After working with Ju for over 1.5 years, I can confidently say she is by far the best Chinese…read moretutor I have ever worked with. Her attention to detail, genuine passion for her students, and thoughtfulness in preparing every lesson are incredible. Ju takes the time to understand each student's unique needs and learning style. She goes beyond simply teaching vocabulary and grammar to build a deep, lasting understanding of everything from pronunciation and grammatical sentence structure to pattern recognition. She ultimately creates a personalized lesson and learning plan that works for students of all ages, backgrounds, and experience levels. My progress from working with Ju has been incredible, and the results are very tangible. She has identified my weakest areas and focuses on helping me improve where I need it most. She is also incredibly understanding of how much time a student can realistically dedicate to learning in any given week. I can genuinely see how much our lessons have paid off in my ability to use Mandarin in real-world situations. Most importantly, Ju is an absolute pleasure to get to know and spend time with each week. She is an amazing person who truly cares not only about her students' learning but also about their lives and well-being. Ju is everything you could want in a Mandarin tutor, and she has my highest recommendation!

I have been taking the online class format with Ju for several months. I am a heritage Mandarin…read morespeaker, with strong conversational skills. I decided to take lessons with Ju to improve reading and writing skills, as well as more deeply advance my knowledge of Mandarin. I opted for her online learning format, because it is better suited for my busy schedule and just as effective as compared to in-person. Ju is knowledgeable and patient, always willing to explain concepts. I like her customized curriculum and homework that she tailors to each student. For advanced and heritage speakers, she can create personalized lesson plans to target specific areas of improvement. I highly recommend Ju for advanced Mandarin speakers as well as in general, for your custom goals for Mandarin learning!

After a long search for tutoring in the Tri-City area for my second grader, I chose Simon Academics…read moreas they specialize in reading/writing instruction. My son has been taking private writing lessons with Ms. Advani since September 2017. My son was struggling with penmanship, letter formation, and proper capitalization/punctuation, all of which impacted his self-confidence when writing. I felt this caused him to shy away from his writing homework, which in turn impacted the amount of effort he put into these assignments. Three months into the tutoring sessions I can already see significant progress. More than anything I have noticed an attitude change. He is more conscientious about trying to write well, aware of what areas he needs to pay closer attention to. His letter formation and penmanship have improved, apparent just by flipping through his assignments from week 1 to date. Whereas before he would put in minimal effort to complete his writing assignments, today he takes a genuine interest in writing his stories and improving them through proofreading. He adds in extra detail to more clearly convey his thoughts and make them more interesting. This is all leaps and bounds above what I was expecting! My experience has been that Simon Academics helps children develop a healthy respect for the written word and an appreciation for the craft. I credit Ms. Advani with developing my son's confidence with fun challenges and activities. She is also very kind and patient; my son always tells me he looks forward to his tutoring sessions. Thank you Simon Academics - we are glad we found you and you are exactly what we needed. I look forward to continued progress in the months ahead.

I sent my son to Simon Academics for four years in high school and he was loving it. It was the…read moremost useful classes he ever had in his high school years, as he told me. Thanks to Jon Simon for his guidance, my son now is very strong in his English writing and read WSJ everyday. Notes: Comments and constructive feedback can be harsh on the homework but that's how his strong writing skill had helped him did so well in high school and in college.

As a parent of two daughters who have benefited from Ann's teaching, I highly recommend Ann to…read morethose parents who want to focus on improving their children's ability to write and read.   Ann taught our older daughter from when she was in middle school through high school. She achieved excellent grades in English. Now she is in college. On many occasions, she received high praises and marks from her professors for the essays in various humanities courses. Once she got a perfect score in Advanced Writing course, which the professor never believed in perfect score in an essay before. Since we moved to Long Island, New York a few years ago, we had been looking for a tutor like Ann for our younger daughter. But we couldn't find any good teacher like Ann. We contacted Ann after long search and fortunately she offered tutoring over Skype. We were so pleased with the outcome we got with our older daughter, we didn't hesitate to enlist her help with our younger daughter.  Our younger daughter, 10th grader has been learning over Skype for 10 months. She learns to read more complex texts and expands her vocabulary. We have noticed significant improvements in mindset for approaching and organizing essays. She is steadily improving and can carry herself with more confidence and excels her writing skills and reading comprehension not only in English also in other classes such as history, marketing, research and writing science lab reports.  We are impressed by Ann's teaching method. She reviews and tests new vocabularies, practice critical reading, edit homework essay and check grammar sheets within one hour tutoring session. Also she is very kind and supportive, which makes learnings from her more enjoyable and effective. Her teaching method is superb and well organized. We are always thankful for Ann's wonderful teaching after lesson every week.

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 was diagnosed as having dyslexia in the 4th grade. I did everything to work with the…read moreCupertino Union School District to provide services to my daughter who was in special education since 2nd grade. I knew that she also needed extra support at home that I was not able to provide. I went to Sylvan and Kumon which provided me with conflicting reports from the school district. I finally had my own neuro - psychological report which took place over a few days which helped me to understand how to work with my daughter, but I still needed a education therapist. I went to Linda Mood Bell (recommended by psychologist) and paid for an expensive assessment as it is required for their program. I still did not feel comfortable as I knew that my daughter needed remediation before cognitive training. It seemed too much torture to have her there 5 days a week for 4 hours a day over the summer. I could not commit to spending a small fortune on something that I was not sure of and that was not customized to her needs. It was very stressful. It was then that I started to research private school specialized in learning difficulties and dyslexia. I visited Charles Armstrong and Los Altos Christian School....just to name a few...but I could not wait to apply for the next year or be on a wait list. Through research I knew that my daughter needed education therapy by someone who was trained in Slingerland methods. I did research online and found the Wunderling Learning Center through the Slingerland Institute site. My husand and I visited Ruthie who has extensive experience tutoring children with learning difficutlies. I felt at ease with her and confident in her abilities. She explained an ideal plan to work with my daughter which included assessments based on her observations working her as well as specific testing. Most of all we needed someone we could trust to work with our child. My husband and I decided to start off with 2 days a week of education therapy after school and started in July 2007. For the past several months Ruthie has helped us to work with our daughter at home, provided specific strategies to to address her learning issues and keeping focused. She has helped me through my daughters meltdowns over math and language arts. Ruthie has a talent to work with children and is commited to education. She also continues her education to provide additional services to her clients. She is now a PACE certified instructor and has added this as another tool to work with my daughter. It is February 2008 and my daugher got a 97% on her science test and has mainstreamed into a regular Math class. This is huge difference from last summer and my husband and I are very proud. We will continue with the education therapy with Ruthie. Do your research before making a commitment to put your child in any program. Many of the cookie cutter programs may try to take advantage of your need to provide for your child.

I wanted to write a further follow up on the PACE program now that we are a 1/2 a year into this…read moreprogram. I have seen remarkable changes in one of my children in relation to his test results - from a child that was average to a child that is now getting A's and B's on most of his tests. The only thing I can contribute this to is the PACE program. It has taught him techniques and ways to memories information. Last year he was nearly failing math - this year he's a A/B student. In science and history he is A+ - this program has given an average child a winning edge.

My kids have been attending C2 in the Fremont Hub locations for a few months right now. Tutors…read morethere are really great to work with. They are very good at getting the lesson understood by the student. My kids have come home with a much greater confidence in the subjects they were having problems with and their grades have improved. Pros: Tutors are very friendly and helpful, they really know their stuff and are able to get my kids through the items they are having problems with. Scheduling is flexible, cancellations need to be done 24 hours in advance adding sessions is pretty easy just depends on availability of the tutor's schedules. Changes to schedule are pretty easily done so you don't need to worry about losing your place due to vacations or just not being able to make a session. Each tutor has a max of 3 students per session which is great. Zach at the front desk is the best, super helpful, easy to talk to and just an all around great guy. Cons: C2 is expensive (but I guess you get what you pay for). The lady there has an "in your face approach". When signing up be warned you will get the high pressure sales pitch to sign up and sign up to purchase a large block of hours. Think 'car dealership' type sales approach and be tough. No the session won't be taken by the person sitting in the waiting room to sign up after you. You do pay for 2 hour sessions and only get 1 hr 50 mins, they do the session at a weird time x:55pm to confuse the timing a little bit. But to be fair my kids have gone over 2hrs on a couple of sessions to finish up something, but you do pay for 110mins sessions and charged for 120 min sessions. Overall: Our experience there over the last 3 months or so have been positive. Bottom line they are helping my kids get up to speed on what they were having problems with and grades are improving. I can deal with the other stuff so long was my kids are improving and learning.

I have been going to C2 for about two years now, and I have been taking English sessions with…read moreteacher Brandon and teacher Angelica. My grades have improved and I have a better grasp of English. Ms. Mahrukh is very nice and welcoming every time I enter C2. I enjoy learning at C2. 10/10

My kids have been going here for over a year now and we are happy with the results. We have tutors…read morefor math and ELA and they are all very supportive. TM offered free assessments for placement when we first came in. Programs were then individualized according to the kid's level. Scheduling is very easy. I recommend TM for anyone looking for quality 1-1 tutoring.

Incredible humans work here. Such a diverse and caring, intelligent and compassionate group. We…read moreare incredibly fortunate to find Thriving Minds Learning Center for our kids. Thank you!!!

Dave tutored me when I was younger, and I don't have one bad thing to say about him. He's patient,…read moreand is truly committed to his students' success. Not only did I always struggle with the material I was learning, but I also never enjoyed school. Dave helped me gain the confidence I needed in the different subjects I was taking by teaching me alternative ways to approach my individual learning style. He is total 5 star service!!

Best tutoring center for ACSL! I also got into the UC i wanted to get into thanks to ACE :pread more

I would give 0 stars if I could. I took calculus bc class at ACEprep last year summer and it was…read morethe worst experience ever. When I got consulted by the director before registration, he emphasized how he publishes tons of math study guides and how he has a number of branches in Korea, which was why I eagerly registered for the class. Looking back, I'm pretty sure that they were all nonsense lies. The teacher --the director himself--never stays in the classroom. A lot of times he's not even present in the academy since he went for a walk or something. Most of the time, he's having phone calls or using his phone in the classroom. It was more like self-studying rather than his teaching while every session costs freaking 200 dollars. To be honest, the time he spent teaching in class was actually around 10 minutes every class. The teacher has bad math skills. I swear that he doesn't know all the formulas and concepts for calculus. I swear that he's not qualified to be a math teacher. He just reads off the textbook rather than demonstrating the concepts bc he doesn't know the concepts himself. His answers are not accurate at all and his accent is so strong that I had no idea what he's talking about. He always told students that those who memorize formulas are typically bad at math. I'm pretty sure it was not only me who thought this way because a lot of students stopped showing up. By the end of the program, I was the only student present for class. I didn't go there the last day because it's literally self-studying and there's no such thing as a lecture. I can assure you that you will regret participating in any math programs here. I have gone to over 10 academies my whole life and this place is the worst ever. This place is a scam. My parents wasted 1500 dollars on this program and I learned LITERALLY NOTHING. The teacher is very enthusiastic about money rather than having passion for teaching. I can guarantee that you will regret if you register for ANY class there.