NOTE: This is a review of Chris Kane during the live online course. This format is delivered online…read morebut the instructor is casted to the students with a web cam and and interact with the students in real time. _______ I registered for the Monday/Wednesday live online class with Chris Kane over the phone with Farrah. She was very helpful and went over several details of the course and what I was getting when I signed up. Additionally, she provided me with a great example of how the live online course format worked in order to prepare me for the experience of using it for my course. After I registered and paid for the first of three payments, I got a box from Veritas in the mail that included 12 course books, an essential guide to some of the top MBA programs, and a dry erase packet and pen that mimics what you'll get on test day. You also get instant access to your online student portal after you register. To be honest, Veritas gives you so many resources that it's initially overwhelming. They do a great job of giving you first steps that helps you work through the student portal and the books systematically. This is mostly given to you in the first of the course books. With these learnings, it becomes very easy to use the online portal effectively. Chris was truly a wonderful instructor. I don't know how he does it but it really feels like he gets to know his students throughout the course. He gets really good at letting each of us know what we were probably thinking when we selected an incorrect answer. It's creepy but in a good way... although still creepy enough that we talked about it class. How does he know?! He was great at entertaining us through our lessons with stories about his past students and experiences as a GMAT instructors. Our incentive to do well during class was a $10 Amazon gift card. You'd think it was small enough not to matter but everyone in class is trying to get a 700+ GMAT score and get into B-school which means they're all incredibly competitive. Overall, Veritas Prep gave me the instruction and structure I was missing in my GMAT prep. The curriculum doesn't offer any shortcuts. It's meant to give you the tools you need to understand concepts and strategies at a deeper level. After two weeks of practicing post-class, I can see the difference in my thought process with practice problems. I highly recommend not only Veritas Prep but any course with Chris Kane!

I had high expectations for this class--it was honestly a huge expense for me…read more It delivered. I would highly recommend the Veritas program to anyone considering taking the GMAT. You would be at a huge disadvantage not to invest a lot of time into your preparation. Veritas helps you make the absolute most of that time. I was able to improve my first practice test score by 50 points to a 760. I knew that test prep classes had a reputation for not being as beneficial to high scorers (sorry if that comes off arrogant, but I did score pretty highly!), but Veritas is different. And their 99th percentile restriction for instructors is the difference. I had complete confidence that my instructor, Matt Douglass, knew the answer to any question I came across. He also brought incredible energy to a marathon sprint through some very dry material. He's a difference maker. Good luck!

I had an incredible experience with National College of Physicians. I attended one of their…read moreconferences and it was very informative and well organized. Thank you so much, I will be back next year!

NCP helped our hospital hire a neurologist with experience. It took them about 2 weeks to get us…read morecapable candidates, and once we clarified who we were looking for they had no trouble going through their database and finding candidates. And the website they did for us was superb. We hope to work with Laura again soon.

I was disappointed with the program. This is a one-size fits all course. There is no personal…read moreattention. If you do not have very good understanding of an area of the law or poor writing skills, then this program will not help you. On the other hand, the Barbri books are great, especially Conviser. Some of the substantive law lectures were excellent (Ks, Con Law, Wills/Trusts). Before signing up, I heard their MBE materials sucked; but, I found them to be very helpful. The video tutorials explain each question and the answer to help you easily get down to two choices and pick the correct one without guessing. Contrary to what I heard, the MBE prep was good. The Amp exercises were a waste of time.

Preface: I took the…read moreBar Exam in another State and passed it on the first try back in 2008. I moved to California to take the Bar Exam, having already taken Bar Bri. In the other state, I studied for about 3 weeks - from July 6 to July 26. I passed by 16.6 points and did, maybe, 7 practice essays. In California I started preparing over a month early and did about 60-70 practice essays. PROS: Content: Bar Bri has an excellent staff of professors teaching the substantive law. If you actually pay attention during the lectures, they are superb and the professors are often funny (Rich Freer and David Epstein are two examples) and often in self-depracting ways (Paula Franzese and Erwin Chemerinsky come to mind). They have good war stories which are encouraging. You're getting top-notch bar review lectures with these guys. Format: I attended the Live lectures which took place at 9AM to 12 or 1PM. I'm the kind of person who won't get up in the morning to study for the bar unless I have to (although when I took Bar Bri last time in a different state it was at a comfortable 1-4 class). Forcing me to get up at 6AM to beat the traffic to San Francisco on the bridge did WONDERS for my study habits. I only missed one [substantive] lecture and it was a video lecture. Most of the lectures were video but the live lectures were always a nice treat. Essay Workshops: In particular Professor Sakai, who is a multiple bar exam repeater himself, offered a very honest assessment of how to prepare for the essays: do them. Do them to learn the substantive law, do them to practice for time. Don't just sit in bed and circle MBE answer choices. Force yourself to write a full 1-hour essay per subject over and over and give yourself time crunches. The Performance Test lecture by Lisnek was also very good because he made us prepare an actual PT in class. Most people don't practice PT's, period. The Website: Here's the key: the website has all of the "Early Bird Lectures" and "Law School Lectures" already up on the website long before the class starts. I watched all of them. Less than a month after that, they put the actual substantive lectures up on the website that will be done in class. I watched all of those the month before Bar Bri started. That way I had already reviewed each substantive area 1-3 times before the class even started (I think I've heard enough of Erwin Chemerinsky for a lifetime between this bar review and last). The point is if you have a short attention span like myself, you won't pay 100% attention during the class. But if you're hearing it for the 2-5th time, yeah it will finally stick. CONS: Price: Though I can't really complain because as a second bar exam taker from another state, I got a discount, the price is very steep. Expect to save up or take a loan out for the bar review process. Essay Grading: This has to be the strangest and least intellectually honest part of the class. Bar Bri seems to instruct their graders to purposely fail everyone to motivate them to work harder. This is negative for a few reasons. Option #1: People will be demotivated and stop trying. That happened to me the first time when I received a low score on a subject I knew inside and out. Option #2: People will just ignore the Bar Bri grades. That happened to me the second time. I just added 5 points to every essay Bar Bri graded. I received 3 60's, a 65 and a 55 on the Performance Test. You need an overall of 65 on all to pass the essays. And I passed the bar exam. My advice is to just ignore Bar Bri's grading and seek an extra service to help with grading essays if you need it. But if you prepare correctly the vast majority of essays you write will not be graded and you can just compare it to the model answer, which moves us on. Model Answers: These model answers in the essay books were written by very intelligent people with all of the time in the world. The Bar Bri graders seem to just compare our graded essays with the model answers. They were not done in 60 minutes with other essays done right before that. On the flip side, the model answers are very positive as well. If and when you don't finish all of the essays, start memorizing the model answers, It will do wonders when you regurgitate them on the actual exam. Bar Bri's Schedule: Bar Bri's regimented schedule is unrealistic and not geared toward people who have different strengths and weaknesses. It's not flexible. Find out what's best for you (for example I took the no-MBE Attorney's Exam and just ignored all the Bar Bri AMP and MBE lectures) based upon your strengths, weaknesses and needs and do that. Even one of the Professors told us to ignore the schedule. No one keeps up with it and if you try and follow it you'll just end up thinking you're deficient. I didn't even look at it. Why 4 Stars? Because I passed the February 2013 California Bar Exam. The overall pass rate was 41%. And if you put in the work, and have faith, it might work too.

I had the most amazing session with Pia, she gave a super detailed analysis of my palm and…read morefingerprints, explained about my life purpose and lessons, and had so much insight about my energy. And at the end she gave me some customized exercises to keep exploring and refining what we talked about. This was so cool!! I didn't even know I needed this. Highly recommend.

Pia has a calm and nurturing presence and I really enjoyed our session together. She was great at…read moreexplaining hand reading (which I didn't know much about) and her comments were so insightful and helpful to me -- I'm still thinking about what she said over a week after our session and will be contemplating her words for a while to come. I highly recommend booking a session with Pia!

Wow I'm so happy I came across math star tutoring. My daughter is a second grader and if anyone…read moreknows the new math isn't what we learned in school. My daughter had home studies due to having her tonsils and adenoids removed, to keep her on track we decided on a tutor. Mondo teamed my daughter up with Lauren and she was great. Her first session she was able to do some work on her own. I would definitely recommend this company. I plan on using Lauren for the future. It was a relief to have a Knowledgeable tutor like Lauren.

What can I say about the amazing Lauren other than the fact that she's amazing. Lauren has been…read moretutoring my niece (who is in the 8th grade) once a week since August 2017. In that time, my niece's math grade has raised from - well - I won't say exactly what but she has a solid "B" now and I couldn't be more thrilled. Lauren knows her stuff and knows exactly how to get what needs to be "got" out of the student and always has a positive attitude. She is always on time and always prepared. It is also a pleasure working with Armando who responds to all messages positively within an amazingly short amount of time. I'm delighted that I found Math Star Tutoring.

If math sounds synonymous with dancing naked in a conga line at the wedding of your second cousin,…read morethen you definitely need Kick Ass Tutors. Much like the naked conga, math for me is an awkward long forgotten series of patterns and moves that I only tried rarely and with much taunting and embarrassment. Insert my future. It now depends on a complex mathematical dance that I have yet to master. I consider my options: 1) a high priced test preparation factory, 2) a stack of heavy books that will be later used as the legs to a coffee table or 3) a random I find on craigslist to tutor me. I'm not sure if the classroom style test prep I'll receive at a big name corp is worth the value of a gold coin. I'm also not sure if I'm disciplined or savvy enough to navigate a labyrinth of test prep books on my own. Initially, I choose option 3. I've had lots of math tutors and my craigslist find was particularly abysmal. He had never taken the GRE and was a scholar equivalent to John Nash (i.e. see film "A Beautiful Mind"). Not only was my craigslist friend as perceptibly brilliant, but also taught me math in a similar method to the aforementioned film and savant-- which equated to a series of murmurings, scribbles and assurances that what I was learning was rather simple. Ack. Unfortunately, the numbers just wouldn't float in front of me and I decided to see what else I could do to prepare. After much googling and panic, I discover "Kick Ass Tutors" on thumbtack and meet up with Karim. Equally brilliant, but far more articulate than the former Nash understudy-- Karim offered clear step by step instructions and more personalized attention than I would have received with a more well-know test prep company. He also knew the GRE, had a set curriculum and was able to successfully get me to do the mathematical tango. All in all, save your time and your wallet and go with KickAssTutors. Karim is a mathematical rock star, but an even better teacher. Highly recommended!

Karim came in to help me with math on the GRE 1 month before the test. Karim is a math wiz and a…read morereally good teacher. Super patient guy and an utmost professional. Karim is not big on tricks like some of the other prep companies, but to quote the Trix Rabbit "tricks are for kids". Karim focuses on the actual formulas that you WILL need to memorize before the test. He brought workbooks for us and for a study group that only included 2 people, the price was very reasonable. He does not do verbal but if you are math deficient like me, definitely give him a call.

I am so grateful for Sharmila's exceptional career coaching services. Sharmila was instrumental in…read moreultimately securing my dream City government job. She is super nice and easy to talk to, has proficient listening skills, and is expert at helping you identify and highlight your strengths. She reviewed my resume, cover letter, and we had a brainstorming session to consider potential interview questions based on the job description and supplemental application questions. I found our mock interview session especially beneficial as it made me really think hard, not only about what the interviewers might ask me, but also questions to make sure the workplace culture and team dynamics fit with my own values. Sharmila recorded and shared the mock interview, so I could go back and review it to polish my talking points before the departmental interview. Thanks to Sharmila's expert coaching and positive encouragement I nailed my final interview--the City called me back the same day to begin the offer process!! Sharmila has the holistic lens and in-depth knowledge of both the sustainability field and social impact. She will definitely be my go-to in the future for advice on meeting career goals and professional advancement.

I have known Sharmila for four years and got to know her while a graduate student at Presidio…read moreGraduate School (PGS). She was always a friendly face I would see during our residencies. She was very involved in our PGS community and was incredibly committed to the success of the students. I had the pleasure of getting to know her more when a student in her course and seeking advice/mentorship when she took on the role of Director of Student Services. The "secret sauce" of Sharmila is her genuine interest in each person and the intention she brings to get to know you. Her ability to tune into a person's skills, personality, and their "secret sauce" is truly a gift. She is able to give critical feedback in a straightforward way that is constructive and can be easily applied. She is not afraid to challenge you. I hired Sharmila after I learned she was offering professional development services which included resume, cover letters, and interview prep. I had been applying to jobs for several months and I was not getting any calls back. In addition, I had received feedback from former supervisors that my resume was not representing my skills and talents well. Sharmila's services are very structured and practical. I learned a lot during this process - tips, strategies, and what to be aware of when looking for positions. It is a very hands-on and engaging process. For example, when looking for potential position one should thoroughly review if one's skills align with the skills the role is asking for. It is something simple but it can be easily overlooked. You need to go line by line and determine if you can honestly do 80% of the duties/responsibilities/skills the role is requiring. If not, it is not worth applying. Sharmila gives you an exercise to determine this which was very visual and worth doing. It was helpful to go line by line (at least for me) and take that time to determine if this job was actually a good opportunity. Sharmila also knows best practices and expectations of what employers are looking for in a resume and cover letters. The most practical but valuable feedback she offered was that resume's format needed to change and the order things should be. I was seriously struggling with the relevant experience section of my resume. I could not quite articulate all my experience the way it should express. However, she knew what I was capable of through my previous work. She had seen me in action in school and so she knew I could x,y, and z. She really took that time to help get that out me and to articulate that experience in my own words. Once I was able to express my experience she was able to edit and polish it. She continued to challenge me and think about the skills that I did in fact have. These efforts on her part really helped to make my resume stand out. Sharmila also offered me guidance on the flow and purpose of my cover letters. I think I was going down a rabbit hole of telling a story of me doing x,y, and z but not highlighting the IMPACT and OUTCOMES I made or had influence over. She kept working with me until I finally got it. After that deep work, I was extremely satisfied with my cover letter and it represented me. Lastly, Sharmila was able to take the time to work with me on my interview skills and strategies. She providing a framework and pushed me to develop 5 or 6 narratives about my strengths that I could easily and comfortably say during interviews. She encouraged me to know these stories in my sleep - so it could be delivered easily and naturally. If you are seeking quality professional development services for your next opportunity, Sharmila is the person to hire! Her services are worth every penny.

Elevate was an amazing rehab- I would know because this was my fifth time attending a rehab…read morefacility... It is not easy by any means, your are challenged mentally, physically and emotionally. The staff are almost all former addicts and graduates themselves? So they understand on a deeper level than most. There is a lot of work- both written and spoken and many activities designed to make you take a hard look at yourself. I left 3 weeks in I thought it was too much for me because not only was I getting over my decades of abuse but also have an auto immune disorder- I was in a lot of pain- so when I came back after 4 days it was that much more gratifying completing the 2 months- special shot out to Jordan security and Brendon in detox , not to mention the facility itself is in a beautiful spot. Aaron P 6/4 to 8/19

First off, I need to thank Jael Calia for being so willing to help me find the right tutor. My…read morecollege had no tutors in Calculus 3 and the class I am taking is online. It was essential that I get help. My first tutor didn't end up being a good fit for me so Jael took her time to find me a new tutor in a matter of a day. Thank you, Jael for your help! In addition, my tutor Sylvester is an extremely hard worker and has dedicated a lot of his time to helping find formulas and videos to help me understand. I couldn't ask for anyone better. He drew everything out so all of my test reviews were clear and he did it efficiently. Thank you!