Competitive Edge Tutoring - New York

Brandon D.

From Anna Winham’s support with the SAT Examination while he was in High School, to Eli Amzallag’s support now in College, both math tutors continue to bring our son to a place of full preparedness, because of his great academic achievements. Anna elevated our son's SAT test score to the 99th Percentile after he took the first exam, and was not satisfied with his score. This new score was integral to his admission into the Ivy League college of his choice! Eli’s tutoring continues to be stellar, which has resulted in phenomenal grades for our son over the last school year…Kudos to both Anna and Eli! Kudos to Competitive Edge Tutoring for their Best In Class service.

Lisa B.

We love this company! The tutors are brilliant and Lily worked wonders with our son bringing up his ACT score to 34 helping him get into his first choice ivy - PENN. They work hard to find the right match for your child and give clear tools that the student can work on to bring up their scores. The support and follow up you receive is truly amazing and plan on using them for our younger son next year.

Alyssa T.

Eli Amzallag is an amazing tutor who has truly helped my son succeed this past academic year. Not only is Eli a tremendous teacher, but he is also a great role model who inspires my son to be his best. My son values the relationship that has been established over the course of the tutoring sessions, and looks up to Eli’s accomplishments and intelligence. I highly recommend Competitive Edge and their outstanding tutors!

Bob H.

We had an outstanding experience with Competitive Edge Tutoring working with our daughter for her college standardized tests. A friend recommended CET to us and to be honest we weren’t sure what to expect, as finding a good tutoring service can be hit and miss and in the past we had used other tutoring companies without much improvement. But in an initial phone call with owner Alex, he showed an intricate knowledge of the SAT and ACT and the way they are scored, and laid out a course of action for the next few months. We talked about my daughter’s goals and personality so he could match her up with the most suitable tutor, which no other service had done. After mock tests, he recommended that she focus on the ACT as opposed to the SAT, which turned out to be the right call.

My daughter’s tutor Torrin Hallett was fantastic. Their Zoom sessions were a mix of filling in gaps in subject knowledge and making sure she understood test-taking strategy. After working with Torrin for several weeks, she ended up with scores in the 99th percentile for both the SAT and ACT. She did particularly well in the ACT, which went up significantly.

In the end, it comes down to how hard the student is willing to work, the knowledge of the tutor and the chemistry between them, but I can say that Torrin brought out the best in our daughter. Although a good test score alone won’t get anyone into college, now we know that her score won’t keep her out. We are now working with another tutor at CET on application essays. I can highly recommend CET and its tutors.

Alex H.

It is with great pleasure that our family recommends Willis Mathewson as a Spanish SAT subject test tutor.

He was thorough and challenging to our 11th grader, and with their weekly perseverance our daughter improved her score significantly!

We are pleased with the service we received from Willis and the Competitive Edge Tutoring team especially during these trying pandemic times.

Sincerely, Alex

Steven

Ben is an outstanding tutor. He is super intelligent and has a firm grasp of a broad range of subjects. More importantly, he knows how to get our son engaged and excited about each subject. As a tutor, mastering the subject you are tutoring is very important, but knowing how to get your student to truly comprehend what you are teaching is a rare and distinct skill (which Ben possesses). Ben has tremendous academic skills and amazing interpersonal skills that allows him to figure out how best to engage our son to get maximum results. Ben helps reinforce what our son learns in school. We have used him for many years, from middle school to high school. Ben has instilled confidence in our son, taught him important skills on how to think, breakdown, structure, comprehend and tackle each subject/problem. One of Ben’s strongest skills is catering a strategy and developing lessons specific to our son’s abilities and learning style. Ben has worked very hard to earn the respect of my son. Over the years, this has cumulated into a strong rapport resulting in positive results and our son looking forward to his tutoring sessions. We highly recommend Ben for your child!

Kelly B.

Thanks to Competitive Edge Tutoring, my son significantly increased his math score on the SSAT and other high school admissions tests. The math tutoring also helped his transition to accelerated math. The tutor was very reliable and competent. I definitely highly recommend CET!

Colleen M.

As a result of recent changes to the public highschool admissions process, our rising 9th grader had to shift gears very quickly from his list of 12 public high school options to considering private schools for September 2022. I am writing this at the end of June! Time was of the essence since he needed sit for the ISEE entrance exam for private schools with which he had zero experience. He worked with Master Tutor Alice Rothman-Hicks. They were able to schedule five sessions over the course of one week. His numbers were vastly improved in that timeframe going from the mid-range staines (4 thru 6) to the upper range stanines - scoring 7 7 8 6 on the test. Alice was very supportive, sought to understand where he struggled and delivered strategies he could employ quickly. She expertly identified the difference between him not knowing something vs. being confused about what was being asked or simply not reading the question thoroughly. Thanks to the team at Competitive Edge Tutoring, he felt ready (as ready as he could be) and confident going into the test. Best of all...he got an offer!!! Thank you Alice, Alex and Lilly!