Testimonials

“We feel so lucky to have found Nina to work with our daughter to prepare for her SAT's and to also help in the college application process. They worked very well together from their first meeting and the results followed. Nina helped Jen focus and motivated her to reach her potential. Jen's scores improved significantly! She also guided Jen through her college application and essays - finishing the application a month before the deadline. Nina is insightful, creative and a pleasure to work with for both students and parents. She has made the college process easy! Thank you Nina! I have worked with Nina since January 2014 in order to prepare for the SAT's, in 5 months she helped me raise my scores significantly. Over the summer she helped me with my college essay and helped me submit my application a month early! I now work with her for history tutoring. Nina is an overall nice person and she worked really hard to help me reach my goals. ”

“Nina is nothing short of amazing! Aside from teaching my daughter incredible skills to prepare her for the SAT exams, both for content and strategies, she did so much to boost my daughter's confidence. Nina worked with my daughter on a regular basis agreeing to meet twice a week, because we had such a short window to prepare for the first SAT test, and we saw incredible results. Nina recognized my daughter's intelligence and skills, and was able to focus and identify my daughter's lack of confidence in herself. Nina worked on and addressed these issues, which empowered my daughter to work independently as well. Nina was also fun and interesting, which allowed my daughter to participate without dreading the process, and made her want to be properly prepared for each session. We did not have to nag or lean on her at all. She just took responsibility and worked hard to prepare for her sessions with Nina, and for the actual exams. Nina was able to concentrate on the particular areas that needed work, and also helped us as parents, to understand the testing strategies and the college application process as well. We had tried two other tutors from this list, and my daughter just did not connect with either of them. Nina is an incredibly intelligent, skilled, and effective tutor. I highly recommend Nina and she certainly earns her fee. ”

“Nina has been a lifesaver! My daughter is a high-school senior and Nina has been able to "reach" her and motivate her to successfully do the studying and prep work that I couldn't get her to do. We've recommended her to other families and to people who counsel families of highschoolers.”

“Nina is a wonderful tutor. She is extremely smart and knowledgeable about the SAT. At the same time, she is a warm and caring person who knows how to motivate students to do their best. My sons really like having her as a tutor and feel they have learned a lot from her. We highly value and recommend her.”

“She was very knowledgeable and provided a wealth of information. We've set an action plan for successful SAT testing experience and judging by her level of expertise -- I am confident the plan will be just that.”

“Nina has been working with my two daughters on reading, writing and SAT prep. She has done a fantastic job in helping them do better in school. My daughter has recieved A's in all the essays that she's worked on with Nina. Nina is reliable and responsible and I strongly recommend working with her.”

“We are enthusiastic supporters of Nina and have been thrilled with the work she has done with our children. Our son worked with Nina over the past few months, primarily with SAT and ACT prep. His focus was no so much on understanding the material but on approaches to ensure that he did not make careless errors. He also worked with Nina on general test taking strategies and essay construction. He found her to be adaptive to his needs, as well as being a very kind and patient tutor. These comments are what every parent should want to hear...namely that the teacher will adjust to the needs of the student and that they have the patience and perspective that their success is derived from that of your child. Our daughter has just begun working with Nina as well. She has a completely different profile and set of needs from our son and we are confidant that Nina will be a great help to her too.”

“Nina is a wonderful test prep tutor. She is very personable and focused. Her holistic approach enables a student to do their best. Not only has she helped our daughter to prepare to take the SAT, she has helped her and us to understand an otherwise very daunting college application exam process. Her study methods and worksheets have provided a very realistic framework for her to obtain a top score in the writing section. She is continuing with Nina for the other exams (ACT and APs); prior to working with Nina, our daughter had no confidence that she would do well. Now, she has done well, and expects to continue to do so.    ”

“Nina is a wonderful tutor. She knows how to work with a student very well by tailoring her material and lessons to their specific needs. This has been helpful with trouble in very particular areas of SAT help. She really makes sure her lessons are working for you as the student and isn't just trying to please the student's parents. She is very good with explaining answers instead of simply correcting them. She genuinely wants to help you with your work! Wonderful tutor and fun personality!”

“Nina was an amazing tutor! My SAT scores increased by nearly 300 points due to working with her. She also helped me with my college applications. She was extremely useful in the whole college process. She helped me prepare to take the SATs and the SAT subject tests on short notice. She structured everything to my learning style and was really fun to work with because of her outgoing personality.  I highly recommend.”