Why a Boutique Instead of a Big Box?

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‘BIG BOX TUTORS’

Call and talk to phone bank personnel who A) are not the actual tutor and B) are paid a commission on whatever they sell you. They will always suggest purely private tutoring since they make 400%-700% more that way. These are adverse incentives.

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Call and talk to full time professionals who craft over 1,500 custom tutoring plans a year, including the two company founders.

‘BIG BOX TUTORS’

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You purchase tutoring, paying in full, not even knowing which tutor you’ll be assigned or what dates the tutor has available.

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Create a custom-designed plan appropriate for your specific college and score goals, placing your student with the style of tutoring and the tutor who is the best fit for your student.

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‘BIG BOX TUTORS’

Your student is placed onto a “New Students” dashboard, to be claimed by one of the tutors at the agency. The “matching” process that is touted usually doesn’t occur. Tutors click-click and claim students geographically convenient to them. 

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Build your entire calendar and plan with your tutor on the dates of your choice.

‘BIG BOX TUTORS’

Your tutor contacts you and tries to find a schedule of dates and times. This tutor is usually paid 12-19% of what you are paying the company.

(See for yourself with our case study from GlassDoor.com!)

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Only then do you complete payment for the tutoring, which, ironically, costs less per hour than the college-age tutors at the big-box agencies. Feel good about hiring experienced, full-time professionals using a custom-built, annually revised SAT/ACT curriculum, still take the test every year, and know how to raise your child’s scores!

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