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About Ivy West
Established in California in 1989, Ivy West pioneered one-on-one, in-home test prep. Since then, we have earned a reputation among college counselors, parents and students as the leading provider of one-on-one, in-home, in-person test prep for college and high school admissions tests. Today, Ivy West is proud to make our test prep expertise available to students and families nationwide with our Online SAT Programs.
Our Mission
Ivy West’s mission is to partner with families to help students achieve their college admission goals. We accomplish this by preparing students for their college admissions or high school admissions exams with our proven curriculum, professional, certified tutors, and personalized service. We continue to develop and provide new and improved methods for test preparation with innovations like our proprietary PrepMap Assessment™ which is the most detailed and prescriptive diagnostic tool available in the test prep industry today.
Our Programs
Maximizing your child's preparation so they can perform at a peak level of effectiveness on the SAT is our number one objective, and our programs are designed fit your budget, your time frame, your child's learning style and your family's priorities.
Our programs have been built over 20 years of helping students succeed, and we believe that there are four key components that are fundamental to success and maximizing scores:
- One-on-one, in-home tutoring --- Ensures that your child is getting the individual attention that they need
- Use of professional, trained, certified tutors who are matched to your child’s needs --- Optimizes the learning interaction
- Custom-developed and time-tested curriculum --- Teaches the key test-taking strategies needed to succeed
- Practice tests --- Using actual College Board samples, these tests benchmark your child’s progress, and prepares them to perform at the peak of their ability
Our Tutors
Ivy West prides itself on the quality of our exceptional family of tutors. We carefully screen, perform background checks and hand-select only the most professional and experienced tutors who not only have achieved high test scores themselves, but also exhibit a passion and talent for teaching, have an engaging personality, and a genuine interest in helping students succeed. Tutors who meet these criteria are trained by Ivy West and then tested in dynamic teaching scenarios to ensure they effectively deliver our proprietary lesson material with our proven teaching methods. Only tutors who achieve our high standards, complete our training and demonstrate exceptional teaching skills become certified Ivy West tutors. Furthermore, every Ivy West tutor receives ongoing training from Ivy West to ensure they continue to provide the focused and effective test preparation for which we are known.
While we are proud that Ivy West tutors attended some of the most reputable educational institutions in the world including Harvard University, Cambridge University, New York University, Northwestern University, University of Notre Dame, Princeton University, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Southern California, etc., their educational background is just one facet of their profile as Ivy West tutors. They have engaging personalities and are natural teachers even before they are trained and certified by Ivy West.