I've had a great experience with mathnasium. At Mira Mesa, the workers are super friendly, helpful, and accommodating and focus on individualized teaching which is really great. I learned after about a month of attending that in order to get out of it what you're trying to get out of it, you need to communicate with the people and tell them the kinds of worksheets you want printed instead of letting them print out worksheets only according to your learning plan. For me, I took 2 tests on my first day so that they could get an idea of where I was at (math-wise), did not do good on those tests, and ended up having to get a huge learning plan full of stuff that I didn't really need help with. This was because they based my worksheets off of the types of questions that I got wrong on those initial 2 tests I took in order to help fix mistakes I made, even if I knew that material perfectly well & didn't need special assistance. This can be really helpful if you're struggling in a lot of areas, however for me it seemed kind of tedious since I mostly made silly mistakes, so I eventually let them know what kinds of worksheets I wanted/needed and was able to speed up my learning plan process. The thing I love about Mathnasium is that it's super individualized, so they base everything on your personal needs & goals which I think is really helpful. I came to mathnasium for one sole purpose, to prepare for my AP calc course this up coming year, since I had never technically taken precalc and was going straight from AIM 3 to AP calc. I've been at Mathnasium for about a month and am just starting to prep for AP calc since I had to finish my learning plan I was talking about earlier. For the Mira Mesa Mathnasium, the people are really great and will answer any of your questions. For Calc-related topics, I've found that there are specific tutors there that specialize in that kind of math, and others that are kind of foggy & not as helpful for that kind of math. Eric is my personal favorite tutor for Calc-related math because he pretty much knows everything & explains it in ways that elucidate the information (in my opinion). I have only been at mathnasium during the summer, but I really really like the approach they take during the school year. They have you bring in the textbook for your current math class & then they pull questions & information from the topic in the textbook that you're currently learning at school & put them into practice tests/quizzes to help you prepare for tests and quizzes in your real school class. I think that's really great because I know a lot of people, me included, aren't very good test takers and benefit a lot from extra test practice. I would 100% recommend Mathnasium, especially the Mira Mesa location. I've had a great experience so far and am definitely going to continue with the program through the school year. The program is great for kids of all ages and of all math topics & don't hesitate to call them if you want to know more about the program or have any questions--they're more than happy to help:)
Thanks to everyone at Mathnasium that's helped me! read more