The Achieve Experience, in Their Words

Feedback from students and families who have worked with us across tutoring, test prep, and college guidance.

We have worked with Achieve Tutorials for 7 years (tutoring our two very different children). The tutors are all excellent in their respective fields. In addition, they are intuitive and sensitive to the needs of each particular child. Both our children have always looked forward to working with their tutors. They have huge respect for them and feel grateful for all their help. What sets Achieve apart from the other programs is the leadership of Pete Edwards. He is smart, organized and driven ( Princeton Graduate)! He also insures the appropriate match of tutor with student. I can not imagine high school for our children without Achieve Tutorials!!!

Harvard-Westlake Parent

I studied with Albert for two years and highly recommend him. Albert is the best! He has great knowledge of the subject matter and as well as a great knowledge of the course content. Thus, we were able to focus on exactly what I needed help with. He is the best tutor I have ever had and the results were great!

Loyola Student

Audra worked with my son preparing for the ISEE. He loved working with Audra and improved enough to get into his first choice, Harvard-Westlake! We’ll definitely use Achieve Tutorials again!

St. Matthew’s Parent

Our tutor is superb — knowledgeable, explains things clearly, relates well to students, and has an encouraging attitude.

Harvard-Westlake Parent

My oldest son worked with Pete and another tutor on SAT prep, and increased his score by 280 points. Achieve Tutorials also worked with him on his college essay, and we were so pleased, we did it all again with our youngest son.

I think our tutor is the best. I know my son got a good SAT score as a result of the exceptional tutoring provided by Achieve. With his grades and SAT scores he was accepted to UCLA and Harvard!

Loyola Parent

Thank you again for all your help preparing our daughter to do her best on the SAT! She was thrilled and, of course, we were so happy that she was able to get the results we always felt were realistic for her. Her increase of 250 points gave her the score she was hoping for.

Chadwick Parent

Our tutor has encouraged our son to take more of an initiative in working his way through the college application process.

Harvard Westlake Parent

Smart, intuitive, pleasant, punctual, motivated and encouraging to the student and parents. Pete and his team are exceptional! We have used Pete, Hollis and Albert throughout the years. All of which are super skilled. extremely efficient, punctual, pleasant, encouraging, and positive. Highly recommend Achieve Tutorials! Thank you Pete!

Loyola, Marymount, and St. Matthews Parent

He has the ability to draw out the best in his students-confidence and critical thinking for the task ahead. Pete is the best there is. He draws out the best in his students, and they perform well on tests.

Harvard-Westlake Parent

Albert has tutored both of my girls for their ISEEs and did such a wonderful job. So much so that my daughter, who isn’t even required to take the ISEE this year asked if she could continue her sessions with him. Furthermore, my younger daughter has NEVER liked Math, and thanks to Albert’s method of tutoring, it is now her favorite subject. There will never be another tutor for us— Albert is the best!

Curtis School Parent

Mr. Lee is truly one of the most intelligent, kind, patient and intellectually stimulating tutors we have ever had the pleasure of finding for our daughter. He’s a math genius and knows how to teach. He could easily be a college professor at an ivy league if that was his career path and we are grateful that he takes his time to help children build confidence and sharpen higher level math and science skills. Thank you to Achieve tutors for finding him for us. We are so happy with him.

Harvard Westlake Parent

Achieve Tutorials has been a one stop shop for our four children. They have prepped our eldest for her SAT’s and GRE’s with great results. Our two middle children prepped for their ACT’s with Achieve and both were able to hit the mark on their test scores and attend the school of their choice. Achieve has helped the children with all of their subjects from Algebra to zoology and beyond.

We give them our highest possible recommendation. We have referred Achieve to many friends and they have had the same positive experiences.

Brentwood and Marlborough Parent

High school, particularly math and science classes, were a huge struggle for our daughter, but after working with Achieve Tutorials, she not only did much better in school (from a C to an A- in math), but she decided to become a science major in college! She was so inspired, and I can’t thank our tutor enough for making her confident in her own abilities. These guys are great!

Marymount Parent

Our two kids have worked with Pete and two or three other tutors from Achieve Tutorials for more than three years. They have excelled in school and my oldest is now showing great improvement on his ACT. Everyone we’ve dealt with has been incredibly supportive and has been able to push our kids into a greater understanding of their classes. They look forward to every meeting.

Brentwood Parent

Albert knows so much about Chemistry, and makes it so easy to understand. Thank you for all your help!

Palisades Charter Parent

Pete is prompt, professional, and makes learning easy for my children. It is very rewarding to see the light bulb go on in their heads thanks to him. I highly recommend Achieve Tutorials.

Archer Parent

I recommend Achieve Tutorials often and with confidence.

Brentwood and Marlborough Parent

My girls love Hollis and look forward to working with him every week, even though they normally don’t like math.

Brentwood Parent

Thank you so much for all your help with my college essay. As the oldest child in my family, my parents and I honestly had no clue where to start when it came to writing my essay…your tips and advice really helped make my essay great!

Dubuque Senior High Student

Knowledge, kindness, helpful. Pete was really helpful with my son’s LSAT prep and we are grateful for his time!

Harvard-Westlake Parent

Hollis has calm and confident energy that has been a positive force for the kids. I appreciate that Hollis listened to our feedback and was very flexible in meeting the individual needs of the kids and the overall structure that the parents were looking for. I also really appreciate that our girls had a great role model and someone other than a parent to help build their skills and confidence – especially in a year where so much was lacking and everything was different. It was great to have a calm and trusting presence in person to help them navigate distance learning. THANK YOU HOLLIS!!!

Mar Vista Elementary Parent

Matt was fantastic with our son! His ACT score rose 3 full points…a very big deal. Matt was extremely knowledgeable and patient. There’s no better way to assess the success of a tutor than in seeing his or her ability to help a student IMPROVE. This was our third time, as parents, having a child go through the ACT testing process. Matt shines above others who helped us in the past…can’t recommend him highly enough. THANKS MATT!

Campbell Hall Parent

Great with my son – motivating and keeps him on task without being overly pushy. On time and positive personality.

Viewpoint School Parent

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