We did a proctored practice SSAT test with this outfit. The results were depressing, until we…read morerealized that they completely mis-scored the tests. You can imagine the initial parental panic when our kids landed in the 4th percentile. We have twins, and they both brought back the tests, which were different, even though the answer keys were the same. Spot checking the correct answers showed that they totally messed up. Plus, their scoring method is suspect. In the real SSAT, you lose 1/4 point for a wrong answer, and get 0 points for leaving it blank. In their test, it's 0 points no matter what. I have no idea about the quality of their tutoring, but given that a monkey would have scored as well as our kids, anyone's real SSAT scores are bound to go up. UPDATE: We got corrected scores the next day from NW. And according to them, apparently they do take into account blank answers in the overall score, even though it's not reflected in the reporting details. Hopefully they will have cleaned up their process.

Absolutely perfect!…read more We had an amazing experience with Nurturing Wisdom in general and with the incredible tutor, Megan, in particular. Despite a bad SAT score when she started, my daughter was able to get her ideal score at the end, even more than what was expected in the initial contract. Megan is very professional and at the same time dedicated, patient and kind. I was afraid two hours of SAT tutoring in the evening would be too much but my daughter never complained and always felt she learned something from each session. I highly recommend Nurturing Wisdom. They are all very kind and dedicated. The price is totally worth it.

We hired Brendan to help our older son with HS Spanish but quickly realized that he was a great…read morehelp across all subjects. Our MS son was struggling so we then added sessions for him. Both boys responded well to Brendan and his easy demeanor meant that homework battles eased up...a lot! We highly recommend Brendan!

Brendan is the absolute best. My only wish is that we had hired him sooner. Our son is bright but…read morenot academically inclined nor well-organized. Initially Brendan helped our son prepare for the SSATs as part of high school applications. Even with just a short time to prepare, our son did better than his first practice test and walked into the test without any fear. Brendan has helped our son better stay on top of his coursework and homework. Brendan has also helped him turn around his grades in all subject areas. And my son looks forward to when Brendan comes over (it really takes the stress off the parental relationship when it comes to homework;). Brendan has had a truly positive impact on my son's relationship to learning. Brendan always goes above and beyond. For my son's first finals week at high school, my son would sometimes give Brendan a late night call - it was more to calm his nerves than truly review materials but Brendan was always available for him. When my son got a last minute acceptance to a high school, Brendan came over on a Sunday to talk him through the decision. When personal tragedy struck our family, Brendan was there in case my son needed to talk about it. Brendan is really caring and meets the kids where they are at emotionally as well as academically. Brendan also understands the school system and has helped us understand how we might tap additional resources to help our son. I highly recommend Brendan to everyone.

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.

Highly recommend Tutor Corps! We had a great experience working with Alyssa to find a tutor that…read morematched our son's needs. Julian has been an awesome tutor and has been very engaging and supportive for our son.

I started using Tutor Corps for my son in June 2020 (for his 2020-21 senior year in high school)…read morewhen they acquired Meyers Learning Center. I was very happy with Meyers and doubted that Tutor Corps could be as impressive but they proved me very wrong. The staff is very professional and incredibly responsive and the 3 tutors that my son has used have all been amazing! Most recently during the Fall 2021 semester, my son was a freshman in college and studying in Greece and needed tutors in Biology and Chemistry to help with midterms and until the end of the semester. I frantically e-mailed my contact at Tutor Corps late on a Sunday night and I heard back Monday morning and my son had a Biology tutor and a Chemistry tutor by Tuesday! All of his tutoring has been online but this has worked out really well, especially with the time difference in Greece and soon to be Boston. My son already knows that he'll be using his Tutor Corps Chemistry tutor for Organic Chemistry next fall! Tutor Corps is amazing! One on one tutoring is invaluable and without question worth the price! It is a huge relief to have such a wonderful partner in my son's education! I highly recommend Tutor Corps!

Personalized and personable tutoring service!…read more While studying for the GRE, I was struggling a lot in the qualitative reasoning sections. After trying various services such as Magoosh and Manhattan prep, nothing was really helping me learn the material. Marty sat down with me and walked me through each and every problem, even illustrating the problems for me on paper, to help me conceptualize the math problems. Because I am a visual learner, Marty was able to effectively cater to my individual style of learning. Aside from his teaching methods, Marty was incredibly patient and clear in his explanations, and was able to calm me down anytime I felt overwhelmed or confused. I would definitely utilize his services again, and would recommend him to any learner of any age!

Updating to 5 stars…read more I don't want to give Marty all the credit here :), but I got into every single business school program that I applied to (2x MIT, and HBS). The essay that I worked on with Marty was a topic in every single interview that I had. Looking back, I'm honestly proud of the story that I was able to convey in my essay with Marty's help and I would happily recommend him to friends/family.

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.

Dominic from Whiz Bees Tutoring has been tutoring my son for more than a year and a half. He is…read morepatient, committed , reliable and uses strategies to suit each kid's needs to achieve success. His perseverance has helped my kid learn where others would have given up. Great tutoring!

Dave tutored me when I was younger, and I don't have one bad thing to say about him. He's patient,…read moreand is truly committed to his students' success. Not only did I always struggle with the material I was learning, but I also never enjoyed school. Dave helped me gain the confidence I needed in the different subjects I was taking by teaching me alternative ways to approach my individual learning style. He is total 5 star service!!