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.

The tutors here are amazing! After everything that has been happening with the covid-19 and school…read moreclosures my child's education was something that concerned me. Being skeptical about online tutoring was a concern for me but after giving it a try my children are doing great and staying on track. They planned out every lesson for each of my children so it was tailored to their needs a plus for me was having homework help from the tutor that was assigned from their general teacher. It is a struggling time for all of us but not worrying about my children falling behind academically is worth it.

Ready to Strive Tutoring is amazing place to get your kid started. They are very professional and…read morevery helpful. My son had been struggling with math and other subjects. Since I got him in to tutoring, his very happy with his grade and is less stress. Trust me they are wonderful and great help and best thing they are very much involved with your kids school work and makes sure they understand what they are doing.

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.

We were looking for an excellent tutor to help my niece with Chemistry Honors and Pre-Calculus for…read morequite a while. Thrive Tutors really has some great tutors that love their job! Our tutor has been tutoring my niece, a sophomore at Homestead High School, for the past year and a half now. We have developed a great relationship with her, and as much as I hesitate recommending her for selfish reasons (we want her all for ourselves!), she has been so great to us that I feel this is the least I could do (I'm not giving out her name though!). As most of us know, many times students run into "academic emergencies", whether it be a quiz or exam they have the next day, project overload, or any other major school-related crisis. We've had our fair share of those, and each time our tutor has been there to save the day. I mean, literally save the day. We've had her come to our house at 9:00pm the night before an exam, with a calm, understanding smile on her face, and leave an hour later with plenty of tips and words of encouragement for my niece. My niece responds very well to her encouraging style of instruction, and always goes to her exams feeling confident after tutoring sessions. I've also noticed my niece's study habits improved dramatically since we started working with our tutor. She is a lot more organized and knows how to approach difficult concepts - something she has always struggled with. Last point - I've worked with tutoring companies where we've paid 80 - 90$ an hour for a tutor (which I find ridiculous), and this company definitely does a much better job for half the price.

My daughter needed algebra 2 tutoring and we found Dana's company on yelp. Dana sent us biographies…read moreof tutors and we immediately found one that we felt would be a good fit for my daughter. She came to our house and not only answered my daughter's questions, but gave her excellent study tips to help her pass her exam. We started working with the tutor every week, and my daughter's grades improved in every class! I decided to use the tutor for my son as well, who was in chemistry honors. Overall I felt the tutors Dana provided (our tutor left for college the next year so we got another one) were excellent, the price was very, very reasonable, and the whole process was extremely convenient. We developed a great relationship with both Dana and the tutors, and I really think it made a huge impact on my kids. Their grades really improved.

My daughter takes vocal classes and she's singing many classic Italian, French and German songs…read more Our vocal teacher recommended that she could learn any or all of the 3 foreign languages to best understand and pronounce the songs. Plus learning a foreign language helps with cognitive development. So I thought why not? It's common for Europeans to speak multiple foreign languages. So through friend's referral, I found Marco Polo Kids, a non profit org. I love their concept of combining in person and online classes. Language like any learning, but more so, requires consistent efforts. In person 1-on-1 lessons are effective but can get pricy, even though their in person classes are very reasonably priced already! We scheduled a trial class for $25, which is indeed no risk. Language Coach Simona came to our house, and my daughter (7-yr old) loved her first Italian class so much, I decided to purchase a 30 In person package and 30 online package. Marco Polo Kids Education Consultant (their customer service) recommended that since my daughter has 0 Italian experience, we do twice a week in person classes at the beginning for 1-2 months, then transition to once a week in person class and 2 mini online sessions. Simona is the best! She has a PhD in Italy with years of teaching experience. Her husband got a job in the US, so she followed him. She's soooo patient and kids friendly. She sends an email to me summarizing each class. I'm confident that my daughter can speak basic fluent Italian in 6 months. It's amazing how quickly my daughter learned. I was shocked at how much she remembered the previous class during the review in the next class. I know as her mother, she didn't even study in between 2 classes due to other school commitments. It confirmed that it's the right decision to learn a foreign language early on. It would be "a bit" harder for us adults for sure :-) And I'm so glad that my friend recommended Marco Polo Kids. I'll be recommending them to other parents!

From the owner: Marco Polo Kids specializes in customized language instruction for K-12 students in the Bay Area…read more We currently offer Chinese, Italian, French, and Persian (Farsi).

The Homework Club.... It's an awesome place for Children of…read moreall ages. Marla (owner) puts a new perspective on day care it's more then that ....it's like home away from home. The atmosphere is truely pleasant and down to earth. My daughter enjoys going to the Homework Club. The Lizarrago's

Marla gave a strong academic foundation to our daughter. She brought fluency not only in English…read moreLanguage but also understanding for Math and Science. She encouraged her in reading and also made her socially active. She excels in discipline and also teaches good manners to her students.

I am so impressed with this company. The owner, Bill is warm and friendly and is a natural about…read morepaying attention to detail. He cares alot that you receive just the right tutor. He is extremely diligent with his communication whether it would be via phone call or email. The paperwork is simple and can be emailed back and forth. He goes above and beyond the call of duty. The tutors he hires all have degrees yet their prices are not too high.

All year my son had a C in Spanish. And about 7 weeks before the end of the school year, it slipped…read moreto a 69%. So I scramble to hire a tutor for two hours a week to help him bring his grade back up to a C. He has dyslexia so languages are hard for him. I went with this company and I paid $110 a week to help my son bring his grade back up. And in the five weeks he worked with the tutor, his grade went from a 69%, to a 50%. I finally figured out that the tutor spent two hours watching him get through one homework assignment. And they didn't study for a single quiz or test. All this nonsense when they talk to you about how the tutors will work with the teacher to figure out how to best help the student is bogus. None of that happened. The tutor never told me that my son didn't have a textbook or anything. He literally just sat next to my son and took his word for everything. I am not using this company again. Beware, these are not trained tutors. This is basically a service where people sign up to be tutors and get jobs through a middleman. Wasted money that backfired!!