Tutoring For Success

Sylvia has been working with my 8-​year-​old daughter for just a month and we can already see the improvement in her reading skills. Sylvia is a total professional that clearly knows her stuff. I feel confident that Sylvia is going to take my daughter above and beyond standard in both reading and math.

Sylvia helped my Freshman with Algebra 1. He was getting a 55% in the class and was facing summer school. We crammed in about 10 hours in the week before the final, he took the final and got an 80%!! His final grade in the class: 73%. No summer school!
Sylvia was very flexible in working around my work schedule and my son’s school and athletic practice schedules. Both my son and I recommend her and have learned that a little tutoring all year long would have been much less stressful and would have made my son feel better about his performance during the school year.

My daughter was changed from Junior to Senior, one month after starting the school year. All of the sudden, she had one year less to prepare for her college application. To be more precise, she had only three weeks to prepare for the SAT. I decided to hire three different tutors so my daughter could try all of them and see which one was the best fit for her. She tried the other tutors first because they charged less, but she was not convinced. When she took the session with Sylvia, she told me «Sylvia is the best teacher I have ever had in my life.» In barely twelve sessions, Sylvia prepared my daughter and she got a score that would have been impossible to obtain without Sylvia’s help. To make the long story short, my daughter got accepted to her top choice. Thank you so much, Sylvia!

Sylvia is very professional, reliable, and experienced. She has helped many student raise their SAT scores and get into great colleges.

My Jr in high school has been working with Sylvia on her SAT prep and the process has been very positive and successful. My daughter has felt very well prepared and comes away from meetings feeling she has the tools to be successful. As well, some of the skills she has learned specific to SAT prep have additionally helped her in her day to day school assignments — especiallay essay writing. I am very glad we found Sylvia and highly recommend her.

Sylvia tutored my twins. They could not be more different! They were both so relieved to have learned the tricks that Sylvia had taught them. It was the «strategies» and the ability to learn how to take a test under speed that allowed them to feel confident and good about their scores. Money well spent to get their scores high I think is money in the bank and money towards scholarship. I highly recommend her as a tutor!

Sylvia has been a fantastic tutor for my daughter. She has been incredibly helpful to my daughter for her SAT prep. Sylvia is extremely knowledgeable in the subject areas she teaches, and knows how to effectively communicate the material. Sylvia provides excellent and valuable test taking strategies. Without any reservation, I would recommend Sylvia for any academic tutoring– you cannot go wrong with her!
Thank you Sylvia!

Sylvia has been helping my daughter prepare for the SSAT. Her one on one attention has been great. We recommend her!
Cooke H
Mill Valley

Our son was completely lost in Geometry and just could not understand his teacher. We turned to Sylvia on the strength of a recommendation from a friend and within two sessions, our son was confident and understood for the first time. Sylvia has a very accessible style and genuinely cares about the kids with whom she is working. We recommend her highly and plan to also use her services for standardized test preparation.

My stepdaughter has been working with Sylvia for a few months now and we can really see a difference in her math and English (reading, writing, spelling, etc).
My stepdaughter actually looks forward to her time with Sylvia, which is so important to us. Sylvia is very patient, personable and knowledgeable. My stepdaughter got very excited yesterday, after she found out that Sylvia is also fluent in Spanish because she would like to start working on that as well. I feel that we really lucked out with finding Sylvia. Soon, my other stepdaughter will be working with Sylvia to prep her for the SSAT!

Sylvia V tutored two of my daughters and one of my office staff… in math and SAT prep and w/​her help everyone of them received excellent scores and enable them to apply for scholarships to the college’s of their choice… you rock.
Jay Z

I have been going to Sylvia for tutoring for a few weeks now for Geometry and Spanish and have already seen a dramatic change in my grades. Sylvia is able to walk me through each and every concept patiently and pushes me to do the best I possibly can. My teachers have already noticed my improvement in their classes and I could not be more pleased! Sylvia is a wonderful tutor and I am very grateful for all of the valuable insight and help she has given me!
Sarah C.
San Rafael

Sylvia tutored my 11 year old daughter in Spanish. Sylvia had high expectations and sincerely wanted my daughter to learn. Sylvia worked diligently and my daughter worked during the week knowing that Sylvia has expectations. My daughter really enjoyed the time and consideration of Sylvia with respect to her time with her. I liked Sylvia as she would also conduct assessments in other areas to determine if my daughter needed additional assistance. Sylvia is a true professional and her role is to teach. I like her and know she is serious about her profession and would recommend her to anyone.
Alan M. Astengo CPA

Sylvia tutored our daughter, both in math and english writing, during her junior
and senior years at high school. Sylvia also tutored our daughter in preparation for the SAT exams and in both cases the results were excellent! Not only did our
daughter begin to feel comfortable with the complexities of mathematics but
Sylvia’s patient, encouraging approach also made the sessions easier, and
therefore stress free. Our daughter was accepted to seven colleges and is now
achieving high grades in the college of her choice.
Thank you Sylvia!
–DT, San Anselmo