This is the place to go if you want to learn. Rule of thumb. Do not screw around and not do any s*** that waste the tutors time. This place is for kids that want to learn and succeed anywhere, anytime, at the top of their class. If you don't want to do that, then this isn't the place for you. If you work and study, everything here will be good...Letter from Duc Dinh to all
"Hello students! I hope you all have enjoyed your first few days at Duc Dinh Center. I'm sure you all can tell that we are here to ensure you will be fully prepared for the upcoming grade level. Last week should have been a thorough, but simple review of the previous school year. If the concepts covered last week were new, then your teachers from school have failed to teach you everything you need to know for the upcoming grade. Here at Duc Dinh Center, we do exactly what we say without any gimmicks. Your curriculum is based on the TEKs from the Texas Education Agency and is taught with the best materials from both public and private schools. In essence, you will go through every relevant topic in Math, Reading, Writing, and Science or the high school subjects you are currently learning. Our SAT/ACT class is one of a kind and is the reason we have developed so many successful students on those exams. Duc Dinh Center received 6 students who scored in the 99th percentile on the PSAT/SAT, as well as 1 perfect score on the ACT. We begin preparing our students for these exams as early as 6th or 7th grade. There's no question as to why our students consistently outperform their peers. With that said, success only comes with a significant amount of work. As the person who created Duc Dinh system, I truly believe that INPUT=OUTPUT. Success is the result of integrating hard work, time, and commitment with an excellent curriculum, educators, and materials. Here at the center, we eat sleep, and breathe excellence, and will gladly accept any challenge from ANY other facility. As far as I'm concerned, our record of success has proven that we tower over our competitors. Many have tried to imitate us; however, cheap imitations simply cannot surpass the original. As a student, I was extremely successful. My wish for you all is to be just as successful, or even more successful, than I was. Throughout the course of the summer, you will be challenged to learn many new topics. More importantly, you will be challenged to endure all of the test preparations that we have put so much time and effort into preparing for you. To me, this is the Duc Dinh difference. We teach, we quiz, we test, and then we test-prep until you are ready. The formatting of our test-prep system is what distinguishes us and has brought us to where we are. As our student, you will have to push yourself through the challenge of a heavy workload and excruciating test-preparation. Sometimes, you won't see the results of what we're doing for you until a few years later. Always remember that at Duc Dinh Center, we DON'T baby-sit or waste time like at the other centers. We use every minute of our time efficiently. You are here because you want to be the 1%. We're here because we can make you the 1%. If you're planning on beating 99% of the people out there, then you must work harder than the other 99%. I treat many aspects of my life as a competition, so I've worked extremely hard to ensure that I don't lose in anything that I do. It gets tiring, but the feeling of winning is invigorating, and I love it. I got to where I am through a lot of hard work, late night studying. and proper test preparation. You shouldn't trust your straight A's too much because that only means you are doing well in comparison to the 20 or 30 kids in your class. Test preparation is so much more important because it compares you with all the students of your age throughout the State of Texas and the United States. At the same time, don't throw all your eggs into volunteering and extracurricular activities. If you don't make it through the GPA, class rank, and test scores stage of college admissions, no one will think twice about all your volunteering events and activities. Numbers always come first! If you refuse to stay up all night to study, then something isn't right. If you're not tired from studying all the time, then something isn't right. If you study the same way everyone else studies and put out the same amount of effort, you will not perform at the top of your class. You have to dedicate more time than everyone else in order to rise above them. It's not easy getting to the top, but it's certainly possible if you use the appropriate time and effort. There are so many scholarships and programs available to those who do well in school. My friends and I have always said, "If you're smart, you have options. If you're not, you take what's given." You really only have up to the first semester of your senior year, which is 7 semesters total, to achieve the highest grades and test scores to send off to colleges.... read more