February 2010
In pursuing its social entrepreneurship mission and commitment to making an impact in the area of education, Ivy Link has teamed up with Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), an organization that provides educational and career programs to young people from underserved communities and addresses inequities in education and opportunity. Ivy Link will provide standardized test preparation and other educational services tailored specifically to SEO’s students and more than 6000 alumni.
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“I write to express my highest appreciation and regard for my tutor’s talents. She helped prepare me for both the LSAT and GMAT exams in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Thanks to her tremendous insight, support and work ethic, I was able to score 169 on the LSAT and 720 on the GMAT. My tutor was a pleasure to work with and a consummate professional in every respect. I recommend her highly.”
- JD/MBA Applicant (Admitted to Cornell Law School and Business School)
“Before working with my tutor, I had taken a well-known, commercial LSAT preparation course that did not raise my score or adequately prepare me for the exam. But after working privately with my tutor, I gained a better understanding and knowledge of how to successfully take the exam and increased my LSAT score by 13 points. My tutor explained the materials and study strategies in a clear, comprehensible manner that was tailored to my learning style and needs. This preparation differed from other tutoring programs I looked into because not only did I learn how to answer the questions, but I also took many practice exams in a timed, simulated test setting. This was invaluable. Also, I felt that my tutor truly cared that I raise my score and be satisfied with it. Now I tell any of my friends who are preparing for the LSATs, that my tutor was amazing and I don’t think anyone else could have prepared me as well as my tutor did.”
- LSAT Student
“Prepping for the SATs is a daunting task for any college bound high school student. Thankfully, my tutor had taking the SATs down to a science, and she was able to teach me how to do the same in the quickest and most effective manner possible. By the time I sat down to take the test I had been so well prepared that not only did I feel like the exam was a walk in the park, but I felt like I had already seen every type of question that was on it. My tutor knew all of the tricks that the test writers would try to confuse me with, and taught me easy ways to keep myself from getting tripped up on those types of questions. What the College Board doesn’t want you to know is that there is a method to their madness; it doesn’t require an infinite amount of wisdom to master the test. What it does take is knowledge of the specific set of skills that the SAT is designed to test, and my tutor taught me those skills.”
- College Applicant (Admitted to Johns Hopkins)
“After working with my tutor for almost six months on my SAT skills, I do not believe I could have felt more prepared and confident to take the SAT Reasoning Test. After a few tutoring sessions, my scores steadily increased and ultimately reached a level at which I was extremely pleased. My tutor was able to identify my difficulties and provide me with strategies to improve my scores. If I should need more standardized test preparation in the future, my tutor will be the first person I call.”
- High School Junior
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