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Chino Baluyut
Chino is the founder and owner of The Sentence Center. An educator with over fifteen years of experience, his passion is to teach essay writing to middle and high school students. His company offers writing classes, one-to-one tutoring, and test prep sessions.
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Paige Barrows
Paige coaches 6th – 12th grade students to math mastery in private one-to-one sessions. Her expertise spans academic math tutoring from pre-algebra though precalculus; she provides prep for the SSAT, SAT and ACT and inspires math confidence in her students. Happy parents have said “Paige brings the magic.” Please visit paigebarrows.com for more information about Paige’s current programs.
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Alexis Bartlow
Alexis is a seasoned SAT and ACT tutor who specializes in math and science preparation. She also has extensive experience working with high scorers and using mindfulness techniques to negotiate test anxiety. Alexis is the cofounder and lead tutor of Swell Education Silicon Valley. Visit Swell Education.
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Rheanna Bates
Since graduating from Harvard in 2002, Rheanna has coached hundreds of students in standardized test-taking, writing, and the humanities. Rheanna specializes in tailoring instruction to each student’s strengths, knowledge, and learning style, and works with students of all ability levels. Based in SF and Marin, Rheanna assists with SAT/ACT/SSAT prep, admissions essays, essay writing, and academic support. Learn more at Luminous Minds Tutoring.
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Ben Bernstein
“Dr. B” is a performance coach and psychologist who trains test takers—from high school students to professionals facing board exams—to reduce their test anxiety and improve their scores. His book, “Crush Your Test Anxiety,” is sold worldwide. Ben maintains a private practice and offers training programs via the web. He can be reached via his website.
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Chris Borland
Chris Borland, owner of Borland Educational, is the longest-practicing academic coach in San Francisco, Marin, and Sonoma County. A teacher since 1973, in business since 1977, Chris provides elite professional coaching for students of all ages in mathematics, academic skills, and all sections of the SAT, SAT Math Subject Test, ACT, PSAT, SSAT, ISEE, and HSPT. Visit borlandeducational.com, or check out Chris on Yelp.
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Wes Carroll
Wes and his team help bright students master math and their own best practices, through:
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Matt Cohn
Based in San Francisco, Matt has provided SAT/ACT prep, college admissions assistance, and academic coaching since 2004, utilizing his academic background in psychology to design programs based on the fundamental principles of learning and motivation. A versatile tutor, Matt also provides instruction for the SSAT and HSPT, SAT Subject Tests, GRE, and AP Psychology. Visit baytutoring.com.
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Scott Cowan
Scott draws on over 3 decades of experience to help students from around the world Gain Admission to their best-fit top Colleges, Graduate Programs, or HS and to raise GPA and Test Scores: SAT, ACT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, HSPT, GMAT, TOEFL, AP exams. To see what Scott’s students say about the ways he teaches, motivates, guides, and mentors, visit SFLearns.com and his Yelp page.
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Megan DeVries
Megan tutors students in the Greater Bay area and beyond of all ages and ability levels in beginning reading to college calculus. She helps students happily reach their full potential through an academically-based and holistic approach to learning. She specialized in the core subjects of reading, writing, math, and general homework support. As CEO and Master Tutor at Bodsat Prep, Megan helps serious students with SAT and ACT prep. Megan is the current Professional Development Director and Vice President of BATS.
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Ted Dorsey
Ted Dorsey founded Tutor Ted, Inc., a group of tutors that specializes in SAT, ACT, and ISEE test prep. Though the company is based in Los Angeles, Tutor Ted works with students around the globe via the web. Ted has published five test prep books to help students get ready for their admissions test in the most insightful, non-boring way possible. On the web at tutorted.com.
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Bill Driscoll
Bill Driscoll specializes in teaching math to students with learning differences. In addition to helping students with math, he helps them prepare for the math portions of nearly every standardized test. Bill is a very experienced educational therapist whose earlier career as a child therapist helps him address his students’ needs with sensitivity and humor. Visit Bill’s Yelp page.
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Nathan Fox
Nathan Fox is the founder of Fox LSAT and the author of Cheating the LSAT. He offers classroom and one-on-one LSAT programs in San Francisco and online. To learn more, read his reviews on Yelp or visit his Amazon author page. Find course schedules and details at FoxLSAT.com.
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Vali Govier
Vali, the owner of Math-4-Girls, sometimes called the”Math Whisperer,” motivates young girls to find the joys of math. She offers private enrichment K-8 and runs special groups for 3-6 grade girls too. Visit www.math-4-girls.com for details and see Vali’s Yelp pages for reviews by former clients.
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Dan Lichterman
As a writing coach and admission essay specialist, Dan has been empowering students to find their voice since 2004. He has helped clients of all ages learn how to effectively stand out on paper, eliminating the unnecessary so the necessary may speak. Drawing upon his own storytelling background, Dan guides admission applicants in constructing authentic essays that leap off the page. Visit danlichterman.com.
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Andrew Lovett
Andrew makes use of the time-honored insights of the humanities to help students in the following areas: academic support, admissions strategy, and test prep. He is a past president of BATS and the Chair of the BATS Scholars Committee. Visit liminus.com.
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Ender Markal
Ender has worked with hundreds of students since 1992 in all levels of math and has coached them on increasing their success in school and improving their performance and managing anxiety in standardized tests. He is the author of the GMAT Math Workbook through Barron’s Educational Series. Visit SFTutors.com.
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Robin Marks
Robin has a spirited love of science and a passion for making its sometimes-murky depths more transparent. She mentors students to become thinkers, engaging them in real-life examples, hands-on (often edible) models, and the science behind their individual interests. Robin tutors biosciences, chemistry, earth and environmental science, and physics. Visit Discovery Street Science.
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Kathryn McCarthy
Kathryn has been tutoring in the San Francisco Bay area since 2001. With a degree in physics, she specializes in one-on-one tutoring for math, science, and test prep. She also helps her students develop even better planning, organization, time management, study, note-taking, and other skills that reduce stress. Students often say they gain confidence they apply to all parts of their lives. Email Kathryn.
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David Montesano
David, America’s first admission strategist and author of “Brand U: 4 Steps to the College of Your Dreams” and “Stand Out to Get In!” helps students gain admission to their first-choice colleges and winning merit scholarships. David’s students are gainfully employed or in the appropriate graduate programs that lead to the careers that will help them achieve their life’s goal. Please visit www.collegematchus.com.
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John Neville
John is a senior academic mentor with ESMprep.com and tutors the ACT, SAT, GMAT, and math all the way up to Calculus. John is also the founder of Mindful Test Taking, a company dedicated to helping students reduce their test anxiety. John earned a B.S. in applied mathematics from Stanford and an M.S. in financial economics from Oxford.
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Edith Reiner
Edith is a playful geek with a passion for helping middle and high school students connect with Math, Science (including Chemistry, Physics and Biology), and Statistics. Her approach promotes growth mindset, genuine love of learning, and creative and flexible habits of mind. Visit Edith's website.
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Justin Sigars
Justin Sigars is co-founder of (and master instructor at) Bodsat Prep, the only Bay Area test prep program designed exclusively for high-achieving students. Visit bodsat.com. Justin also works with students at all levels on a variety of high-leverage tests and on literature and writing. Visit bayareatutoring.com.
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Ali Smookler
Ali Smookler is an academic tutor and coach who is passionate about making mathematics accessible to all. She strives to tailor her instruction to each student's learning style, helping him or her build confidence as well as skills. Ali works with struggling and honors students of all ages, specializing in high-school math among several other topics. Visit Ali's website.
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Agi Wojciechowska
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Mike Wright
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Naomi Zell
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Agi has been helping high school students in science for over a decade. She specializes in guiding students with Learning Differences as well as High Achievers get top grades in Math, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. Agi supports students beyond their simple needs in a particular course to become more effective and engaged learners. Email Agi.
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Mike Wright is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, and the founder of Wright Minded, a one-to-one, in-home SAT / LSAT prep and application counseling service for Bay Area students. Wright Minded operates on a “buy one, give one” basis — each hour of tutoring purchased funds an hour of one-to-one SAT tutoring for a low-income student here in the Bay.
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Naomi Zell is a nationally recognized test prep expert. She has helped thousands of students reach their goals on the SAT, ACT, SSAT, and other tests, and gain entrance to top choice colleges. She is the founder of the Swell Education Group.
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