AJ Tutoring

My daughter worked really hard with a great tutor at AJ and raised her SAT score from 2,150 to 2,380. I recommend this place to my friends without hesitation. While I am sure results may vary, I am extremely happy with the results.

AJ Tutoring was a waste of time, money, and caused detriment to my grade. I started working with Peijing Lee around thanksgiving of last year, with my math grade very borderline. I still had a chance to get an A in the class, but she did not help at all. I ended up with a B first semester, but that was not where it ended. My parents thought that she could still help me, so we continued with AJ for the second semester of my Precalculus Honors course. After a month into the semester I had a C in the class, and I had had enough. We left AJ, and now I take lessons with a private tutor in Menlo Park by the name of Eugene Ionel, who helped me raise my grade from a C to an A second semester that year. Now I’m a sophomore taking weekly lessons from him and have an A in AP Calculus. I don’t know about the other tutors at AJ, but if they teach with the same lack of care or professionalism as Peijing, then this whole organization should be put out of business.

Margaret Johnson has helped our daughter with AP testing, ACT and SAT testing as well as some tutoring when needed during Junior and Senior year. She has been wonderful to work with and Lauriane increased her scores substantially. We could not be happier and would recommend Margaret as well as AJ Tutoring very highly.

I’ve worked with a few tutoring establishments before, but AJ Tutoring is the only one to have exceeded all my expectations. I love how friendly and welcoming the AJ Tutoring atmosphere is and how encouraging and motivating the tutors are. I’ve received tutoring for AP Physics, SAT, ACT, and various SAT II tests. After working with the tutors from AJ, my understanding in each of these subjects became much more than in-​depth. I truly was able to comprehend the content of the subjects, especially with the comforting aid of my tutors. I’ve recommended AJ Tutoring to all of my friends, and I highly recommend it to those who need extra help with their academics and test preparations!

AJ Tutoring in Los Altos has been an excellent resource for my daughter. She has worked with David Griswold who is an outstanding tutor. David is engaging, thorough and passionate about his work. He has been proactive in providing feedback on her progress. My daughter has enjoyed working with him. The test taking strategy and full length practice tests helped improve her scores significantly from the PSAT to the SAT. I highly recommend AJ tutoring and David specifically.

I went to AJ Tutoring after being less than satisfied with another local tutoring company, and in order to help prepare my middle school daughter to take the HSPT test. We worked with tutor David Griswold for several weeks and he was fantastic! While my daughter is a diligent student and also very bright (no subjectivity here!), David helped her through each of the various sections of the test; assigned homework in between tutoring sessions; signed her up for several, full length, practice exams before the test (administered by AJ Tutoring at no extra cost); was EXCELLENT about communicating with me regarding how my daughter was doing, what she needed to work more on, what she already had down, etc. He offered helpful suggestions about other tools we could use to assist with vocabulary, for example. He is also positive toward and respectful of his students. While my daughter usually scores well on standardized tests, her performance on the HSPT was OUTSTANDING. I also found all of the staff at AJ Tutoring helpful and responsive. Their offices in Los Altos and Palo Alto are very nice (clean; spacious for waiting parents; coffee available, etc.).