I truly appreciate your dedication and highly recommend your team. Big thanks for helping me with…read moreSAT prep. Great results !!!

Hamilton Education has a great team of educators that were instrumental in my journey as a high…read moreschool student going to college. They not only helped me increase my SAT score by hundreds of points, but also helped me succeed on many AP exams (which paid off in college when I had less GE requirements to compete). We're so lucky to have them in our community!

Very structured and methodical approach for ISEE prep. Instructor was patient, encouraging,…read moreflexible with scheduling and helped our daughter get better at the fundamental concepts.

We have been using Carmel Valley Test Prep for a little over a month now. Our son is 7 and needed…read morehelp with practicing and learning Spanish for his immersion program. Richard has been incredibly accommodating with scheduling and went above and beyond to get us started as quickly as possible. My son enjoys his biweekly virtual tutoring sessions and has shown exponential growth and confidence in his Spanish speaking skills. His teacher has even complimented the growth that has been observed in class. I appreciate Richard's feedback and suggestions after every session. He has excellent communication. We are very happy with the results thus far and highly recommend them.

I am very pleased with the services at Elite Prep - San Diego - Pacific Highlands Ranch location…read more There are many sample tests my son has been able to take to prepare. Another great part of the center is the front desk workers. Zubeda has always assisted us and provide value feedback to all of our questions. She makes sure to take care of any question we have. I would definitely recommend Elite Prep Pacific Highlands Ranch location.

I found this place better than Hamilton college counseling. Anh Nguyen, who I sporkis very sincere…read moreand considerate. I have to change 4 to 5. I can tell you that any SAT tests results are depending on how much your kids put their time and effort, classes or tutors can only assist them. This place is very honest business. We took summer boot camp but needed to be off for 2 weeks. They gave us a credit for fall extension program. Initially I thought we still had to pay a couple hundred dollars but they changed me only $20 ( $700 value) Staff is very responsive and teachers are great. They had a Pizza party at the end of the summer boot camp to celebrate all hard work. I thought it was a nice gesture.

Allison is super helpful, professional, and informative. I called with scholarship essay questions…read moreand many other college related questions. She was informative and helpful. Can't wait to work with her for the next round of scholarships that are applied for. Blessings to Allison for all of the helpful information.

Allison was a life saver for my son! Let into the game of the college application process last fall…read morewe agreed as a family that my math/science son would benefit from some support in writing his college essays. Allison was very flexible and accommodating with our needs, working with my son's schedule and his last minute requests to meet to review his drafts. She guided him on how to organize the essay but fully respected and supported the topics he wanted to write about, which I think made for well written and authentic essays to really reveal who my son is. In this last unprecedented college application year where SAT and ACT tests weren't even considered at most schools, essays became that much more important. And with higher than average numbers of applicants, I really think my non-writing son's essays really were what made the difference in him getting accepted to many of the schools he applied to including UCLA where he will go this fall. Thank you Allison for the guidance!

Paul really helped me with SAT tutoring, and helped me break through a plateau in my score. There…read moreis no way I would have scored as well as I did without his help. Years after our tutoring sessions ended, Paul was still providing me important advice on how to succeed in college. He's very caring and obviously has the student's sincere best interests at heart. I've recommended his tutoring to any family member that needed/wanted SAT tutoring.

Paul was a Godsend for my two sons as they prepared for college entrance exams and applications…read more He was extremely knowledgeable, patient and a great teacher. My sons also benefited from Paul's guidance in the college search and application process, and his thorough knowledge of different universities and colleges and their likely fit for our sons' personalities and academic interests. My husband and I highly recommend Paul Dickstein as a tutor and guide navigating the otherwise stressful college selection, application process, and entrance exam process. He understands that every young adult has different needs for higher education in preparation for a successful life.

Is a really nice place and with great teacher here! Offer both online and in person classes, all…read morethe staff members are really nice with students too!

IvyMax has a local office in San Diego, unlike most others which are all online. All the staff are…read moresuper friendly and helpful, especially Sebastian, who is very knowledgeable and helped my kid a lot. IvyMax has quite a few student run clubs too. We are very happy and highly recommend IvyMax.

Everything! A very unprofessional attitude and business. He doesn't even like his clients and drags…read morehimself through every client

If you're a parent of a high-achieving student and you're feeling overwhelmed by the college…read moreadmissions process -- call Steven. We worked with him this year, and thanks to his guidance, our son got into 10 amazing schools, including USC's competitive dual major program in Real Estate Finance and Development. Steven helped us cut through the noise, zero in on schools that were the right fit, and develop a strong, authentic strategy. He's super organized, incredibly insightful, and genuinely cares about helping students find their place. Seriously -- worth every penny. Highly recommend.

I've come back after many years to leave this review. For context, I was briefly a student here…read moreback in 2009. You'll understand in a moment why I waited so long to write this. I took SAT tutoring here, back when the SAT had three sections and was scored out of 2400. I ended up with a 2040 -- which at the time was the ~94th percentile. I scored a 730 on the Writing section, which was the ~99th percentile for men back then. So why the bad review? I ended up dropping out and self-studying halfway through because I was treated in an extremely condescending and arrogant way by Vincent Perry. At first, I had a wonderful tutor who handled my English and Writing sections -- she was kind, patient, and professional. When she left, I was told I was "lucky" to be upgraded to a "master tutor," Vincent, at no extra charge. For context, they were charging $50 an hour at the time but paying tutors only $15 an hour. I know this because several UCSD students I knew worked there and confirmed it. Vincent started an argument with me during our very first essay review after I used the phrase "due to." He claimed it was grammatically incorrect because it supposedly referred to being "due" like a deadline rather than "as a result of." When I politely disagreed, he told me I was being argumentative. I can assure you, I was polite and articulate -- he simply didn't like being challenged. So I dropped out and finished my prep on my own. About a year later, when I was in college, I applied for a position there. Vincent sent me an unprofessional rant accusing me of being a terrible student with poor work ethic -- completely out of nowhere, and long after I'd left. Without his help, I still achieved an excellent SAT score and couldn't justify asking my parents to keep paying for those lessons. I went on to graduate from UCSB, a Tier 1 research university, taught math and computer science for six years, and later worked at Microsoft and several tech startups as a senior sales executive. I can't attribute even a fraction of that success to this place. From what I remember, the lessons mostly consisted of buying a review book, being assigned problems, and then going over those problems in class. You can buy the same books yourself for under $100 and save the trouble of being mistreated. Even though this happened many years ago, I doubt much has changed. Remember that students don't forget experiences like this -- treat them with respect and listen to them. Your students are your customers.

This is the best option for tutoring in town. I've sent my children other places and Wells is by…read morefar the best. They are professional and really want to see improvement in my kids' academics. I can truly say Wells has made my life easier.