We were very much looking forward to enroll our kid for writing help at Sylvan in Herndon. However…read morethe center staff didn't communicate regarding their absolutely little availability and no flexibility when it came to schedule classes for my kid. This was after we paid the hefty assessment fee which is now a waste of our money and time and we couldn't pursue the classes due to very limited availability. I can only imagine how it would be to schedule any make up classes. Do not recommend this center - unless you discuss the availability before scheduling the paid assessment.

Wow. I can't say enough good things about how pleasant the staff and teachers are here. Our child…read morewas struggling at the start of the school year after a rough school year last year. I can proudly say the staff and focuses learning provided at Sylvan have helped advance your child up two grade levels in just a few months. I couldn't recommend this Sylvan location more.

C2 Education has a very good marketing approach to parents and students, but the experience is far…read morefrom meeting the promised results. After 6 months of attending C2 Education in Falls Church City we realized that all you get is a tutoring oriented to solve your personal doubts rather than getting a strategic approach to conquer your weaknesses. It has been a complete waste of time and money.

Excellent tutors and staff. Helped raise my son's ACT scores greatly and helped much with school…read moretests and homework.

Please avoid this place! It is a scam business and not worth a single penny from your hard-earned…read moremoney. I attended C2 Education in Germantown for several years and had a very disappointing experience. I attended for their PSAT, SAT, and college essay help, and unfortunately did not get much out of it, and I feel bad for my parents who wasted thousands of dollars. The only good thing I have to say is that majority of the tutors themselves are very kind and are aware of C2's broken system. However, the center's manager, Angela Kim, profits off of deceiving parents and shoving $20,000 non-refundable contracts in their faces. She also claims to be a "certified college counselor" when she is just a salesperson and gives bad college advice. C2's business model is based on manipulation and guilt tripping parents and students to buy hundreds of tutoring hours and spend 6 hours a day at C2 for an unreasonably high price. They give middle schoolers SATs and when they score low relative to an 11th grader (simply because they haven't learned the concepts in school), they show this to naive parents as a justification of calling their child stupid and in desperate need of their tutoring services. When students or parents are on the fence about buying so many hours during their post-diagnostic test sales pitch, they say stuff like "well if you actually wanted to work hard and be a good student you would come here and study" which is incredibly manipulative. They also call students "severely behind in math" for taking calculus their senior year of high school instead of freshman, sophomore, or junior year, which is absolutely untrue. They will downright try to tell you that your child will be unsuccessful without their tutoring services. They also will lie about your results on diagnostic tests. I took a diagnostic SAT at C2 and scored over 100 points lower than when I had just taken the real SAT recently. When I reviewed it later with the tutor, I noticed they had marked almost every answer wrong for the writing section. This was very confusing for me because I usually score near perfect on SAT writing. When I checked the answer key, I was very confident I had actually marked all the right answers. When I requested to see my bubble sheet they claimed to have discarded it. I conclude that they either had a broken scanner or did this on purpose because if diagnostic scores were too high they couldn't convince parents to sign up for their services. Attending C2 also did not help my SAT score at all, and I continuously scored the same over months despite regularly going there. However, as soon as I quit and switched to free online resources and $20 Amazon books I was able to get a 1500+ score with ~800 on math with no problem. The C2 test prep books and diagnostic tests are nothing like the real tests, and every student and tutor knows it. The management claims "exact questions" from the C2 tests show up on the real test but that is not true at all. Regarding college essays, I had a very mixed experience. One tutor gave me good feedback and was careful not to change the main points and my personal voice from the essays. However, another one demanded full editing access to my original personal essay document and went ahead and deleted half of it without my consent simply because he couldn't relate to it. He also openly ridiculed my essay and mocked the experiences that I had talked about in it. Overall I would not have come here for essays either and got significantly better feedback from an English teacher at my school for all my essays. I urge you to send your child to a more affordable tutoring place or a private tutor that genuinely wants your child to grow and succeed, rather than here where they are trying to unethically fool you into spending more money (which actually all goes to corporate instead of the tutors). I promise you will get quicker and better results, your bank account will thank you, and your child will develop a passion for learning instead a dread for it.

Hello. I applied previously to C2Education. My resume is…read morethe same. I would like to add that I speak French and could tutor students in French. Also, my English is fluent and I can help with English Language Arts. Please TEXT me at 227 200 1252 if you would like to hire me as a French or ELA teacher. Regards, Stephanie Rhein

David Storper was immensely helpful throughout the SAT process. After struggling to raise my score…read morethrough a competing company, Prep U Tutoring provided the extra techniques need to push me to where I needed to be. Through a variety of practice tests, workbooks, and unmatched tips, David helped raise my score by more than 100 points. I'd absolutely recommend him to anyone in need of a tutor.

David Storper provided superb tutoring for my three siblings and me. He is personable, quick, and…read morehas a well organized method to improve test scores. David makes test prep as fun as it can be, and I would actually look forward to my one-on-one sessions. He will conduct a diagnostic test and only focus on the skills you need assistance with. No time is wasted. His method is unique and more comprehensive than prep books, group sessions, and other tutoring companies. My friends who went to other tutoring companies did not have as great of experiences as I did. The scores he helped me achieve got me into my top choice University. I would certainly recommend Prep U!

Art of Problem Solving AoPS is a great option if your kid has a liking for Math that is beyond just…read moregetting their homework done. They teach Math in a unique way that makes Math fun and challenging for kids studying here. The instructors are really good too - veterans in fields working with data and numbers. The facility is nice and the classes are welcoming and fun for kids. I like the individual chairs :) Course work is represented in a fun way like comic books that keeps my kid engaged. Teaching is fun and not robotic like other similar after school math courses. My kid has definitely learned a lot from AoPS and is always looking forward to the next class!

AoPS is an excellent program for children to take additional coursework outside of their school…read moreclasses or it's an excellent program for homeschoolers. The staff are knowledgable and seem to manage the classes well. My son enjoyed his experience and looks forward to future classes!

I am not familiar at all with the US system for college entrance, since I did not grew up in the…read moreUS.. I ran by chance into Harriet after my youngest son got his SAT results. She took the time to explain both of us the meaning and the implication of his scores and designed a personalized coaching program for him, taking into account my son's individual abilities, and was flexible enough to adapt to our complicated schedules. She recommended that he should take the ACT instead. To make a long story short my son improved his percentiles in the ACT test, jumping BIG from being in the 50% of the SAT to the top 1% of the ACT. I was not expecting that king of improvement. It also boosted his confidence and I am sure it will help him during college. An static parent from RM

I could not be happier with the results that Harriet and the Team at Breakthrough Test prep helped…read moremy son achieve. He has already been through months of tutoring at another firm and did not preform well on the ACT. Harriett laid out a plan to help him be successful. his score went up 7 points in the ACT which is a difference maker in the college application process. Additionally, the skills around Reading that he now has will help him be more successful in college. I highly recommend Breakthrough Test Prep!

I have known Kristin for a number of years and have worked with her company, Linder Educational…read moreCoaching, to prepare for the ACT, as well as to improve my writing composition and general academic study skills. Kristin's team possesses a broad range of knowledge, encompassing all academic subjects, as well as training and advice pertaining to strong work ethic cultivation and study skill improvement. As a tutor, Kristin is professional, reliable, and understanding. She makes a point to get to know students on an individual basis so as to tailor the curriculum to the specific needs of the student. She does her job, does not get rattled, and is a positive and inspirational influence on students. In all of my experience with her, Kristin has been helpful, attentive, and courteous. She exudes an infectious "can do" attitude that played a role in my confidence-building, leading to better performance in academics, standardized tests, and on job applications. I'm now a student and undergraduate research fellow at Virginia Tech, and I continue to use the study skills that Linder Educational Coaching originally showed me. I'm sure that without LEC's influence during my high school years, I would not be where I am now. From what I've seen in other tutoring companies, such skill and expertise is very rare, and so important. I recommend Kristin and her team without question.

Kristin and her capable team have made a significant difference for our son -- and, consequently,…read morefor our entire family. What started in ninth grade as help with study skills, content refreshers and time management skills helped us all manage a difficult transition to high school. Later, the Linder team support included significant standardized test preparation, which led to marked increases in test scores. That was coupled with support in sorting colleges that fit our son, and then coaching on college applications and essays, Most sessions have been at the Hub, convenient to our son's high school. With this help, our son has gone from struggling academically to now being in a position of receiving multiple college acceptances -- some with significant financial scholarships as well as honors and fellowship possibilities. Kristin is terrific--smart, practical and caring. So is her entire team. We highly recommend!

I studied Latin under Cary Smith for 2 years and it was one of the most rewarding and uniquely…read moreimpactful learning experiences I've ever had. Cary will tell you himself that his goal is not simply to help you pass the AP test or get a good grade on your final -- it's to impart his passion for the Classics to his students and help cultivate an appreciation for the beauty of language and the cultures from which they were born. If you choose to study with Cary, be ready to put in work -- his teaching style is not conducive to so-called 'passive' learning and rote memorization that's becoming so common in schools these days, and he'll make it clear he has little time for or interest in students who are unwilling to match his effort. Make no mistake -- it can get exhausting. You will find yourself reading dozens of lines of Latin texts a week, and he demands not only a strong knowledge of vocabulary and syntax but also an understanding of literary techniques and even a bit of historical context. That said, over time it will become natural, and you'll find yourself not only enjoying the texts you read but also hungry to engage in the process of decoding them, hunting down complex passages and thrilling in finally putting together a particularly challenging sentence. If you ever get the opportunity to study under Cary, do it. His expectations are high -- you'll have to put in as much effort in him as he does in you -- but in the end you'll find the rewards are far greater than higher grades (though those will come too!).