What My Clients Say:
"We are so grateful for the help you gave Charlotte with her writing skills. To go from scoring a 6 on her SAT essay to scoring the perfect 12 just about says it all. Her confidence in writing has increased dramatically. Writing has been the weakest of her subjects. Now she writes essays with ease. Homework goes so much quicker; she writes essays in a fraction of the time it used to take her, and she feels focused and on track - it's marvellous!" --Selena Fowler
"Bringing Jeffrey to you for SAT tutoring was the best thing we ever did. He improved his SAT score by over 300 points! We are so grateful for the huge improvements with Jeffrey's test score after the time he spent with you. He's already gotten into 10 schools. We couldn't be happier." --Douglas Fox
"Good SAT tutors are hard to find. In fact, good SAT English tutors are even harder to find. Luckily, I was able to find Cherie who really understands the in's and out's of the SAT. Cherie was actually my 3rd tutor. The previous had all been, now compared to Cherie, pathetic. Cherie spent good quality, one-on-one time with me. She begins by trying to understand one's level in English by finding out one's interests, grades, and books read. Then one begins the "brutal" but effective learning process. Cherie does not only teach writing, and grammar, and vocabulary, and critical reading. But she also teaches tools to make one a better test taker, such as breathing techniques. One feels ready, prepared, and confident to take the SAT after this. In the end she was able to raise my scores a lot. My most proud accomplishment was raising my essay from an 8 to an 11. I am very grateful to her since she is probably the reason why I have gotten into two colleges already." Emerson Shiang, Palo Alto High School
"The best part of your tutoring is not just that Max raised his English SAT scores by 120 points, but that what he learned will help him with everything he does in college and in the future. Thanks for all your help!" --Julia Nelson-Gal
"After a single session, my understanding, strategy and confidence for the SAT increased dramatically. With more than a 200 point improvement from my PSAT score, I was overjoyed with my performance on the SAT. Your private tutoring proved much more beneficial than any of the classes my classmates decided to take. The personalized experience with you really made the difference. Despite my having a 4.0, the SAT requires a different type of knowledge that your tutoring supplied. Thank you so much!" --Elizabeth Scott
"I went to Cherie for help with mastering the reading and writing portion of the SAT Reasoning Test. I am not a test taker, but Cherie taught me many strategies that I not only used on the SAT, but also use taking school exams. She showed me breathing techniques to calm my nerves and help me focus, as well as test-taking strategies that greatly improved my score. Her patience and kind personality made the entire experience a very pleasant one. I ended up getting a score that I am very, very happy with--750 on the writing section!-- and I owe that success to Cherie." Helen Strnad, Gunn High School
"Cherie worked with my son David on his writing skills for about a year, and it made a dramatic difference in his performance on his college boards (both the SAT and ACT exams) relative to his earlier PSAT scores. In addition, he improved his writing skills, which favorably impacted the quality of his college essays, and which will help him going forward in his classes. We were thrilled when David received acceptances to Stanford and Michigan."
"You are to be complimented in helping David: he scored a 30 on combined English/writing, which put him in the 95th percentile, and his writing score was 10, which was in the 99th percentile!" --Richard Beleson
"Cherie is a great tutor. She modifies her teaching style to fit her students' needs, and teaches just at the right pace. I have had her as my tutor for almost 3 years and my writing has improved tremendously. I used to have trouble with many aspects of writing, such as using correct grammar, sounding coherent, and even coming up with ideas for my school's essays. However, now I can write much more easily and confidently. My SAT scores also improved a lot: for example, I gained 120 points in the Writing Section, and am proud of my score: 790 out of 800. Thank you for your guidance!"--S. Prasad, Gunn High School, Palo Alto
"I wanted a tutor for my daughter who would take her SAT scores from 2100s to 2200s and beyond. We selected Cherie to help with the Reading and Writing sections and she delivered!
My daughter's Reading score went from a 680 to 800. Her writing also improved to a 750. Cherie's method of solving reading comprehension problems gave my daughter a consistent way to approach the section and her time and confidence improved. My daughter was relatively good at the writing (multiple choice) but with Cherie's help she also improved in writing essays. Cherie did this all within a span of 2-3 months. We--parents and student--highly recommend Cherie as an English tutor for the SAT." - Niteen Bhat (Parent of Mountain View High Junior)
"Cherie, thanks for helping Cole so much this past year. It's terrific how enthusiastic he has always been about working with you, which is indeed unique, as it is something he has never done with any other person (tutor, adult, peer) in any subject. That's pretty cool, I think. And wow, your recent approach to helping him improve his writing is brilliant -- working multiple times on several sentences and using a football analogy. That really is truly brilliant !!" --Gary Shaffer
"I began working with Cherie in the beginning of 2013 of my sophomore year. As a somewhat struggling writer generally scoring low B's to high C's in my AS English writing class at MA, I found her guidance helpful from the start. She has bountiful insight in all facets of reading and writing that teachers don't touch on in class. In my case, I struggled particularly with expressing ideas with clarity and eloquence, and over the year, have made great strides. In just the second semester, I started receiving consistent A's on essays, which ultimately enabled me to take the Advanced Placement English class my junior year. As far as standardized tests go, I don't think I could have improved much more. My PSAT score, in 7 months, increased over 25 points in reading comprehension and writing skills (that's equivalent to over 250 SAT points). Whether you're looking to improve as a writer or get a boost on your English understanding, test results, and test taking ability, you won't be disappointed if you work with Cherie!" --Cole Shaffer, Menlo Atherton High School
"For the past year and a half I have been working with Cherie to improve my writing and SAT scores and I have benefited enormously. Cherie has what most large companies do not: the ability to shape each lesson to fit each student personally. Cherie found ways to teach me and only me, and because of this, I could not imagine a better SAT tutor. She helped me improve my score immensely; I increased both my writing and reading scores by more than a hundred points. And while Cherie helped me improve my scores, she did much more than that. She helped me to improve my writing and even my thought process. She has the ability to teach people to think, but even more important, to help them think and analyze on a deeper level. Over the past year and a half, not only have my scores improved, but so has my writing and my schoolwork in general. I feel very lucky to have found Cherie and very grateful for her help. And she's fun, too!" --Daniella Mizrahi, Palo Alto High School
"I am very thankful to have found a tutor like Miss Cherie who has helped me take my writing to a whole other level. She taught me how to reason my way to the right answers on the SAT by challenging me and also by teaching me strategies that work. Not only has Miss Cherie taught me to think outside the box, but she also played a huge role in earning me an editorship position on the school newspaper. I can honestly say that without Miss Cherie, I would not have my dream job of being a sports editor. Last year when I applied for the school newspaper, my writing was terrible, to say the least. But Miss Cherie helped me refine my writing and gave me the advice I needed to be successful. She's terrific!" --Shajee Syed-Quadri
"Cherie was very thorough in preparing me for the SAT--I learned everything from the basics of sentence structure to proper breathing technique under the pressure of the exam. My SAT English score improved by 140 points after only 8 sessions with Cherie. My essay score went from an 8 to a 10! In addition, I wrote numerous papers for my classes at De Anza last quarter, and I found that I not only churn out papers faster, but my grades are higher too--not one essay grade less than an A. I am very happy with my improvement and am recommending Cherie to all my friends."
--Priya Mathur, Fremont High School/De Anza Community College
"Thank you for all your help! It was awesome to work with you! You are a great teacher but an even better person :) "
--Daniel N., High school student
"Ayush took a practice ACT test this Saturday and he got a 33. He missed a 34 score by one point. I wanted to thank you for helping him get this great score. He did really well because of your help. You are a great teacher. Thank you once again!" --Anushka Jain
"We are so grateful for the help you gave Charlotte with her writing skills. To go from scoring a 6 on her SAT essay to scoring the perfect 12 just about says it all. Her confidence in writing has increased dramatically. Writing has been the weakest of her subjects. Now she writes essays with ease. Homework goes so much quicker; she writes essays in a fraction of the time it used to take her, and she feels focused and on track - it's marvellous!" --Selena Fowler
"Bringing Jeffrey to you for SAT tutoring was the best thing we ever did. He improved his SAT score by over 300 points! We are so grateful for the huge improvements with Jeffrey's test score after the time he spent with you. He's already gotten into 10 schools. We couldn't be happier." --Douglas Fox
"Good SAT tutors are hard to find. In fact, good SAT English tutors are even harder to find. Luckily, I was able to find Cherie who really understands the in's and out's of the SAT. Cherie was actually my 3rd tutor. The previous had all been, now compared to Cherie, pathetic. Cherie spent good quality, one-on-one time with me. She begins by trying to understand one's level in English by finding out one's interests, grades, and books read. Then one begins the "brutal" but effective learning process. Cherie does not only teach writing, and grammar, and vocabulary, and critical reading. But she also teaches tools to make one a better test taker, such as breathing techniques. One feels ready, prepared, and confident to take the SAT after this. In the end she was able to raise my scores a lot. My most proud accomplishment was raising my essay from an 8 to an 11. I am very grateful to her since she is probably the reason why I have gotten into two colleges already." Emerson Shiang, Palo Alto High School
"The best part of your tutoring is not just that Max raised his English SAT scores by 120 points, but that what he learned will help him with everything he does in college and in the future. Thanks for all your help!" --Julia Nelson-Gal
"After a single session, my understanding, strategy and confidence for the SAT increased dramatically. With more than a 200 point improvement from my PSAT score, I was overjoyed with my performance on the SAT. Your private tutoring proved much more beneficial than any of the classes my classmates decided to take. The personalized experience with you really made the difference. Despite my having a 4.0, the SAT requires a different type of knowledge that your tutoring supplied. Thank you so much!" --Elizabeth Scott
"I went to Cherie for help with mastering the reading and writing portion of the SAT Reasoning Test. I am not a test taker, but Cherie taught me many strategies that I not only used on the SAT, but also use taking school exams. She showed me breathing techniques to calm my nerves and help me focus, as well as test-taking strategies that greatly improved my score. Her patience and kind personality made the entire experience a very pleasant one. I ended up getting a score that I am very, very happy with--750 on the writing section!-- and I owe that success to Cherie." Helen Strnad, Gunn High School
"Cherie worked with my son David on his writing skills for about a year, and it made a dramatic difference in his performance on his college boards (both the SAT and ACT exams) relative to his earlier PSAT scores. In addition, he improved his writing skills, which favorably impacted the quality of his college essays, and which will help him going forward in his classes. We were thrilled when David received acceptances to Stanford and Michigan."
"You are to be complimented in helping David: he scored a 30 on combined English/writing, which put him in the 95th percentile, and his writing score was 10, which was in the 99th percentile!" --Richard Beleson
"Cherie is a great tutor. She modifies her teaching style to fit her students' needs, and teaches just at the right pace. I have had her as my tutor for almost 3 years and my writing has improved tremendously. I used to have trouble with many aspects of writing, such as using correct grammar, sounding coherent, and even coming up with ideas for my school's essays. However, now I can write much more easily and confidently. My SAT scores also improved a lot: for example, I gained 120 points in the Writing Section, and am proud of my score: 790 out of 800. Thank you for your guidance!"--S. Prasad, Gunn High School, Palo Alto
"I wanted a tutor for my daughter who would take her SAT scores from 2100s to 2200s and beyond. We selected Cherie to help with the Reading and Writing sections and she delivered!
My daughter's Reading score went from a 680 to 800. Her writing also improved to a 750. Cherie's method of solving reading comprehension problems gave my daughter a consistent way to approach the section and her time and confidence improved. My daughter was relatively good at the writing (multiple choice) but with Cherie's help she also improved in writing essays. Cherie did this all within a span of 2-3 months. We--parents and student--highly recommend Cherie as an English tutor for the SAT." - Niteen Bhat (Parent of Mountain View High Junior)
"Cherie, thanks for helping Cole so much this past year. It's terrific how enthusiastic he has always been about working with you, which is indeed unique, as it is something he has never done with any other person (tutor, adult, peer) in any subject. That's pretty cool, I think. And wow, your recent approach to helping him improve his writing is brilliant -- working multiple times on several sentences and using a football analogy. That really is truly brilliant !!" --Gary Shaffer
"I began working with Cherie in the beginning of 2013 of my sophomore year. As a somewhat struggling writer generally scoring low B's to high C's in my AS English writing class at MA, I found her guidance helpful from the start. She has bountiful insight in all facets of reading and writing that teachers don't touch on in class. In my case, I struggled particularly with expressing ideas with clarity and eloquence, and over the year, have made great strides. In just the second semester, I started receiving consistent A's on essays, which ultimately enabled me to take the Advanced Placement English class my junior year. As far as standardized tests go, I don't think I could have improved much more. My PSAT score, in 7 months, increased over 25 points in reading comprehension and writing skills (that's equivalent to over 250 SAT points). Whether you're looking to improve as a writer or get a boost on your English understanding, test results, and test taking ability, you won't be disappointed if you work with Cherie!" --Cole Shaffer, Menlo Atherton High School
"For the past year and a half I have been working with Cherie to improve my writing and SAT scores and I have benefited enormously. Cherie has what most large companies do not: the ability to shape each lesson to fit each student personally. Cherie found ways to teach me and only me, and because of this, I could not imagine a better SAT tutor. She helped me improve my score immensely; I increased both my writing and reading scores by more than a hundred points. And while Cherie helped me improve my scores, she did much more than that. She helped me to improve my writing and even my thought process. She has the ability to teach people to think, but even more important, to help them think and analyze on a deeper level. Over the past year and a half, not only have my scores improved, but so has my writing and my schoolwork in general. I feel very lucky to have found Cherie and very grateful for her help. And she's fun, too!" --Daniella Mizrahi, Palo Alto High School
"I am very thankful to have found a tutor like Miss Cherie who has helped me take my writing to a whole other level. She taught me how to reason my way to the right answers on the SAT by challenging me and also by teaching me strategies that work. Not only has Miss Cherie taught me to think outside the box, but she also played a huge role in earning me an editorship position on the school newspaper. I can honestly say that without Miss Cherie, I would not have my dream job of being a sports editor. Last year when I applied for the school newspaper, my writing was terrible, to say the least. But Miss Cherie helped me refine my writing and gave me the advice I needed to be successful. She's terrific!" --Shajee Syed-Quadri
"Cherie was very thorough in preparing me for the SAT--I learned everything from the basics of sentence structure to proper breathing technique under the pressure of the exam. My SAT English score improved by 140 points after only 8 sessions with Cherie. My essay score went from an 8 to a 10! In addition, I wrote numerous papers for my classes at De Anza last quarter, and I found that I not only churn out papers faster, but my grades are higher too--not one essay grade less than an A. I am very happy with my improvement and am recommending Cherie to all my friends."
--Priya Mathur, Fremont High School/De Anza Community College
"Thank you for all your help! It was awesome to work with you! You are a great teacher but an even better person :) "
--Daniel N., High school student
"Ayush took a practice ACT test this Saturday and he got a 33. He missed a 34 score by one point. I wanted to thank you for helping him get this great score. He did really well because of your help. You are a great teacher. Thank you once again!" --Anushka Jain