Our daughter used Compass (Bay Area) for three exams during her junior year of high school: the…read morePSAT, the ACT, and one AP (calculus). Her results speak for themselves: National Merit eligibility on the PSAT, a 36 on the ACT (single-sitting), and a 5 on the calc AP. As caveats, she is extremely bright and is an inherently good test-taker, and we were proactive about selecting her tutors to match her personality and scheduling needs. That said, I had no significant complaints. Jill and Alex were responsive and worked to conform to our requests, and our daughter found her assigned tutors engaging. And she, in turn, did the assigned work. We originally found Compass via recommendation by parents of an older student who had already used them. We, in turn, have now recommended them to parents of younger students whom we know. We told them the same thing I'll now tell you: Compass isn't the cheapest option, but I suggest you use them anyway. To us, the results were well worth the expense.

I highly recommend Compass Education Group. They helped my son with the Reading and Writing…read moresections of the SAT, and his score improved drastically from 620 to 760 (99th percentile).

Stardust is a great teacher! Very patient and extremely professional…read more I live in SF for 5 year, my English is still limited and my pronunciation not that good; bad habits that I need to change. Stardust is vey flexible to schedule the classes. He provides minimum two hours clases, in one hour you don't have real time to go over anything, two hours is great and he provides worksheets to follow during the class. I highly recommend Stardust!

Stellar is the best English coach. His class really added at least 1 point to my writing GRE score…read more Stellar did a great job to keep my study intense and focus on my goal. Thank you a lot!

Sylvia is an amazing tutor who challenged my son to grow as a reader. In a short time she boosted…read morehis ability. She identified key areas in advanced coding where he needed help and mitigated them. Out of many Marin tutors we tried (at least 5) - she was the best. Sylvia had the most clear insight into his habits, strengths and deficits that could be remediated. In a short time he got better. I highly recommend her. Worth every penny (and then some)! If we have tutoring needs in the future we will come back.

Five years ago, I worked with Sylvia during 6th grade, and it had a profound impact on my academic…read morejourney. Surprisingly, last year, I found Algebra 2 to be my favorite subject, despite not being a math enthusiast. Now, I'm tutoring other students in math and even contemplating a future as a doctor. Currently, I'm working with Sylvia again for SAT preparation, and I can see how it's positively influencing my work. I can't emphasize enough how beneficial it is to work with Sylvia - she is a great and knowledgeable tutor.

My children are different learners and both were able to receive attention here. Not only do Joseph…read moreand Christine make an effort to challenge the children, they do so with the mindset of keeping their skills sharp so that math isn't something that they have to dread. They take the time to invest resources into the original methods of paper and pencil, show your work, math. I appreciate this traditional method. In a time where things are unorthodox, math should be something that doesn't change.

My child started Attend Kumon when he turned 2 year old. My child was a honor student from…read moreelementary school, Junior high and high school. My child had never missed a word in all of the spelling tests from K - 8th grade. My child graduated in valedictorian in Junior high. In high school, he had AP Calculus, AP History, AP Physics, and Honor English. He graduated in E.E. Master of Science in Magna Cum Laude. My child has continuing his education in PHD right after his MS degree. As a veteran Kumon parent, I give all these Honors/ Credits to Sunset Kumon. I know with growing up in Kumon, my child wont be the same child I have today. My Son had great learning period in Kumon. Director Joseph and staff of Sunset Kumon know my child's learning level in both English and Math. The smiles and encouraging words from Joseph and Staffs are surely heart warming when my son attended Kumon. Kumon also taught my child how to be a responsible child/ student; how to prepare himself to be ready to intergrade himself toward educational, sports and musical instrument of more. All take times to practice. Kumon gives my child confidence and comfortable zone in learning and on going in the additional acknowledgment in Education. I am highly recommend Kumon to others. Which is what I have done and will on going to do,

PEL Learning Center is a wondering place and reasonable price for kids to do tutoring after school…read more My daughter is so enjoyed to have tutoring here. All the tutors there are very patient, especially Jennifer she's a very kind person who's teaching kids. The Place is clean and good lighting. One thing I like it very much they will celebrate the birthday with kids that's very thoughtful....

My 5-year old son is currently a student at Chinese American International School. I know that he…read moreneeds to catch up with his English skills. I looked around and found that PEL in San Francisco has a great program for him because they have a curriculum designed for kindergarteners which focuses on phonograms by the Spalding Method. Since he enrolled at the Junior PEL English Language Arts program, he started to pronounce words more accurately. His vocabulary and dictation have also expanded and he is very confident now with using new words. The unique method and individualized lesson plan at PEL work very well for him. I'm happy that he has displayed so much improvement in just 3 months. Nowadays, he is motivated to learn everyday and likes to say "I love the PEL program!". Enrolling my son in the PEL ELA program is one of the best decisions that I have made for his growth.

Caroline's summer college essay group was a great way to get our student started early on college…read moreapplications. I would definitely recommend this to other parents to avoid the stress of last-minute essay writing. Especially for those early action college apps due Nov. 1.

College Prep: Caroline is AWESOME! She worked with our M.C. daughter on her college essays. She…read morewas adamant that the wording needed to be done in our daughter's voice, they had to be her experiences, and she worked and was able to bring the best examples and writing out of her. It was surprising how well our daughter's essays were, and the wording matched her grades. There were 3 colleges where our daughter had lower GPA and test scores, yet was accepted as others were not. Perhaps colleges are looking for the "entire" student, but with Caroline's guidance our daughter got there. My only regret, we should have used her for SAT/ACT prep.

I'm master's degree student in Graphic design at Academy of Art. I've been studying with Kevin…read moresince fall semester 2014. I can recommend him a lot. Academy of Art has ESL assistants but Kevin also gives me a lot of advice on content and concepts. His background is in academic topics like history, theory and research, so I get a lot of valuable feedback from him. He also gives a lot of information about US and Western culture, politics and history, so I think it improves my content in the writing and presentations. He also does grammar and structure corrections and upgrades, included in the service. My grades have improved and he has helped me improve my time management. I used to have bad procrastination problems, but nowadays I turn in my work on time and don't feel so stressed and depressed about my school. He also gives me a lot of support and I can ask him questions any time through messaging app or email. I can say you should definitely contact him for any help in grad programs here. Especially if you are an international student or from Asia, Korea, Japan, etc. Because he also knows about our education culture, Asian style and background etc. Oh, and Kevin also helped me pass the Midpoint Review, which is very difficult, and a lot of students fail it. I am sure I wouldn't have made it through without his help. Definitely contact him if you're working on degree at AAU or another art school. Update: Currently, I'm looking for a job in San Francisco and Kevin is helping me a lot. He's assisting with the process from job searching and networking to writing the resume and cover letters. Also he is helping me prepare for phone and in person interviews. So far I've gotten about 6 offers from companies. Now I'll be learning about American office culture with him before I start working as a first time employee here. Update: April 2018 I got a full-time job 2 months ago (right after graduating), so now I'm working at a major IT company in the Bay Area as a senior graphic designer. I could not have done this without Kevin's help, and I strongly recommend taking his helpful classes.

The owner, Kevin is an excellent top notch English master. I've consulted with him numerous times…read moreparticularly in the arena of paper rewrites and professional editing services for documents of all kind. Highly recommended for English Tutoring in San Francisco!

I must admit I was a bit skeptical when my daughter requested a private tutor for SAT prep. She's…read morea good student, has a very busy schedule already, and I figured she could just do a free practice test and be fine. But I was pleasantly surprised by the professionalism and quality of James Eno and his staff. They do a great job of quickly getting to know the student, identifying improvement areas, and drilling on specific sections of the test. We only had time for a few sessions between the late January and early March SAT but my daughter's scores improved on each section and by 160 points overall - a wise investment of time and $.

I cannot recommend James Eno Tutorials highly enough. James makes sure to meet you in person,…read moretries to really understand what you need, and makes you feel like you and your child are truly important to him. He helps you figure out which test is best for your child and is wonderful at matching your child with the appropriate tutor. Both of my boys worked with his tutors for SAT prep and were incredibly engaged and motivated to learn and work. Both of the tutors were exceptionally bright, wonderful with my kids, and so well prepared. James helped us narrow the focus of the tutoring to what would really benefit my sons and bent over backwards to fit a time and place for the tutoring into their lives which were already busy with school, sports and commitments. James has answered all of my calls and emails in a timely, polite, professional and personal manner. James made what could have been a very stressful time into a comfortable, seamless and successful experience.