Think twice before engaging with Josh at TPU. His business is built around "exploding offers" i.e…read more preying on the vulnerability of GMAT students by putting in place fictional time limits to pay upfront in order to incentivize people to doll out thousands of dollars. His attitude put me off immediately and he doesn't even work with students himself.

Josh helps you get results on the GMAT…read more I had taken a Veritas course, practiced on all of their CATs and the official CATs, then went into test day and got rocked by how weird the Verbal section was. Needless to say, the 790 Veritas average wasn't accurate. In just a month, Josh saved my scored and bschool hopes by upleveling my Critical Reading and Reading Comp on the hardest standardized test questions out there from a variety of other exams, helped me hone Sentence Correction to a science and taught me a lot more math and how to solve problems with many different ways. 30 days later and I'm at the top of the 80% spread for all of my schools. Thanks!

My junior year of high school, I failed Honors Algebra 2/Trigonometry at Bishop O'Dowd High School…read more Math has always been a struggle subject for me, and actually failing the class made me lose confidence in myself. To make-up for my bad grade, I had to complete a tutoring course over the summer and finish it with a passing grade. I was sent to Michael, and that was the best math learning experience I've had in my entire life. Michael is cheerful, upbeat, endlessly patient, and understands how to teach math to students who have trouble with even basic concepts. He'll explain things from multiple angles and go over it with you as many times as you need to understand. I went from a D to an A-, which was immensely confidence-boosting. To this day math is still my least favorite subject, but if I had the opportunity to take another tutoring session with him I'd do it in an instant. For all the students out there struggling with math: It'll be hard to find a better, more patient, more understanding teacher than Michael.

I found Michael through Head Royce' tutor list when my son was in 9th grade. My son saw Michael…read moreonce a week for all four years of high school. Michael is smart, encouraging, and reliable. He tutored my son in various math classes, chemistry, biology, and physics. I've referred Michael to family and friends' children and they have all been pleased. I can't thank Michael enough as he has contributed to my son's success in high school, and now in college. The best thing is that my son really liked working with Michael!

I had the privilege of working with Ed for several years at Mid-Peninsula High School. A…read moreknowledgeable and dedicated educator, Ed was a strong advocate for Universal Design for Learning (UDL), consistently integrating research-based strategies to benefit both students and colleagues. His communication was reliable, thorough, and timely, and his work always focused on empowering students--helping them build self-advocacy skills and strengthen their executive functioning.

There really is a difference between subject matter tutoring and executive function coaching, and…read moreEd helped us realize that. if your student needs help with planning, organization, concentration,skills, and focus, Ed can really help. His patience and thorough, detail oriented approach is highly effective in teaching students the skills they need to organize themselves and plan better. A worthwhile investment! ​

My experience with InsideTrack Coaching was really cool and fun cause my coach help me a lot with…read moreall through school and everything even some personal stuff that I had on my mind, so that it won't affect my schooling or getting stressed out. My coach also help me with classes and how to overcome stress when I do finals and test for the class and it makes me feel a lot more confident when I do my class work even though it may make a little stressful, but I have to overcome that so that I can progress through my class and pass. After all of that I fell so happy that I have somebody to help me get through all of this and help me get ready for my future and my career. So student who will be having a experience soon with Inside Track Coaching get ready it really does help you a lot and make you feel really good about yourself. So get ready for a experience you will love to be in.

Des was the best student in this school in 2016. She was so talented and she always showed her…read morebest. I love this girl so much

Check em out at youtube! http://www.youtube.com/eastbayarts…read more Small learning community public high school that is changing the way education should be done! College-bound atmosphere in a very diverse community. Check out the youtube or come in for a tour.

We invested $10,000 with Steven Academy to have them assist our daughter with her college…read moreapplications. The basic agreement was Steven Huh would manage the entire process and work with our daughter to complete all of her applications. WE RECEIVED VIRTUALLY NO VALUE FROM STEVEN HUH'S SERVICES. We first became aware of our predicament when we reviewed essay drafts and recognized poor writing skills, poor grammar, numerous inaccuracies, a lack of structure and reativity. We shared some of these drafts with our daughter's school counselor and English teacher and our fears were confirmed. We communicated this to Steven Huh and received no acknowledgement of our findings. Add to that his disorganization and inconsistent communication through the process, left us unsettled. Finally, Upon reviewing his work in CommonApp, the final straw were the many mistakes, gaps and again poor grammar, forced us to take over the entire process. Our investment was a complete loss as they refused to take any accountability or offer any type of refund. BEWARE.

The classes are a variety of choices, and I enjoyed the ones I took. The teachers are talented when…read moreI took classes in college application help and in English essays. The programming is good and the administration reasonable. Was great help to me.

My 14 year old son's rudimentary skills were completely insufficient 6 months ago…read more David Plafker has turned his world around. He now gets As in math, can read a word problem and decode it into the math equations he needs to solve it, and is making it through 8th grade Algebra just fine. David is calm, caring and funny when needed, and my son has bonded with him such that he will work for far longer for David than he ever would for anyone else. All that said, David will require a time commitment to make these kind of fundamental breakthroughs. He wants to see pupils twice weekly for 1.5-2 hours each session. He needs that length of time to get a student into each new competency, and it WORKS. David uses math manipulatives and pictures when it's appropriate to help tactile and visual learners. Since he also has years of experience teaching at a Lindamood-Bell center, it's no surprise that he knows lots of great ways to use visualizing techniques in learning. I can't recommend him highly enough. I would tell anyone who wanted to help his or her child, spouse, or anyone else to talk with David to see if he can help. No matter how inconvenient the time commitment or location may be for you, I would strongly recommend him!!!

About 10 years ago, while I was extremely unsatisfied by WCCUSD's special needs program, my…read moreadvocate Linda Gellar recommended I get in touch with David Plafker. So, I did... We have a son with severe learning disability along with a host of other issues such as anxiety, ADHD, sensory issues... I was not sure if David would even consider taking in our son, but he did, and I am forever grateful to him. I had given up on the school system to be able to provide anything but babysitting services. I always knew our son could learn and so did David. For the past 10 years, David has been patiently coming up with innovative and creative ways to teach him how to read and do the math. David immersed himself in learning my child's abilities and applied methodologies that were appropriate for my son's learning style. David never gave up even after reading books by experts claiming that my son would only be able to read sight words. David is sensitive to our son's issues and he has provided him with a holistic teaching approach that encompasses sensory, auditory, speech and language, and occupational therapy. Somehow, David has been more effective even in those specific areas than any speech or OT therapists. The reason is that he is an outside the box thinker. David dedication and integrity in his teaching is above and beyond what I have ever experienced. David meets with us to inform us about our son's progress. He reads all the IEPs and reports that the school district provides. He informs us what he believes to be accurate or nonsense. He is honest and genuinely cares. Our family is grateful to have been working with David. We cannot be any happier when our son is eager to go to David. He feels confident and respected. He is 17 years old now and we hope to be working with David for more years to come. I strongly recommend David. He is truly a gift.

Brittany and Ben are wonderful tutors and mentors, excellent at teaching both STEM and…read morehumanities/social studies subjects. I am someone who needs concepts explained to me in several different ways, and they are able to adjust their teaching style to fit my needs. I also have a difficult time staying focused, and they are good at keeping me engaged in whatever I'm working on. Brittany tutored me from 7th grade through the end of high school, and has even helped me with some of my college coursework. In middle school, I was a year behind in math, and she helped me catch up by tutoring me in Pre-Algebra over the summer before 8th grade. With her help, I passed a placement test that allowed me to take Algebra as an 8th grader. Brittany then helped me prepare for the ISEE in 8th grade, which got me into my top choice school, Head-Royce. When I started at Head-Royce in 9th grade, my classes were much harder than at my previous school, Oakland School for the Arts. Brittany helped me transition more easily to taking rigorous college-prep courses. She helped me with English and history throughout high school, including APUSH. She was also my SAT tutor and helped me with college application essays. Ben helped me with math during high school, and the math section of the SAT, and substituted for Brittany when she travelled to Guatemala. Unfortunately, they don't tutor high school science, so I had to get another tutor for Chemistry. During my first two years of college (I will be a junior this fall), Brittany gave me invaluable essay-writing strategies that not only helped me write large research papers, but personal statements for my transfer applications and for applying to the Honors College at my university. I highly recommend Ben and Brittany. I'm a strong student now and owe a lot of that to their constant guidance and support. I highly recommend them to any parent who wants tutors that will adjust to their kid's unique needs, and more importantly, truly care about them.

Brittany is an amazing tutor. She started helping me with geometry my sophomore year all the way to…read morecollege admissions. She is such a hard worker, and has helped me in so many different ways throughout high school. She's assisted me in geometry honors, precalculus honors, SAT prep, college applications and so much more. Brittany has been an invaluable source of knowledge and advise, and I can honestly say that I would not have succeeded as much as I did without her help. But the thing I cannot stress enough is that she has such a enormous heart, and truly cares deeply about the students she tutors. She will go above and beyond for each and every one of her students to make sure they succeed. Brittany is honestly one of a kind, and I am so incredibly grateful that my parents chose her to tutor me.