You're taking the love out of child care and trying to mechanize it. You can't mechanize a child's…read moreimagination and desire to play, explore, and have unstructured fun. That's an important aspect of growing up. They get enough structure all day at school and before and after school care is a time to let loose, to a degree, and be a kid. You'll never be really successful unless you can find the right balance. The Landmark Academy Director did that masterfully and you should learn from her. You're also taking the fun, creativity, and desire out of your employees. Telling them they have to follow a predetermined set of activities and, again, trying to mechanize something that requires imagination and passion, is doomed to fail. Your employees will have no vested interest in doing what's best for the children, they'll only be concerned with following your rules they are required to follow. Again, you'll never be successful with this model.

Great idea, terrible execution. This organization provides services for our most valuable assets…read more(our children) yet they struggle to meet compliance with the simplest of tasks. This information is public and should be posted at each site. Ask your daycare or before/after care provider if you can read their violations. By law, they must be posted. You'll be surprised at what you find. Families beware.

I am falling short of words to describe their poor and unbelievably unprofessional management…read more First they don't bother receiving phone calls; when I finally get through to confirm class availability, they assure me there is space after which I pay the $100 registration fee online. A week before classes are to commence, they call to inform me that they don't have space anymore, and when I ask them to refund registration fee, they say it's not refundable! I am still incredulous and trying to make sense of how they will bear no responsibility for their dysfunctional management, rather refuse to return the fee that *they* made me pay in the first place after falsely confirming availability. Unbelievable! Absolutely unbelievable!

This place was awful…read more Although RSM is a good idea and taught by relatively intelligent and understanding teachers, the language barrier makes effective communication almost impossible. Above this, there's an almost cultish air to the entire institute; the teachers are dead set on the beliefs that they have, and it leaks through in various lessons. Above this, a cutthroat environment is encouraged at RSM, where kids will be mocked for making mistakes - which I personally don't believe bothered my son more than the average of two-three hours of homework per week - at least. I've sent my son to three locations due to scheduling reasons, and he was in the program for three years until his constant begging to quit got to us. We instead got a private tutor, who he can firstly understand, but also stand learning with. In conclusion, I hope you find other schools to try first before finally resorting to RSM. Perhaps try Kumon, or private tutoring if you are capable of providing that.

We had good results with the tutors that we used esp Cheryl at Wellesley for writing. My one…read morecriticism is that it is quite expensive. They worked hard to accommodate our time restrictions. Liz C

We are proud of our son and grateful for his admission to Bentley University. However, calling it…read more"a top university with a significant merit scholarship" is an obvious attempt to inflate the outcome. A $10,000 merit award is fairly common among Lexington High School seniors. Our son's dream school was Babson College, and that was the goal we worked toward for years. After several years of working with Livius, his final SAT score was 1350. That is not a terrible score, but it is not impressive in Lexington, especially among Asian students. We ultimately sought additional support elsewhere. It is inappropriate to now imply that the entire result is solely your achievement. The core issue remains the sales process. We were strongly persuaded to purchase a large prepaid package, and were told at the time that it might even be insufficient for what our son would need. Based on that representation, we signed the so-called "non-refundable" agreement. After years of services, we still have more than 10 unused hours left. That alone speaks for itself. When we recently inquired about the remaining balance, the response was dismissive and focused only on the contract clause, without any acknowledgment of the inaccurate projections used to sell the package. Repeating "you signed a contract" while ignoring the context is not customer care -- it is deflection. Using ambiguous language to magnify results and take credit, while dismissing legitimate concerns about unused prepaid services, reflects poorly on a company that charges premium prices. We stand by our review.

Useless and overpriced service. Paid for the package throughout high school, was promised multiple…read moreinternships and opportunities-- each time, counselor never got back to us after short zoom meetings. Lack of communication was a major issue, my child was moved around among different counselors several times and none were well informed about his portfolio. Very discouraging throughout the application process, made my child doubt his ability to apply to top schools-- we went against their advice and he ended up being accepted to many. Not sure why the reviews here are so good, the ones on Reddit are much more honest. Save your money and do a google search instead, you can get the same and more information online for free.

I am a 52 year old father of three daughters. My oldest will be attending college in the fall. I…read morewas raised in Massachusetts and my father was self employed his whole life. So when I announced to him that I would be going to college, his reply was "with what, I'm not paying for it". I was a good student and got accepted to Cornell, UNLV, FIU, Johnson & Wales and The Culinary Institute. Without his help I attended a community college for my first two years of school. Then I transferred to Florida International University in Miami, which I never saw until the day I showed up for orientation. Both my parents never got a chance to attend a college and I worked full time through all four years of college. Not much of a college experience for me. So for my age group things have changed, touring campus's, SAT prep, ACT prep, Financial aid, essays, thank you letters to school visited, choice, choice and more choices, Etc. This is all a foreign language to me and having a daughter that lives in the NOW and with so many choices and decisions to make. I just can't tell you how much of an asset it is to have Larry Dannenberg coach my daughter and myself about this whole process. I know from personal experience that Larry also handles many other high school students in and around our town of Southborough and that is how he came highly recommended to us. All my daughters will use College Solutions because the rules for admissions change as do our kids from year to year. We started in my daughters sophomore year getting her ready all with Larry's help. This was something I just don't have time for as my wife and I are both self employed just like both sets of our parents were. No mistakes, lots of personal attention, Larry and his staff all very assiduous in their duties when it comes to working with your child. I highly recommend College Solutions.

I've worked at WCFK for the last 6 or 7 summers and I love it! As an elementary school teacher, it…read moreallows me to be flexible with my schedule, have fun, and continue to work with kids in a fun environment. The classes that are offered are all geared towards the kids learning through hands on experiments, while having fun. I have had more parents each year comment on how much their child loves the class and teachers, how much they are leaning (over the summer!) and want more classes offered. The office staff ensures that we are fully prepared for summer, and support us in anything we need.

From the owner: Wicked Cool for Kids is a local, woman owned STEAM enrichment company for kids K-th grade. We…read moreprovide after school and summer programs in MA, NH and VT.

My son just got accepted to his dream school. We worked with Meredith Principe-she's amazing!…read moreMeredith was able to bring fresh perspective to our thinking about the process. She balanced our expectations while adding valuable insights. She was so responsive. Her replies always thoughtful and very thorough. We came to her in state of confusion. Once we connected with her the college application process became crystalized for us. This is a challenging process-get the best advice you can. I recommend this firm for wise guidance in navigating the college admissions process. A pleasure to work with them from start to finish!

From the owner: Campus Bound counselors assist students through all aspects of the college admission and financial…read moreaid application process. We help students with college selection, essay review, completing and submitting applications, and interview preparation. We also help students through the financial aid process through a comprehensive financial review and assistance completing financial aid forms.

My son recently completed one of their online courses and he is in love. He didn't want to go to…read morebed at night as he wanted to keep going. I wish we lived closer as there are some great summer camps being offered. As a parent, I love that he is so taken with something that is educational and gives him an edge over his peers skill wise.

The instructor is super smart and very good at teaching. I owe much of my computer science success…read moreto him.

Needed to update and enhance my resume after years in the same industry. Russel worked with me to…read morego over my history and what I wanted my future employer to see. Delivered an A+ resume at a great value, While I hope I will not need his services for some time, I will definitely recommend!

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