Testimonials

You have been an ever constant source of calm and candor, both of which were invaluable during this process.

Julia has such a wonderful new sense of confidence and I’m sure that the skills she has acquired, thanks to you, will benefit her in many ways in the future.

Thanks for always keeping believing I can do it! You’re a great support!

Words cannot really express the depth of our gratitude to you for your work on behalf of Ben. You were teacher and mentor and a powerful influence in his life. It’s hard getting used to not seeing you each week!

Thanks for your patience and sticking with Sami and the constantly changing moods and modes of an interesting adolescent.

Thank you for your thoughtful and thorough feedback. You have been extremely helpful in this process, and both Richie and we are grateful for our good fortune of being placed in your hands.

Thank you for the help provided my daughter that made it possible for her to be accepted by her first choice school.

Dennis would not have been where he is today without the help you gave him

Christian was accepted in to all the colleges he applied to. He was offered academic along with a sports scholarship. He is basically being paid to go to school.

Just wanted to let you know that we just submitted Jack's enrollment deposit to Carnegie Mellon. It was a long road, but we're extremely happy where Jack ended up. Thanks so much for your guidance, your tutoring, and all the opportunities that you gave Jack to improve his test-taking skills and his confidence.

Again, thanks for helping us survive the college admissions process.

CATES will match your child with someone who fits right and who can get the ideas across. They come to your home and each session is 90 minutes so there is enough time to go over the home work, work on weaknesses and learn something new. Worth the money

This is just to let you know how muchPhilippe and I have appreciated the way in which you have tutored Mimi.You managed to teach her to work with more focus, precision and better timing and to be less nervous.
She gained practice and confidence and the results have been stunning!Now she can calmly relax and go into the summer, knowing she has reached the kind of SAT scores she needs to apply to her favorite Colleges.

I just want to say thank you for all of the work you did with Lucas on his essays. We thought you were fantastic. Your comments were always helpful and you infused the process with a positive quality that I think really helped him keep going. Also, I know that sometimes there was not a lot of turn around time on the essays and you always came through. Quite rankly, I can not imagine the nightmare this process would have been without your help. All of Lucas's experiences at CATES have been immensely helpful and positive.

Owen called me after the session.He said ... "it was really fun" I don't know what you did but he is really looking forward to the course, this is nothing short of a miracle!He says that you are a fantastic teacher and that you made it fun to learn!Thank you, thank you, thank you.