I signed up for Teachers Test Prep ready to conquer the Multiple Subject CSET exams like a brave…read moreeducational gladiator. I sharpened my pencils, brewed some coffee, and prepared to dive into the sea of knowledge. Instead, I found myself caught in a high-speed PowerPoint tsunami captained by someone who seemed less like a teacher and more like a caffeinated NASCAR driver on a mission to finish her slides before lunch. I've been through undergrad, grad school, even Coast Guard Captain's school -- I've learned how to navigate storms, both literal and academic -- but nothing prepared me for this. This wasn't a class; it was a pedagogical purge. Let's talk about the math section. Now, math has never been my strong suit -- which is why I was here. But this teacher flew through the material so fast, I wasn't sure if I was in a classroom or watching the math portion of Jeopardy! on 3x speed. I was trying to take notes, truly! But by the time I wrote one sentence, she was already three slides ahead and possibly in a different time zone. At no point did she ask, "Any questions?" Not once. Which, fun fact, is kind of a cornerstone of actual teaching. When I politely raised my virtual hand to ask what a term meant, she said -- and I quote -- "Just look it up." Moments later, when I shared I was feeling completely lost, she hit me with the inspiring words: "Just try to keep up." Ma'am, I was trying. I was trying harder than a cat in a bathtub. But at some point, even I had to admit that the only learning happening here was the realization that this was a very expensive way to feel dumb. In the end, I had to leave the class. Not because I gave up, but because the teacher seemed to have already given up before she even logged in. Final thoughts? I highly recommend Teachers Test Prep... reconsider what the word "teacher" means. Maybe swap it out with "Slide Presenter Who Can Break the Sound Barrier." Could be more accurate.

SAVE YOUR MONEY! I purchased the CPACE course, and it was so poor that I had to buy another program…read moreto get what I needed. The Teachers Prep course materials are presented by an "instructor" reading a PowerPoint with information that can all be found for free on the internet. While there are two practice tests with feedback videos ONLY for the multiple-choice questions, there are no interactive activities or additional practice questions embedded in the course. After purchasing another program from EVO Prep, I learned more valuable information in an hour than I did with weeks of study on Teachers Test Prep.

My son struggled with science and math in highschool. It was very frustrating for him and us as…read moreparents,watching his grades go down along with his self esteem. Then we found Edith! She helped him with physics, chemistry, geometry and algebra. It wasn't just a weekly tutoring session and "see you next week" type of thing. Edith truly cares about the student, their success and confidence. She would give my son homework, practice tests, and tips in between tutoring sessions. She took the time to give us updates, suggestions and was interested in how we could help him as a "team." She was always available and truly invested in helping our son. Over time his comprehension of the subject matter improved as did his grades. We were so fortunate to have worked with Edith for those years. We highly recommend Edith!

John helped me improve my essays tremendously…read more I was so close in 2-3 try and John gave that push and accountability I needed. He makes essays simple and duable under 60 minutes.

When I reached out to John asking for his help on my 4th CA bar prep, I had been rejected by the…read moreother ex-CA bar grader who didn't reply to my message or email, by a tutor recommended by a professor and the tutor claimed she was going on a vacation. The messages these two bar tutors sent me was I was not worth their time in helping because they saw no chance of passing the bar in me. In addition, I had only 1 more chance to go for various financial and life reasons. 1 more and that was the end of it. Most importantly, I saw little hope and had questioned myself in my ability, decision in going to law school, choosing the law career, and the huge time and money investment all together. Even if I passed the written portion in the 1st bar attempt, the MBE portion in the second bar attempt, and was only 8 points away from passing the MBE in the 3rd attempt, my confidence was all gone after the 3rd attempt where the score was lower than the 1st and the 2nd. For the first time in my life, I started to really believe there is no point working hard if it was not meant to be. You have to know I am a death survivor, 4 times. I didn't even give up my hope for life when things were at odds against me in the ICU, but after three bar attempts in a two-year marathon of CA bar prep, together with other time-demanding tasks in life in the two years, I was defeated, psychologically and I was on the verge of giving up. If John didn't take me, there would most likely to be little change of things. He replied very fast on an early Saturday morning to my late Friday night message - most likely the moment he saw my cry-out. I now thank the other tutors who didn't take me in the first place. Otherwise, I would not have worked with John whose insights and method of approach in the CA bar exam, particularly in the essays and Performance test, are the single greatest and effective factor in making the turn of tide. I successfully passed the July 2022 California Bar Examination. My written portion of the 3rd attempt was a historical low: 1194.8736 away from 1390, down from the 1424.8922 of the 1st attempt, despite the fact I had rigorously written many past essays and self-evaluated each one with the 2 sample answers published. This was a big reason I felt hopeless in working hard. The harder I work, the more practice essay I do, the less score I receive?! If working hard is no solution, what else could I do? The answer is working hard matters only if I am working hard with the right tools and going towards the right direction. John's methods on the essays and on the performance test are digestible, practical, and effective - after I practiced 24 selected past essays and 6 PTs using his respective approaches. They are digestible because after being exposed to them, you feel they are familiar and related to what I have already learned in law school, but at the same time being different than the law school practice. This difference is the key why I need to practice past essays I chose from his library of past essays - only after repeated using the method in my analysis did I learned it by heart: so well that at actual exam when the first contact essay of shipment contract threw me off the guard, the basic trainings in approaching the contract essays with the template internalized made sure that I probably still scored a passing score in that essay, with an edge of others. He has a clear way of approaching Performance Test question as well. I found it very usable. He taught me a way to fish, rather than giving me fish. While any of his methods do not substitute the fundamental ability in legal writing, his method makes me a lot more clear what is worth time to write on and what is not. This makes all the difference when almost everybody who survived law school are smart and have legal writing skills. We have the foundations. All we need is a push to the right direction. Is John's bar tutoring service expensive? Yes. Do I regret paying for it? Definitely no. The difference in money is way way less in comparison with the life cost if I don't pass my last chance and give up everything altogether. What is very important is John is a warm person deep down with a good heart. We need a person like John at the darkest hour when hope is only a flame flicking in the cold wind. See the official passing letter from the office of admission? You will receive it too! Keep working hard, and make sure you have the right tools and are going in the right direction. The only way out is through and light is a lot closer than we may feel. Believe in yourself and keep walking in the right direction!

This school is fine for your general ed children who don't have any special needs. However, don't…read morerecommend sending your child here if they do. Staff is very punitive, typical Catholic school and mishandle support of children with special needs. Class size large and disorganized. Teachers had a very hard time finding ways to structure and calm the class.

My experience with InsideTrack Coaching was really cool and fun cause my coach help me a lot with…read moreall through school and everything even some personal stuff that I had on my mind, so that it won't affect my schooling or getting stressed out. My coach also help me with classes and how to overcome stress when I do finals and test for the class and it makes me feel a lot more confident when I do my class work even though it may make a little stressful, but I have to overcome that so that I can progress through my class and pass. After all of that I fell so happy that I have somebody to help me get through all of this and help me get ready for my future and my career. So student who will be having a experience soon with Inside Track Coaching get ready it really does help you a lot and make you feel really good about yourself. So get ready for a experience you will love to be in.

The sheer enjoyment of giving an opinion to my high school as an adult seems so beautifully…read morecathartic, and so wrong. Just perfect, so me. Why is Tam so much more fly than when I went there? It's not like I went to school in the dark ages. I'm not forty. I'm not embarassed to tell anyone that I'm 26 years of age and that I was class of 2000. That school, for the area that we are in was incredibly ghetto in my opinion a few years back. Our science classes had no new equipment and so we would be stuck with twenty year old beakers that you couldn't read the measurements on. The glass on the tubes seemed so thin I was always terrified it would break in my hands when I put them in the centrifuge (oh yeah, sorry, we didn't have a centrifuge, bummer). My drama department, for whom I will represent until I die, holla CTE, holla, had productions in a ghetto side room attached to the gym which we called "the black box". Folding chairs half falling apart and duck taped stage boxes were what we used to create "lavish" productions and blocking. But I guess maybe we had it better. We needed to create bigger and larger concepts in order to make the meager surroundings fantastic to our audience. We had to work harder. The back parking lot was filled with potholes, which would damage my car. Hence, the fact I was that asshole student that parked my nice car in Mead theatre (yes, right in Mead theatre to those that know it) and for some reason got away with it. Must have been that crazy rockstar mentality of "fuck you, and who gives a fuck" that I had back then, and still retain to this current day. Some of my teachers were incredible, hence the four stars, that's just for you guys! I had some inspirational teachers that literally changed my life like Dr. Cruz and Susan Brashear. They helped to make me believe in myself and were my home away from home while going through those difficult formative years which I try to keep telling them have never really gone away. My high school reunion is coming up soon. I'll be interested to see all those people that I never really liked that tried to cheat off of my science and foreign language tests, who I never let. It wasn't my fault that they didn't study or get it. I'll have to re-dye my hair the color it is now, pink, which is the color it was in school 8 years ago. Oh, and show up in my Ferrari with one of my sexy high school teachers that they'll probably assume I was sleeping with in school (did I? hmmmm......) as my date so that I can really come back and throw 'em through a loop. I do have a note to my science teacher at Tam though. You know who you are, the one that told me that I would never become of anything, and that I was cheating beacuse I didn't need to study like the other kids, because I understood it and it came second nature to me. The one that told me I should be a writer and not a veterinarian. Well hey there, I was top of my class in Boston in sciences. So eat that shit bitch! See staff of Tamalpais High School!!!! I haven't changed a bit. I just have a better car, more authority, I'm more obnoxious, and have a better laywer.

I went to high school here and it was not as pretty as it is now. What lucky kids, and they…read moreprobably don't know how good they have it. Talk about an institution for learning.

Reeks of expired mayonnaise and tomato vapes(the cool, sly new fad). Also there are a lot of emo…read morepeople wich i dont lik

Excellent teachers and challenging AP classes that ready the kids for college. Located downtown…read moreAlameda in a beautiful historical building

This C2 office is amazing. Kids jointed this office since 10 th grade after the PSAT, SAT scores…read moreimproved significantly after the tutoring, and now they had few top 20s offers, including top UCs, Teresea is very supportive through this journey. Recommend this place

This place got it all covered. Come here if your kid needs to Prep for Lowell testing, HSPT and…read moreSAT testing. Don't forget your essays!!