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Have Us Come Speak to Your Group

Amy Martin Rodriguez, PhD, is available to come speak to your parent’s group on a variety of related topics. Below, please find the details of her most recent presentations.

5 Keys to Elevating Your Child’s SAT Score for
Acceptance at the Best Colleges

In this presentation you will learn the following:

  • The best way to improve Vocabulary for Critical Reading
  • 4 Surprising Skills that your child needs on the Math Section
  • All of the grammar your child needs for the Writing Section
  • The 5 steps to writing a perfect essay every time
  • The strategy that most tutors do not teach students for the toughest Critical Reading questions

In our experience we have seen that:

  • Just 3 hours per week of studying for 2 months can often significantly raise your child’s SAT score!
  • Prep must include basic skills review AND practice tests!
  • Students must go back and look over their wrong answers and figure out what went wrong!

We have found that it is essential that students also:

  • Review the math and grammar they have had years to forget
  • Interpret the tricky language of critical reading passages
  • Increase vocabulary without memorizing lists of words
  • Learn to look for the common mistakes that always show up in the writing section
  • Develop a formula for writing the essay and practice it with a timer
  • Learn how to solve the toughest math problems “creatively”

With the techniques that Amy will show you, your child will go into the SAT exam with the expertise and confidence he or she needs to achieve a top score. This will put your child on the path to gaining acceptance at the top universities and ultimately to a successful future career.

Learn more about Amy Martin Rodriguez, PhD.

 

“Within a month and a half Alyssa’s score increased by 700 points. We really like the fact that Amy adjusts the assignments to Alyssa’s needs. We’re very grateful to Amy for all of her help.”  Sandra M., Parent of Senior, Leigh High School 2011

 

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If you are interested in engaging Amy for a speaking event, our to a small group of your friends at your home, please call Excellence for College at  (408) 823-9999 or email us at your convenience.

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At Excellence for College we guide your child to take active responsibility for their academic success. We build a solid foundation so they excel now, in their college classes, and in life. We deliver a personalized yet rigorous structure to keep your child inspired and on track toward high grades and their best test scores.

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CLIENT REVIEWS

I can’t believe that I started out our sessions with a 1600 and ended up with a 2200. All of the essay and critical reading torture truly worked miracles and I want to thank you once again for your help.

Junior, Castilleja School
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Amy provided outstanding tutoring to my daughter. A friend recommended Amy to assist my daughter in Honors Chemistry. Amy helped my daughter to really understand the concepts and to be able to answer the most difficult problems.

Parent of Junior, Saratoga High School
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Amy quickly assessed what she (my daughter) needed to boost her (SAT) score… I didn’t totally believe that this was going to translate into a real score improvement on the official test. But it did (2360) and my little girl is on her way to Georgetown!

Mother of High School Student
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Amy helped my daughter acquire the skills she needed along with a new confidence that I haven’t seen in her before. She went into the exam (SAT) confident that she was going to do well and she did. She got a 2340.

Parent of Junior, Saratoga High School
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Sneha got her score and I am so excited I start crying. She get 2310. You should take your son or daughter to Amy even if she have good grade. She make sure your daughter get top SAT score.

Preeti M - Parent, Menlo Atherton HS
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Amy looked at Kate’s SAT test from October and figured out exactly which areas she needed the most help on. We really liked the weekly progress reports and the all of the assignments. And all of this hard work paid off: We just got Kate’s scores and she got 2400.

Parent of Personal Tutoring Student
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My daughter just found out she was accepted at Georgetown… And this is all because we found Amy to help her on the SAT. I thought that she would have to settle for one of her safety schools when she got an 1820 the first time…

Mother of High School Student
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When we started looking for an SAT tutor I was overjoyed to find out that Amy also helps students with the SAT. She helped my daughter acquire the skills she needed…

Parent of Junior, Saratoga High School
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Within a month and a half Alyssa’s score increased by 700 points. We really like the fact that Amy adjusts the assignments to Alyssa’s needs. We’re very grateful to Amy for all of her help.

Sandra M - Parent of Sr, Leigh High School
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You are a breath of fresh air, and clearly excited about what you are doing.  To be able to offer guidance and instill more self-confidence in our kids is a wonderful thing.

Marcia B - Parent of Junior, Branham HS
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- October 25, 2014
- December 13, 2014

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