Our family has been working with Bright Horizons/Carmel Academics since 2020. Both of my boys who…read moreare 14 & 16 have had a significant gain from their tutoring experience. They have built their self confidence and are thriving academically. They have developed skills to achieve their goals. I highly recommend giving your student the opportunity to grow and build their self confidence through excellent mentoring. Setting our children up for success is every parent's goal. Trust in Carmel Academics, they will help your child achieve their success.

Carmel Academics was integral partner in our kids' high school success. The tutors are wonderful…read moreand have an in-depth understanding of the HS curriculum. It was such a comfort to my kids and to me to know we had CA services available to help prepare them for tests and help them understand challenging material as needed. A huge thanks to Rachel, Clint and the entire staff.

I am so happy we chose Kim Von Berg and Excellence in Academics. Kim was able to get on Zoom and…read morehelp my daughter with the math issues she was struggling with. I would highly recommend Excellence in Academics and Kim. She was exactly what my daughter needed. Thanks, Kim.

From the owner: Excellence in Academics has been providing quality customized tutoring for college bound students…read moreon the Monterey Peninsula and surrounding areas since 1994. Recognized by educators in central CA for our quality one-on-one instruction, we are well versed in the curriculum requirements needed to pass secondary school and college entrance exams. We provide one-on-one tutoring in your home, at a local library or online. We are proud to have assisted many students to be accepted to prestigious universities and competitive private schools as York School, Robert Louis Stevenson and Santa Catalina, achieving high scores on their entrance exams. In addition, we prepare students for the SAT, ACT, PSAT, GMAT, SSAT and the CBEST and have our own nine week individualized courses to dramatically elevate scores on the SAT and ACT. We also offer supportive services such as teen/young adult coaching to improve motivation and success, skills to reduce test anxiety, assistance with the college application process and training of students and parents to assert themselves with teachers and administrators to optimize their child's learning. We consider ourselves teenage advocates and offer whatever support is needed to ensure that our teens best interests are honored. Each student has specific needs, learning challenges or not, and we are proud of our success record founded on our attentiveness to the individual. Our motto is: we listen first, then teach.

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THANK YOU Brooke and Crosswalk! We can't thank you enough for making our son's SAT prep experience…read morestress free with one-on-one tutoring as well as a fabulous winter test-prep small group class before taking his first SAT. Your teachings are not only helpful with the SAT & ACT, but crossover into other high school exams as well. We have had a wonderful experience, so appreciate your attention to detail, and look forward to next steps soon. Highly recommend!

Colette is wonderful! She is very responsive and professional. We were able to book an initial…read moremeeting for an assessment very quickly and she is thorough and communicates well. She is flexible with meeting times and has been wonderful to work with. She worked with a child who was very hesitant about tutoring and is now one of the highlights of her week! She's brought out the best in our little one and I can see her confidence growing!

From the owner: Educational Services is a high level learning center that has been serving the Monterey Peninsula…read morenow for over 19 years.

It's been an incredible experience being in CLE Monterey. They really develop your life and…read moreacademic skills, and they want to work with you thoroughly to become the best version of yourself! I would echo what someone said about the negative reviews being nonsense, though. Career development is something CLE Monterey has worked very closely with students on, and they have always helped me pick the right classes and put me on the right educational path so I can attempt to build a career from my degree. It's not always about filling in application forms for a retail job. They help students look at the bigger picture, which I think Magdalena's review misses. I love CLE personally and think it's a great program.

My son joined the CLE Program in Monterey in July 2023. He has grown SO much not just in maturity,…read moreself awareness, academically and but also just in life! Not only did the program help HIM but helped us as parents! We learned different ways to support him in his independence and autonomy while learning to fade back our "parenting" to that which we should have for an adult child. The parent coaching has been a God send, as it's really tough transitioning from being their main advocate to teaching them to be their own advocate. They have also really supported our son in finding his career path setting him up with the right classes and volunteer opportunities to learn if he really wants to continue to what he thought his dream job was. We love CLE and look forward to more years with them.

We were so pleased with Jack's service! My daughter had clear instruction and support through…read moreevery step of the research process. He was encouraging and patient, which helped her be motivated to make progress in her project. I highly recommend his program for students who want to learn the research process, which will be useful for year to come! ~Jennifer A. Santa Cruz, CA

-There was a young man by the name of Reggie Johnson. He played football during the years of…read more2007-2009, and that kid was elite. He was a special talent to watch in practice & a joy to watch during the games. At one point in time he was ranked number 1 in the north, as a punt returner, and a kick returner. He played under coach Rasmussen while the equipment manager Rene was around ask about his 4.3- 4.4 speed. Everybody wanted him to go to USC cause he ran like Reggie Bush. I was told he got accepted to the University Of Edward Waters, in Jacksonville Florida purple city aka Ricky Waters camp. Onlookers also mentioned he received prospect letters from the (W) Wyoming University cowboys D1 & Iowa State University the cyclones D1. Loved seeing this young man do what he does shout out to the whole MPC wolf pack!

20yrs ago it was a good college. This month, the Admissions & Records Dept has caused me to become…read morehomeless and jobless. How? On the 6th of Jan 2026, I ordered transcripts to be sent to the board of nursing in Oregon for a job I had gotten. Today is Feb 1st and they have not sent it. 2 weeks ago I ordered a 2nd set of transcripts, they have REFUSED TO RELEASE MY TRANSCRIPTS per National Student Clearing House who they are contracted with. I have called about a dozen times, they never answer and they have never returned my call. Because of them basically stealing my money not once, but twice, I gave up my home in CA and moved to Oregon to start a job but could not because of the sole reason of them stealing my money and holding my transcripts from Natl Student Clearing House. I have been sleeping as a nurse, in truck stops because I have not been able to start any job in Oregon where I moved to because the Oregon Board need them to send what I paid for twice already. They are a bunch of morons there to hear me tell them my dire state over and over again in all the messages and still hold unto my transcripts plus ghost me. I will be looking to file a lawsuit on this dispicable Admissions & Records dept at Monterey Peninsula College. 0/5 stars for you lack of customer service.