I'm sharing this with a heavy heart. My son attended an iD Tech summer camp in summer 2025 and…read moreexperienced an assault from 2 other campers. He reported what happened to a counselor, but no action was taken to protect him, and the counselor failed to do his job. He didn't inform the camp director, though the director was aware there were other concerns with those 2 campers as they kept going into my son's room which I shared with her. As parents, we were never notified until my son finally felt safe enough to tell us last month. When I contacted iD Tech, I was put in touch with Kimberly Frinell. Initially, she seemed sympathetic, but communication quickly became sparse and then stopped altogether. It now feels like the company is hoping we'll just go away. This experience exposed serious gaps in training, accountability, and most importantly child safety. There appears to be no reliable system for incident reporting, escalation, or even contacting counselors from previous years. For a program this expensive, the lack of care and follow-through is unacceptable. id tech isn't a safe environment for children, and the way this was handled after the fact was deeply disappointing. I would strongly caution parents against sending their children here, and caution anyone considering working for them to think twice.

Our son did the Battlebots camp at UCSD. He did the day program, not the overnight program…read more Pros: He said the lunch was AMAZING, the actual Battlebots portion of the camp was fun and engaging for him but that this was only about 3 hours of his 8 hour day there. His instructor gave out heartfelt certificates at the end that showed he cared about and knew the students. Cons: While we signed him up for Battlebots camp, he spent ~3 hours a day playing Roblox and other computer games as part of his day (all the kids in his camp did). Additionally, his camp shared a room with a Roblox programing camp which he said made it hard to listen to his instructor because the other instructor was also teaching in the same space. (We went in the rooms, they are not large - they were smaller than his elementary school classroom).

My kid went through Mr. Hulls program back in 2008-2010, so this is a very late review. However, I…read morehonestly felt that he and his program had helped my kid greatly. It did improve his scores and he was able to get into a very good school, and eventually got into a very good law school and received his JD. Now, he works for a high tech company and their stocks have gone through the roof. Mr. Hull was a little stiff at times, but I think that is from him taking his job seriously.

Did not help in any admissions. Child got into all the schools that Ivy Review did not help with…read more The schools Ivy review helped with, student did not get admission. Essay feedback was not personalized enough, very generic advice. Needs more 1-1 sessions of actually doing work, case by case basis, not just general admission strategy. Would not recommend.

We went there and took a test. The staff were professional and kind. They emailed us with reminder…read moreand give my child a gel bead pack to reduce pressure. The entire experience was pleasant and smooth. It totally made my day.

I can go on and on and on and on about how resourceful, compassionate, loyal and awesome Jana…read moreParker at MBD is...BUT I would like to share how truly brilliant Carlin Graveline is! Carlin is MBD's speech/language pathologist, who also specializes in early literacy, can you say WOW!? As a Momma bear, I have searched high and low for someone like Carlin. We previously had a SLP and a special education tutor (who we still love dearly) but Carlin is both of them combined into one! She is a "one stop shop" if you will. Given her educational background (PhD student), extensive experience, and her ability to connect with my kids, she has been a dream come true for us! My kids are understanding AND comprehending the connection between speech, language, reading, hearing, and writing because of her! Thank you Jana and Carlin! You're both such beautiful souls who have given us so much of your advice, guidance, and sincerity!

Art of Problem Solving is the company that produces Beast Academy. It's excellent! While we haven't…read morebeen to the in person location yet, my child has been "playing" her Beast Academy game online and it has helped so much to improve her math grade. We love it!

My daughter took summer math camp at Santa Clara campus. It was two week camp, but teachers changed…read more3 times. The topics are very broad and do not provide any good preparation for future classes. Moreover, there was bullying among students which was not properly addressed but the teacher and administration. It was waste of valuable summer time and money. Do not enroll your children in the summer math camp classes there.

This place is amazing! I was a terrible student coming out of eighth grade, but now, I have a great…read moreplace to work, all the help I could ever need, and I have the healthy study habits to help me all through college. Thank you All Minds Matter! -Satisfied 9th grader.

My daughter has been attending Campbell Kumon center for the last 4 months and I already see…read moresignificant improvement. She has doubled her speed in the tests for addition, subtraction and multiplication in just 3 months! This center goes an extra mile (compared to the West SJ center, where we went before) to chart the progress and provide additional resources to stimulate learning. Rich (the owner) is very friendly and personally involved in each student's progress. One other unique thing he did was to put my daughter on a fast track program since she started Kumon a bit late (in middle school). She will soon catch up with her grade level and hopefully be beyond it in the next few months. No other Kumon does this. They keep you going for years at a slow & steady rate. I could not be happier!

I like the progress my kids are making at this Kumon! I am a working woman and don't get to spend…read moremuch time with my kids. With kumon taking care of their reading and maths, I get to spend time on fun activities with them. Best part is that kumon can be made fast paced during vacations and slow paced when kids have more work at school. It is flexible work wise and schedule wise. Richard is always very supportive and motivational. Thank you Kumon!

My son attended Code With Us camp last week and absolutely loved it. He enjoyed it so much that…read morehe's going back again this week! He already spends a lot of his free time coding in Scratch and is currently learning Python, so finding a program that keeps him engaged isn't always easy. The instructors did a fantastic job making coding fun, challenging, and exciting. If he had his way, he would spend the entire summer there--that's how much he enjoys it. We've been so impressed with the program and highly recommend it to any child who loves technology, coding, and creating.

Our 6-year old spent a week in a coding camp and absolutely loved it. It was his first introduction…read moreto programming. We were prepared to pick him up early as it seemed unlikely that a high energy kid would be able to sit for three hours straight. Well, we were in for a surprise: our son stayed for full three hours every day. The instructors were very patient and had a good balance between friendliness and strictness. Our son learned a lot of computer skills, built several games and said it was his favorite class ever )) And asked to be enrolled into weekly classes )) Looking forward to his next steps in this wonderful school!

Below is my experience and the only reason I write it is to help others understand what they MIGHT…read moreexpect. I do not get paid in any form in relationship to dyslexia. We have tutored our child starting KG with several personal tutors (1-year each) and in a Sylvan Center (I reviewed it too). Our child also went to Reading Intervention specialist at public school. He read out loud to us every night for several years. In addition we read to him endlessly starting at infancy to the age of 9 (to give you an idea - I personally read 5 books of Percy Jackson when he was in 3rd grade), however it was not sustainable, he was falling behind in development, public school taught nothing, we were desperate. In the middle of 3rd grade (age 9.5 - years old) we felt something must change. We stopped private tutoring, enrolled into a new school for the 4th grade and in March of 3rd grade my spouse started tutoring. While public school had no homework, we did tutoring March - August 3 times/week. The new school has daily HW, so we now tutor San and Sun only, not ideal. Our son has almost classic dyslexia - reading is a problem and it spills out into other parts of life; nothing is easy and fast. We're less than a year into Barton and finishing level 6. Considering the cost and time investment, it is 5+ stars. Susan's instructions are very detailed. It is much better that the non-dyslexic parent does the tutoring if you don't go to professional, however I feel that while not ideal, even dyslexic parent could do it. It is a Material Sacrifices on your part, but it is very realistic to do for everyone, even for working parents (both of us have careers and another child). Today (end of Jan, ~ 10-11 months into Barton) our child read to me a chapter from "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", which is a book they read in his literature class right now. If you check Lexile, GRL, DRA, it's approx 5th grade book, but clearly advanced 2-3rd grader can read it. Our son is in 4th grade and attends private school. The reading was not fast and not similar to Audible, however it was not painful to listen to with very few errors. Unfortunately, our child still doesn't enjoy reading and his spelling is poor (that is consider that his school teaches very advanced vocabulary), however I feel that Barton contributed to our child being able to read long words. He knows how to break the words down and the rules to read them. Daily practice is helpful for short words to remember. I feel that reading for children is an extremely critical skill. If the child can't read, the development is not happening as it should. Since there is not enough time to do everything we want to do, we also use Learning Ally (Susan Barton helped us with) and kindle (with Text-to-Speech) feature. Our son wouldn't read Harry Porter on his own; it is too hard, but he can listen to it, which might not be the best thing, but much better than what most other 10-year olds do in their spare time. We made many mistakes with our child. If I had to do it again, I would have started Barton in KG or 1st grade the latest. I also regret not looking into Armstrong (or other) schools. We were very set on going the public route, which was a significant error. Public schools know nothing about dyslexia. I also didn't suspect that I might have learning disability, so we never suspected our child would. We're also currently investigating the issue with vision. I think our son gets tired much faster than he should and tests seems to confirm it.

Jeanine was instrumental in helping my son get through the college application process. Her…read moreclear-headed approach and attention to addressing his specific needs and questions made the difference between the process being stressful and overwhelming to it becoming manageable and thorough. I'm convinced that her assistance in his writing a final essay for the wait-list of his top-choice school was a key reason he got in. I would highly recommend using Jeanine at Potential Academic Solutions to navigate this very important step in your child's future.

My daughter used Potential Academic Solutions last year. The college application process is…read moredaunting, and it's difficult to know where to start. Jeannine was very good at helping her identify majors to target, and schools that would be the best fit. She was instrumental in keeping my daughter on task and updated all through the process. She helped with the various personal statements that were required. She took a scary process and broke it down so that it was manageable. My daughter and I were very pleased with our experience with Potential Academic Solutions, and my daughter is looking forward to start at her 1st choice college in the fall.

Scott is a very positive person. From the initial consultation to the in-home visit, he was…read moreattentive, professional, a great listener and created a sense of trust right away. He took the time to understand our concerns as the school system can really be a lot stressful. He responds to emails quickly which makes the communication a lot easier and reassuring. We look forward to working with him through the IEP process. Highly recommended.

Navigating the school system can be intimidating, but Scott gave us our voice. He is professional,…read morecalm, and super responsive. He helped us secure a solid 504 plan as well as crucial Home Hospital instruction for our child that was so crucially needed during his recent post surgery recovery. If you need someone to fight for your child's education, he is the person to contact. We are so thankful to have met him!