In short, ESM is the best you can get. ESM's team of mentors helped me immensely throughout my time…read moreas a high school student. From my AP tutoring needs as well as ACT prep (BTW increased by 5 points!!), Billy, Adam, and Justin really prepared me for the college application process. As stressful as high school was for me, Billy and his team of warm, SUPER intelligent, polymathic mentors, guided me through every step of the way, being accessible 24/7 by text, call or email. Any question that my parents and I had, at any time, was answered. Looking back as I start my second semester at Columbia University, I could not be more thankful for the time that I spent with the amazing team at ESM! I trust the team at ESM and cannot wait to have Billy and his team help my own future children apply to college!

ESM has supported me and my family for years now. Not only did Billy help improve my high school…read moregrades, get phenomenal ACT scores, and get me accepted at a majority of my college choices, but he continues to support me and offers his thoughts and help whenever I text or email him about grad school and career choices. Billy has a wonderful set of tutors that really cares for their students and want to see them achieve all their academic and extra-curricular goals. My tutors always worked around my schedule and made meetings fun and educational. ESM truly wants their students to succeed on any life path they decide to take. I recommend ESM to every family I know with students still in high school because no matter how successful a student is, ESM can help.

We worked with Scott Hamilton since our daughters freshman year. Through out they were very…read moreprofessional and helpful. They helped us formulate her class choices in high school to help position her best for college. The college application process has become so daunting and difficult, We couldn't have imagined doing without their help. The result: she got into one of her top choices, and the school which overall we think was the best for her...... THANK YOU FUTURE STARS!!!

Our daughter's high school years were fairly tumultuous--changes in schools, classes, health…read morechallenges, and other obstacles had us confused about how it would all play out for her in terms of college readiness, completing applications, and likelihood of college acceptance. Corin was patient, understanding, and knowledgeable in guiding our daughter throughout the process of researching best fit colleges and with determining how best to use short answers and essays to explain her unique transcript and journey through some pretty tough high school years. When we started the process the very beginning of her junior year, we just wanted our daughter to know she had options. We knew all the challenges she faced might mean a gap year or junior college would be best in the long run, but we wanted to ensure she had options--and Future Stars helped her see she does in fact have excellent options! She was accepted at all 6 colleges and universities she applied to and was even offered merit scholarships at two of them. She will be attending her number one choice university in the fall. We are thrilled our son is also being guided by Corin through the college research and application process and look forward to continued work with Future Stars over the next couple of years.

My son worked with Alex on his post-graduate schools and doctoral program applications, and working…read morewith Alex made huge difference. He was extremely knowledgeable about the process and easy to access at any time. My son accepted to a fully funded program.I highly recommend Alex if anyone looking for a coach to help with their writing. Thank you Alex, I m grateful for your dedication and availability

From the owner: Looking for a writing coach? Dr. Blum is here to help! My Ph.D., from UC Berkeley is on how the…read moremind makes meaning from stories (e.g., cognition and reading comprehension), and I bridge research to practice in guiding students through their writing endeavors. Currently I am a Post-Doctoral Scholar at Stanford University serving as a literacy scientist.

I started counseling with Raj in 2009 when I was a freshman in high school, and I can strongly say…read morethat the advice and counseling I received from Raj is unbeatable. Raj not only helped me academically with planning classes and staying ahead of my peers, but he also helped me socially and professionally. We practiced public speaking, networking, building confidence and much more. After graduating high school, I felt prepared to start college and use the tools Raj gave me to excel. While in college, Raj and I worked on career planning/development and continuing to build my network. Without Raj in my corner, I do not think I would have engaged myself in nearly half of the extracurricular work I did. I decided I wanted to pursue a career in the legal field, and Raj taught me how to effectively communicate with attorneys in my area, which in turn landed me an internship at a law firm. That internship eventually turned into a paid position and provided me with excellent connections and resources. Currently, I am starting my first year of law school on a full ride scholarship, and I give much thanks to Raj for giving me the tools to reach this stage. It's been nearly a decade that I've received counseling from Raj and I can proudly say that his knowledge and expertise is truly unmatched. He is my biggest mentor and his passion for helping others find their way in life is admirable. You will not go wrong with any of his services!

After considering a couple options for a college counselor for our high school daughter we chose…read moreJoe Slater at Slater Admissions Advising. This was one of the best decisions and investments we could have made. Joe had the entire process laid out and would send video summaries of meetings highlighting what they covered and what was next. The end result was our daughter applied to 15 schools, was accepted to 12, recieved 3 scholarships and ended up getting accepted to her TOP CHOICE Indiana University. What was better than the end result was witnessing the transformation of our daughter. Her grades shot up and stayed up and her school options continued to evolve. She ended up taking complete ownership of the process(with Joe's coaching). There were no surprises: her essays and tests were done, her applications were early and her acceptances were early. Thank you Joe. Highly recommend.

Joe helped me tremendously throughout the college recruiting process, he helped a lot with what to…read moresay in emails to coaches, having had experience coaching at the collegiate level he knew how to make them sound professional and interested. He helped me so much on my journey and to find a place to play division 1 soccer.

Kevin is a knowledgeable, friendly, and patient math tutor. He's helping my daughter with AP…read morecalculus. I highly recommend him.

Ahn has been tutoring my daughter in pre calculus. She was struggling and just needed help…read moreunderstanding the lessons. Ahn has been a fabulous tutor. She works with my daughters schedule and makes sure she understands the lessons. My daughters grades have gone from c- to a b +. I couldn't recommend Ahn enough. We are very lucky to have found Ahn.

Aydin is the best tutor out there - very knowledgeable in all subject areas that he is teaching,…read moreprofessional, clear, concise, and personable. He is incredibly engaging and made me want to not only pay attention to school, but also want to truly learn and understand the content. He is a genius when it comes to explaining tough concepts and teaching tips and tricks for standardized testing. He is truly a god-send when it comes to getting grades and student mindsets up and I cannot recommend him enough!

From the owner: The best tutoring in Sacramento, guaranteed. Over a decade of experience tutoring Honors, AP, IB…read moreclasses with teaching experience at UC Berkeley and training tutors at several tutoring institutions. Tutoring includes SAT Prep, ACT Prep, PSAT Prep, and College Counseling. California certified as a teacher and certified as a College Counselor by UC San Diego. I have sent students to every UC school and at least one Ivy League University every year since starting my career. I have also counselled students for admission to International Universities from England to Australia. First hour is complementary so please reach out! I look forward to hearing from you!

I don't know what the knock is about this testing center, but I took my NREMT exam today and it…read morewent very well. The workers were polite, from the gentleman at the desk and the proctor lady. I pulled up around 7.45, 15 minutes to spare for my 8am test. I got in the building (was not locked), I knew it was the second floor based on my research prior to coming, shot up the elevator, saw their "pearson vue candidate testing" sign outside the door and I checked in. The person was polite, gave me a number, told me to read instructions, took my pictures, put my stuff in the locker and waited another minute. Proctor called my number shortly, she too, was polite. Had me empty pockets, pat my myself, and off we were into my cubicle. I took my test and voila! NREMT certified. They told me my results will be ready same day and it was ready within 3 hours. Overall, had a great experience. 5 stars.

I presented 5 different forms of unexpired government photo ID that according the policy on…read morePearson's website is accepted as valid. I was repeatedly harassed by staff there who refused to accept the ID but would not explain what the issues was. They repeatedly referenced a confidential policy and would not allow me to see it and made circular arguments. I'm filing a civil rights complaint against them with the state of California, so we'll see what happens with that, but staff there were so unprofessional and so uncivil that I can honestly say that I'm not sure if I have ever experienced anything like it in what I would consider an academic environment. Absolutely unbelievable.