Customer Service really sucks here. I contacted IYE regarding their college counseling services…read more it's been days and no one replies. I"d really appreciate it if they'd respond to my request. By all means, AVOID THIS PLACE !!

My daughter is an avid reader. She really enjoyed having Dr. Wilson for 3 years during high…read moreschool. This is after she had tried 3 other private tutors. My daughter does not have a shortage of ideas, but organizing her ideas into a powerful essay can be a challenge. Dr. Wilson was very patient, asking clarifying questions and leading my daughter to think critically to focus on her thesis, to organize her thoughts and to produce great essays. As parents, we love to see how well my daughter responded to Dr. Wilson's teaching method and her artful integration of many historic events into teaching English writing. My daughter has received A's in her honors English and AP English classes. We trust Dr. Wilson so much that we made special requests to Dr. Wilson to proofread my daughter's college application essays as well as post-graduate application essays! Dr. Wilson is the best English tutor we've had and we highly recommend her.

Eldest went to Ningxia with Ivymax. Honestly, best summer spent yet! Trip was packed with hands on…read moreactivities. She went as part of micro finance P2P group and she got to interview rural farmers and experience their way of life. The student groups had the responsibility to conduct a financial analysis of candidates and pick the best candidate for a loan. Trip not only helped daughter but also the rural economy. This trip also helped daughter strengthen her Mandarin skills as all the interviews of the villagers are done in Mandarin (of course). She got to experience a totally different culture and environment. China is not all uniform and she really saw that through Ningxia. All in all great opportunity! Definitely recommend!!!

Merit definitely helped get me on the right track to where I want to be. Susan is incredibly…read moreorganized, understanding and she'll work hard to find a plan of action that best suits you. She helped me choose the schools that were right for me to apply to, made sure my application essays were excellent, prepared me for college life and workload, but most importantly, she helped me figure out who I am and where I want to be in the long term.

As immigrants, we were looking for guidance to help our daughter navigate important aspects of the…read morecollege preparation process--course selection, essay writing, extracurricular activities, summer internships, and everything in between. As parents, we felt unsure and somewhat confused about how to guide her through these areas. We are very glad that we found the right support through UPI. The team consistently goes above and beyond to ensure that students receive the help they need. Their guidance has added tremendous value by helping our daughter for summer internships and program's and take a more holistic approach to choosing the right academic path and future career. Thank you to Mr. Gupta and the UPI team for your dedication and support.

My family joined UC Eazy / Upward Path in the summer of 2022 when my son was a sophomore. We were…read morepaired with a wonderful counselor, established a steady meeting cadence, and felt confident in the early guidance around majors and future direction. Right before my son's senior year, we learned that our counselor was leaving and we would be reassigned. From that point on, the experience became inconsistent and stressful. With the new counselor, few colleges were recommended, there was no meaningful progress on identifying academic interests or majors, and tasks like resumes and essays were discussed but never initiated. We found ourselves taking over major parts of the process, including researching colleges, managing the Common App, and trying to understand the UC Application timeline on our own. Important elements such as financial aid strategy, the CSS Profile, FAFSA timing, and college list strategy were unclear. Communication was intermittent, meeting notes weren't provided, and despite being told we were "on schedule," we frequently felt confused, rushed, and unprepared--especially when urgent requests from the high school counselor surfaced. My son also felt a lack of partnership with the new counselor compared to the strong relationship he had earlier. By application season, we felt uncertain and overwhelmed. My son applied to several universities, some aligned with his interests and others not as clearly, and the overall process felt rushed and more difficult than it needed to be. Today, my son is a sophomore at UC Riverside majoring in psychology and has recently submitted transfer applications to other UC campuses that better fit his goals. When Upward Path asked for feedback, I shared my concerns. To their credit, they listened and offered complimentary support for my son's transfer applications. This gesture was genuinely appreciated and helped him feel more confident in his essays. In summary, our experience began strong but became turbulent after the counselor change. Although we appreciated the effort to make things right at the end, the overall journey was more stressful and uncertain than we expected.

I am so grateful for the support and insight that my family has received from Green Ivy. Ana and…read moreBrandon worked remotely with my college-aged son to help develop his Executive Functioning and to provide structure during a challenging period. Using weekly Zooms with Brandon, my son's organizational and planning practices improved significantly (with an accompanying boost in GPA). Ana also provided helpful support and resources to me as the parent. We truly appreciate their expertise and support!

Inability to get work done on time, procrastination, mild depression as a result of being unable to…read morecope with school/ school work and constantly feeling overwhelmed were the classic ADHD symptoms that our child has faced in the last few years. As a way to support them with school work we approached Ana to see if she could help. She came highly recommended by our medical care providers and I had heard a couple of her talks. After a brief consultation with Ana, I was sure this is the type of support we needed. I am so glad we made the decision to send our child to Green Ivy. After just two sessions we observed that our child was allocating time every day for certain tasks, and had developed a sense of control over their schedule. After just a few months of Green Ivy their grades are the best they have been. Although grades were not the driver for us parents, the improvement in grades has done wonders to the fragile/developing self esteem of our teen. There is a sense of joy in going to school, learning new things at school. I have seen them get work done on Saturdays so they can spend time with friends on Sundays. School is no longer a drag and they have developed an air of confidence that is such a joy to see as a parent. I had not realized the extent to which executive functioning coaching can help a child like ours. I have no ambiguity in thought regarding that now. Without a doubt, Green Ivy has been the link between our child's high functioning brain and success at school. Green Ivy has been life changing for our child and therefore for us!

The results said it all. My daughter was successfully admitted to all of the schools she applied…read moreto. THANK YOU, HS2, for guiding us through the entire application process. JoAnn ( our counselor) was so amazing, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. She made the most hectic application experience feel like a breeze. We were well organized and focused from the get go!!! As a parent, I highly recommend HS2. It's definitely money worth spend knowing that we received professional guidances at any time we needed. My daughter also found the homework club extremely helpful; it was a great resource throughout her high school years because she could always get quality help whenever she needed.

I hate it soooooo much. Makes my kid do so much stuff, doesn't care about my kid at all, piles my…read morekid with stuff, gets personal in a bad way and just wants money

The bullying my daughter endured for an entire year was awful!…read more This RSM Sunnyvale II location failed to provide a safe learning environment for my daughter. She was repeatedly bullied all year from F you notes to being called names like "stupid" and "loser," thrown objects at her head, even physically shoved and scratched in class -- and the administration has done little more than offer empty apologies or shuffle kids around. What's worse is that her teacher Ms. Natallia blamed my daughter when she's the one being harassed. At one point, her drink was knocked over by a boy throwing something at her, and they blamed my daughter for having milk (which was in an enclosed container) on her desk. Well maybe that's why you shouldn't allow throwing things in the classroom? Her teacher even called my daughter a liar in front of the whole class, which I know my daughter wouldn't lie about something like this - complete lack of integrity and unprofessional. We raised these concerns multiple times, and while the principal responds politely, there's been no meaningful change as it kept happening over and over again even after moving the bully. If the boys feel empowered to repeatedly bully the few girls in the class, that means they have zero respect for the teacher and principal as one boy even told my daughter he doesn't care if we told the principal and immediately continued to harass her. The class was habitually out of control, poorly supervised, and an unsafe learning environment. My daughter would come home in tears, and hated her experience except when there was a substitute teacher. No child should be subjected to that kind of classroom environment. We paid so much for this premium service, and it was the absolute worst afterschool experience we've ever encountered. Teachers and leadership have a responsibility to not only teach the content, but proactively foster an environment of respect and safety. We decided to transfer to a different location where the teacher came highly recommended. Due to this horrendous experience, we absolutely cannot recommend this location at all.

I just want to chime on the bullying issues at all RSM locations and explain where they came from…read more The owner who started this franchise - Ms Rifkin - created and normalized a toxic culture right from the founding of the school. I observed it in her classroom for example how one abusive but popular boy was openly bullying, tormenting and harassing another quiet student who was minding his own business quietly doing his schoolwork - repeatedly day after day in front of the RSM teacher - and instead of removing the harmful student and correcting his behavior, the owner removed his victim saying there was something wrong with the victim and she did not want him in the classroom. The reason was Ms Rifkin needed the popular student to attract other kids, and her priority was making the school popular - not making it safe for everyone. She would not monitor, discipline or remove bullies, but promote and praise them within the school community she built. She would pit kids one against another, blaming the bullied kids for having something wrong with them for wanting to come to her school when nobody was friends with them - basically blaming manufactured exclusion the kids were doing on their victim. She would create various situations to sabotage, humiliate and publicly demean kids - create this toxic power structure. She didn't care that the popular kids who formed the core of her group were bullies and harmful to others as long as they attracted other kids to come. The kids that were bullied were not really empowered to stand up for themselves and were sort of told that they deserved it because they were not good at math or were not popular. She is a toxic, emotionally abusive, manipulative woman who plays on people's feelings and provides an unsafe atmosphere for their kids. She passed this culture on down to her staff - most of whom she personally bullied by cornering them and yelling insults at them - a behavior not acceptable in American culture, but in the abusive Soviet culture perhaps common. The RSM school community in my experience is not a healthy or respectful community and it is literally dangerous for some kids to be there. When I was at her camp, she walked around telling the bullies to grab random girls by arms and legs and through them into the lake unexpected a practice she called 'dunkin'. This made some girls crave being thrown in the water as a sign of being chosen - not a healthy dynamic at all!!! It created a culture of fear and 'might makes right,' where popular kids and counselors could openly disrespect, demean, harass and bully other students without any repercussions like it is normal, in fact, they seemed to do as a cultural norm! Be mindful that your kid is learning that being disrespected and emotionally manipulated and harmed by their teacher, counselor or another student - to be a norm which will have repercussions down the road. It is essentially a culture of hazing.

Christine really pushed for Priory when helping us select a right fit school for our child who is…read moreacademic, athletic, kind, extroverted, personable and social. She made no mention that out of a class size of about 80 12-17 of those kids would be international boarders, primarily from Asian countries who often reclassify when they enter 9th gr. Another thing she left out about priory is it draws a fair number of Asians frompaloalto and losaltos hills. She also failed to mention that it is known for being open ti accepting the quirky and socially awkward kids. My child is none of these things. I think she needs to update her info on each high school to more accurately reflect their current student body, not the one her daughter experienced at Priory 1-2 decades ago.

Our child was recently admitted to their dream high school. It would not have happened without…read moreChristine's abundant knowledge, professional advices, and personal support to our child and to us as parents, throughout the entire HS application season. It would be a cliché to call the result the icing on the cake, but we truly value the application process working with Christine just as much. She led our child through the reflection and self-discovery as a 13 year old middle schooler, which will no doubt benefit them far beyond HS application or HS. As far as we know, there is a great collaborative relationship between her team and the Keys school team led by our head Heather.

When I first reached out to Inno- V for college counseling service on college transferring, they…read moreimmediately scheduled a call with. While most college consulting business won't actively work with you until you became official client, my experience with Inno-V went much beyond the expectations. Rather than typical business relationship, the educational consultant I worked tried to be your best friend and get to know your character to help you become better in academics, experience, and daily life. He would always actively help me brainstorming for my essay prompts. In addition, my consultant was always there for me when I needed help. I was fortunate enough to get acceptances from UC Berkeley Haas school of business, USC Marshall school of business, Emory university, Boston university and all UCs. I would say that I won't be able to get into all those elite programs without inno-V. I highly recommend working with Inno- V counseling because their professional and experience in the industry will prepare you for your future.

I have been working with Inno-V since beginning of 10th grade year. They have done exactly…read moreeverything I hope to get the support during my high school years. My college counselor is very friendly and knowledgeable. He's able to guide me with specific concrete plans, from recommending outside courses to further my GPA to finding extracurricular activities and summer programs that gear toward my interests.   Through my college counselor's guidance, I was able to choose a major pathway which is what I want to do in my life - nursing. The whole process for nursing program was very competitive, but Inno-v was able to help me with the whole process, from building a college list that matches my preferences and profile to help me write the most compelling personal college essays to all the strategies and tips along the way.   I'm happy to say that I got into my dream school Case Western University Reserve for the Nursing program. I'm grateful to have the opportunity to work with Inno-V!