient, skilled and was also kind and very personable. Rich Lee is helpful responsive and professional in all of the scheduling and business part of the operation too. I would recommend Club Z! without hesitation. Reliable. Valuable. Easy to use!

What can I say, Rich Lee is one of most amazing persons I have ever worked with. His understanding…read moreand kindness to my needs are indescribable. I am a single mother with a son that is dyslexic. Although my son is very bright, he needs extra support at home with homework in order to succeed in school. I, myself am dyslexic and I cannot give him the help that he needs. I rely solely on outside support. I contacted Rich Lee in 2012 and told him about my situation. He has been the kindest, most understanding man and is very sensitive to my needs. He sent me a bright young girl that we call Yaya. She is professional, smart, prompt, knowledgeable, humble, respectful, hardworking, caring, and patient. My son loves her and spends hours doing homework with Yaya and never gets bored. Yaya is willing to go the extra mile to make sure my son gets what he needs to keep the straight A's he is getting in school. She comes whenever we need her, even weekends and emergencies. She has become part of our family. Rich Lee seems to have a gift of pairing tutors with children. We are so blessed and thankful for coming to ClubZ! We will continue to use Rich Lee's services until my son graduates from high school. I highly recommend ClubZ! to all those struggling parents that seem to think their is no other solutions. I do not know what I would do without Rich Lee and his services. I would like to say thank Rich Lee and Yaya for all your support.

Kevin is a knowledgeable, friendly, and patient math tutor. He's helping my daughter with AP…read morecalculus. I highly recommend him.

Ahn has been tutoring my daughter in pre calculus. She was struggling and just needed help…read moreunderstanding the lessons. Ahn has been a fabulous tutor. She works with my daughters schedule and makes sure she understands the lessons. My daughters grades have gone from c- to a b +. I couldn't recommend Ahn enough. We are very lucky to have found Ahn.

I worked with Max on calculus 2 tutoring from November 2020-April 2021. I had just failed calc 2…read moreand getting a tutor was my last hope and I am so happy I found Max! Max has a ton of resources available besides your own textbook and homework. For example I struggled with topics in calculus 2 that were foundational steps from pre-cal and calc 1 - thankfully Max had pdf textbooks and resources for pre cal and calc 1 that he could easily share with me so I didn't have to waste time searching on google or YouTube for help. When I first met Max I was feeling very overwhelmed, embarrassed, and severely lacked confidence in math. After having a few sessions with him I noticed how supportive he was and how much he genuinely cared about me understanding the material even if it took hours and multiple tries for me to understand it. He never made me feel judged or less than and that was one of the best feelings. The style of tutoring that I did with max was Monday Wednesday Fridays for 1 hour each on zoom. I would listen to my calc 2 lectures & work on the homework problems and when I came a across a topic/problem that I struggled with I would clearly identify what I was confused about. Then after I identified the issue I would email max a detailed explanation of why I was struggling with this specific problem and I would attach a screenshot of my attempted work on the problem. This style of tutoring worked tremendously well for me! Because I would clearly tell max what exact problems/topics I wanted to go over ahead of time we were able to maximize each tutoring sessions together! Max is not the type of tutor who is going to do your homework for you - so if that is what you are looking for then I'm sorry. But if you are a hard worker, genuinely try each problem, take good notes, and care to learn then Max is the tutor for you :) I failed calc 2 with a D in fall 2020 semester. I re-took it in spring 2021 semester with having Max as my tutor and I finished with a 95% in the class. I could go on and on about how thankful I am to have found Max as my tutor, but if you have any questions or want to know more about my own experience feel free to email me at hannahajax7@gmail.com

Max is a real pro and I have benefitted so much from his experienced and thoughtful teaching style,…read moreskill set, and personalized approach. Not only did Max get me to where I needed to be to pass Statistics, he also showed me approaches to learning that helped me become a much more successful and confident student overall. I am an older re-entry student, and I had little confidence in my math skills which were rusty at best!. Max was able to guide me through complex material in a way that was compatible with my learning style and knowledge gaps. He did not so much "teach" me statistics.... he showed me how to approach the material and the concepts and we built a framework for learning that was very successful. Max embodies the very best skills of an experienced tutor and coach. He was with me through the entire semester step by step. We are now tackling Chemistry together. Max is a winning combination with insight and wisdom and the ability to partner with students.

We got in contact with them several months ago because my son's teacher was failing him. He loves…read moreschool and loves learning. In the middle of his 3rd grade year, we noticed that spark in him was starting to dim. You can tell his teacher was just killing time until retirement. So we made the choice to get him extra help. We were assigned Ms Cortney and she is absolutely AMAZING. He's catching up to where he needs to be and that spark in him and his passion for learning came back. He just started the 4th grade but we're continuing his tutoring. He has a 1 hour session a week and he can't wait to log on with Ms Cortney. She's very kind and patient and makes learning fun. We couldn't have asked for a better tutor.

Update 12/2024 - We recently had our first fifth grade parent/teacher conference. His teacher asked…read moreif math has always been his strongest subject... we couldn't be happier with the growth experienced in this area. Very happy to recommend Ms. Samantha Tutoring. Original review 6/2024 - We highly recommend Ms. Samantha Tutoring. She has been working with our son in person once per week for the past six months. Our son's confidence in math, his abilities and test scores have significantly improved since then. He will soon begin fifth grade and we plan to continue utilizing her services for the foreseeable future. She is patient, knowledgeable and effective.

Chris is an outstanding counselor. He helped me write my essays for UCs and the Common App and…read moresupplementals for schools such as NYU and Columbia. His organization and the information he provides about all of the schools are amazing and reduced the stress of having to research all of the small things for each school I was interested in. The way he guided me to write the essay was efficient and saved me a lot of time as I didn't have to write the same essay for another question that was similar to the last. I was able to finish my essays by August. It was a big relief and the whole process seemed very manageable with his help. His ability to provide fluidity in my writing and his knowledge of college admissions helped me especially because my writing was "impenetrable" or difficult for someone who didn't know me to understand. Besides the support he gave me with essays, he was also very easily accessible and understanding. I had his number and if there was anything that came up in the way of a meeting, I could just text him and I got a response in less than an hour. Any rescheduling of a meeting was simple and caused no trouble. Chris is a very straightforward person and gave me the support and advice I needed to write my essays. He is also pretty funny and a down-to-earth person which helped as meetings didn't come as something I didn't want to do. Chris was a great college counselor and I recommend him as his understanding of the application process and his ability to tutor and write were a great help.

I come from a non-traditional educational background, having gone directly to the US Air Force out…read moreof high school, only to stare down my UC undergraduate applications at the age of 29. Chris helped calm my nerves during the entire process. Chris is patient and has a unique talent of channeling your talents with the best possible outcome. He reassured me that my uniqueness had value. He got me talking about my achievements, made me feel proud, and helped me coalesce my thoughts into an essay that won me acceptance to Cal. In fact, after my acceptance into Cal, the admissions team asked if they could publish my personal statement to help other prospective students. Out of thousands of applications, they remembered mine! I highly recommend Chris for anyone who struggles to put their thoughts to paper for a personal statement. Thanks to Chris, my life trajectory changed in ways I never imagined. Chris has also tutored me in other areas such as Math and Writing. Learning never ends and Chris is unceasingly helpful in all aspects of my life. He is the most incredible writer I have ever met. I also plan on using Chris' services when I enter the work force after college. Meticulously written cover letters, resumes and thank you notes will put you above the rest. Thank you Chris. I am forever grateful.

Scot is an amazing tutor. He helped me in my college statistics class. He was very patience,…read moreunderstand and took his time explaining everything till I understood. He was very accessible and very felixaeble on his times he could tutor. He also had in person, at home, and Skype tutoring which was very helpful and accommodating to busy schedules. I passed the class with a great grade and it was all to Scot.

Scot has helped my 12th Grader immensely with Calculus, this year. He seems to find the problem…read moreareas really quickly, and the results are immediate. He also helped tremendously with Physics last year. Very highly recommended!!

I had a simple tutorial request. A tutor to teach basic Microsoft & how to use a smart phone to an…read moreadult living in the Bay Area. Shame ...I was unable to find anyone in the technology capital of America. One Supposedly SAT tutor actually said he was unfamiliar with technology and does not own a smart phone. Beware Thumbtack is not verifying the people on their website . Be careful...

It's not easy to find a tutor in SF. I wanted to find a tutor who is not only smart but can also…read moreexplain concepts in ways that are easy to understand. At Tutor Me SF, the tutors graduated from top tier universities like Stanford and Harvard and have track records with their students. This was especially important for me when I was looking for an SAT tutor for my niece who needed to raise her scores. Tutor Me SF recommended a tutor who scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT and really knew the tips and tricks to doing well on the math and English portions. After working with Tutor Me SF, my niece improved her SAT scores and she felt more confident going into the exam. Since then, I have recommended Tutor Me SF to multiple friends for Math tutoring, English tutoring, and even ISEE tutoring! 5/5!

Will worked with our daughter, helping her with AP chemistry. Will know the materials very well and…read morehe is fun to work with. Very organized, flexible with scheduling and know how to tutor. Can't get better than that!

My daughter needed to take a UC placement test to determine which level of statistics to place her…read morein. After one highly motivating, deeply profound session with Will she felt a deep understanding of the subject, which she had never taken. We were all amazed when she received her test score result. Not only did she test out of statistics, she tested out of advanced statistics as well, without ever having taken statistics!!! Granted she is smart but Will is a genius! As far as I'm concerned Will's fees are too low. We just saved thousands by testing out of a course! He is a jewel. Great personality. Lots of fun. Brilliant, inspired, sweet.