Our family’s journey with the Excellerate program first began with our oldest child when she struggled with writing. She used to dread writing assignments complaining that it was too hard and boring, but with the Excellerate Write On! program, we began to witness her gaining confidence in her writing. Through the program, she learned to think for herself, being taught how to structure her thoughts on paper, and having fun trying out different elements of writing.As a result of this experienced success with our first child, we decided to enroll her siblings in the Excellerate Core program- Math and Reading. Our second child who had a tendency to rush through things used to make careless mistakes in reading comprehension questions, but with the personalized coaching in the areas of study skills and habits, he has become a thoughtful reader paying attention to details and learning how to appropriately pace his work.The program emphasizes note-taking skills as one of the ways to succeed, and our kids have definitely benefited from such purposeful training throughout the years. The success in the program has also translated into each kid’s success in school- not only the improvement in grades and test scores but also in their self-confidence with what they can accomplish.Excellerate does not follow a rote-learning model, an approach many typical tutoring programs would take after. It systematically focuses on the areas that each child needs to work on and provides personalized coaching suitable to the students. It is an excellent program that parents can trust, and we have no doubt that we can continue our partnership in educating our children for their success.

I have a 6th grader who has been attending Excellerate for the past three years. We started Excellerate sessions back when he was in elementary school because it seemed like his math scores were falling behind compared to the other subjects. Previously, our daughter completed the Excellerate ACT program, and we were highly satisfied with the results. Because of the positive experience we had with our daughter, we also signed up our son for math classes twice a week. Our son, who is a bit hesitant against new changes, started to overcome the challenges with the encouragement and the help of the academic coaches. By the time that he graduated from elementary school, he even received an award to be a “Math Master”. I saw significant improvement in his attitude towards studying as he became more independent in completing his tasks and assignments on time. In the midst of these uncertain times where kids have to spend the majority of their time inside due to COVID, I want to thank the staff and the academic coaches at Excellerate who have all worked so hard to transition the students to continue their learning at home.

My kids have been part of More Than SATs Excellerate program for about 3 years now, and Im so grateful for their learning growth. Definitely in academics--each of my kids went from being at grade level when they started, to 1.5 grade levels above their levels, up in MAP test scores (my eldest is now at 99% from about 85% in math since the beginning of the program in 3rd grade. My daughter is going to 2nd grade so has not taken MAP yet, but is working on the end of 3rd grade curriculum currently at Excellerate).But more important than their academic growth, it is their love of learning and resiliency to persevere through struggles that I see as the most marked improvement since starting with Excellerate.The coaches do not help kids right away when they struggle. Instead, they encourage the students to struggle on their own with their coaching. They also teach how to ask specific questions, and not just say, I dont get it. My kids have realized that struggling while learning is not bad. Its a way to grow and be stretched. They also poignantly make kids aware the difference between faking learning and really learning, and enjoy the aha moments that come when authentic learning takes place.They also teach Language Arts, Coding, and Writing, all of which my kids have tried at one point or other, and they teach these concepts all throughout their classes.I am just so thankful that my kids are learning these study skills at an early age and I know they will be better equipped to come across challenges now as they move up in their educational careers.I trust that they teach their high school test prep courses and study skills courses with the same philosophy. Im also thankful that they have on staff people who are extremely knowledgeable about the college application process including financial aid, and I feel safe that my family will receive the best advice and opportunities when it comes to thinking about college and careers because we are in More Than SATs care.