Phillip B. - College App AP SAT IB ISEE SSAT GRE Reading Writing Ivy-Oxbridge Tutor

Academy College Phillip B. Tutors Academy College Students in Minneapolis, MN
$200 / hr
Beverly Hills, CA
(434)
Online
Greetings! I'm an Ivy League and Oxbridge educated expert tutor and award-winning Teacher of the Year with 25+ years of proven successful experience (all levels) and hundreds of satisfied parents and students on Wyzant (5-Stars) with Top Reviews! I graduated from Oxford and Princeton with coursework from MIT, Harvard and Stanford.
MISSION
I supercharge student success to attain top grades, scores, honors, and awards and gain admission to superb schools!
STUDENTS
Grades K-12/Bachelors/Mas...
Reviews
Phillip is super but what he does. He?s able to keep my daughter on task and inspire her at the same time.
- Beth B. from Washington DC, DC
Philip has been working with my son to write compelling and quality writing assignments.He is patient, knowledgeable and very intuitive and understands my son?s needs. We have weekly sessions with Philip and are very happy.
- Shamini N. from Vernon Hills, IL
Phillip B. worked with our son proofreading and editing his college admission essays. Phillip came highly recommended by friends who had used his SAT prep services, and we also whole heartedly recommend him as a tutor. Phillip responded to every communication promptly and managed lesson time efficiently. He was engaging and easy to work with, and helped our son organize and clarify his ideas without over taking the process. We will absolutely reach out to him again if we need future services.
- Alisa V. from Houston, TX
I could go on for days about our favorite tutor, Phillip! He is extremely knowledgeable, patient, and really cares about your child?s success with whatever subject he is helping them with. Simply put, if you are looking for a tutor that will take the time to understand your child?s learning style then Phillip is your tutor. I also loved he promptly sent out a detailed summery of his lesson with my son. Our journey started when we started looking for someone to help our son with The dreaded SAT test. Thank goodness we found Phillip. He and my son clicked immediately. They spent 7 months preparing for his SAT test. I?m happy to say with Phillip?s help my son?s SAT English score improved beyond our expectations! Next on our list was the daunting task of tackling college essays. Once again, Phillip was there to walk him through the process. I was confident after 7 months of tutoring with Phillip for his SAT test he had pretty good idea of who my son was. I felt this was important when it came to helping my son with his college essays. They spent the next 3 months brainstorming essay ideas, and proofreading my son?s rough drafts. The final product is amazing. I?m excited to report we just hit submit application to my son?s dream school! Thanks to Phillip my son hit submit with confidence.
- Deb G. from Cypress, TX
Phillip has been tutoring my son in writing for several months now. He was able to form a nice relationship with my son and engage him in a great way, to the point that he is actually looking forward to the lessons with Phillip. Normally my 7th grader son is quite resistant to writing or to any kind of tutoring. Now he enjoys it with Phillip and feel like his writing has gotten significantly better; overall, its just not as intimidating for him as it used to be. It is pretty impressive how Phillip managed to create such a positive relationship and leverage it to improve learning outcomes for my son. Much gratitude and highly recommend Phillip!
- Milana T. from Palo Alto, CA
Phillip is helping me prepare for the Math CBEST. Math is a challenge for me and gives me anxiety, but Phillips's personable, and upbeat demeanor put me at ease. He not only went through the practice questions with me patiently but he provided me with several additional Math Review sheets on skills and formulas . I actually had fun doing math with him! I highly recommend him.
- Mira G. from Los Angeles, CA
I needed to pass my TEAs exam to get into the nursing program at the college I want to go to. I struggled A LOT on the English subject and had only one more attempt to take and pass this exam or I would have to wait a very long time to take it again. After going through wyzant trying to find the tutor who fit my needs, I came across Phillip. He provided me all of the resources and information I needed to have a clear understanding In English. With his patience, reliability, and knowledge, I was able to pass my exam. My score improved from the 50s to a score in the 70s. He is just the tutor you need.
- Jocelyn R. from Oviedo, FL
I was impressed about his credentials at first in choosing Phillip as my son's SAT ELA tutor and he did not disappoint me. Initially, I've considered one of those expensive academy but, I'm glad that I've made right decision in choosing Phillip. Phillip was quick to catch my son's weakness and focused on them on each sessions. Now knowing why my son is making same mistakes again and again, and how to look for them made tremendous difference on his performance. I can see my son improving after each sessions. SAT isn't something he fears anymore. Phillip is very likable and makes the lessons fun for his students. I am very happy about my experience with Phillip. I highly recommend him.
- Joy K. from Fullerton, CA
Phillip worked my son to prep him for the English section of the SAT/ACT. He was extremely helpful and patient with my son explaining the process and which test may be a better fit for him. He followed up immediately after the session and sent my son tips/practice tests to review before their next session. I found Phillip was very quick to respond when my son or myself asked him question. I would highly recommend Phillip? I think he is a wonderful tutor!
- Lisa E. from New York, NY
Phillip tutored my son for the verbal section of the ERB/ISEE exam. He did a wonderful job. My son looked forward to his lessons with Phillip and felt that he learned a lot, both from the lessons themselves and from the practice material Phillip that provided. My son did quite well on the test and was accepted to his top choice school in NYC. I recommend Phillip without hesitation.
- Joshua S. from Chapel Hill, NC
My kid has taken 20+ lessons so far. From that my experience is GREAT! First, he understands the kid and its need, then he tries to make his lessons be understood . Towards that he ensures the connection with the kid which ensures kid's eagerness to join the next class. Kid also feel him to be one-stop for his ELA improvement. Neither I nor my kid is knowledgable enough to measure the depth of teacher except his profile and that is quite rich. However, I'm ONLY happy when kid improves his ELA skill and that's happening!! Isn't that enough?
- Md H. from Redmond, WA
My son; who is a freshmen was good in his English but was missing his A's due to the fine adjustments needed. It is great that I found Phillip. We took a few lessons with Phillip; where we started noticing that my son is coming up with the long waited A's. Phillip understood the issues and worked towards fixing it. He is really motivating and is open to help whenever needed. At end of the class he gives a review on what was taught in that session which is pretty helpful for me. I appreciate Phillip in his quick response, flexibility, helping mentality and doing a great session .I highly recommend him.
- Abhi M. from Ashburn, VA
He really knows how to teach SAT. Knowledgeable and patient. He assigned assignments and discussed the questions in class. Helped son to improve his weakness. He explained clearly and logically.
- Shuangling C. from Austin, TX
My son took a few lessons focusing on ISEE upper verbal and reasoning with Phillip. Phillip has done a great job teaching him how to improve his score from 5/6 to both 9s in the recent official test. I am very impressed. In addition, he always responses to my questions and concerns quickly. He summarizes what happens in the class right after each one and gives a plan for the next class. He is very encouraging and patient. I definitely recommend Phillip to anyone preparing ISEE exams.
- Jenny G. from Plano, TX
My son has had several sessions with Phillip, mainly focusing on the essay and verbal reasoning sections of the ISEE exam. Why several sessions? It's because my son thinks Phillip is an excellent tutor who has helped him immensely in these areas and thinks Phillip can continue to help him even more. Phillip is very patient and thorough. He takes a thoughtful approach to teaching each student based on their needs. My son, who is not a fan of writing or vocabulary lists, actually enjoys his sessions with Phillip. As a parent, I greatly appreciate Phillip's responsiveness and the detailed lesson summaries he sends at the end of every session. He is a true professional, and I highly recommend him.
- Jennifer S. from Houston, TX
I am so happy to find Phillip. He has helped my daughter grow as a writer and become stronger in ISEE preparation and helped with applications. He is kind, works very well with my child and knows how to challenge her or assist her where needed.
- Shyla H. from Los Angeles, CA
Phillip was very patient with my daughter and also used a tone and manner of speaking that made it easy to pay attention to him. He knew to use animation in his voice so that my daughter would focus. Phillip also taught test-taking skills as he went through the lesson.
- Rabia I. from Houston, TX
Phillip helped boost my son's common app personal statement essay significantly!!! Although the draft presented to Phillip has been revised for several times, we still felt that additional improvements could be made to further polish the essay. We also asked him to evaluate the overall contents and writing styles and any out-of-box suggestions to make this essay appealing to colleges. Immediately after Phillip received our request for the first time, he promptly replied and suggested to review the draft and write a detailed report with edits before our online session. This suggestion clearly differentiates him from other tutors that we have worked with and showed us his sincerity of offering help to students beyond just taking a job. After he quickly read through the essay, he also asked us to share the website of an organization mentioned in the essay so that he can do additional research. During the online session the next day, my son and I were amazed to see such detailed edits and suggestions that transformed his essay from B level to A+ level. His edits include choice of precise and powerful vocabulary, better sentence structure, deep understanding of my son's activities and the related impacts, higher level reflections of the stories presented in the essay. Phillip walked through all his edits one by one and why he made such edits so that my son fully understood the rationale behind these changes and might potentially applied the same for other essays. Phillip also analyzed the essay content from the college admission officer's perspective and gave positive feedback on the content my son chose. The edited draft was a very polished essay ready to be used. Although this is just our first time working with Phillip, we will definitely engage him more on additional essay edits soon. There are other essays we will need his guidance from idea brainstorming, outlines, content development, sentence structure, to final draft. Once we work with Phillip on these other aspects, I may provide additional feedback.
- Ping W. from Walnut Creek, CA
Philip is very patient. First of all, he understand the child's current level through the test and formulate a scientific study plan. The content of each class is fully prepared. My child likes his teaching method very much, and each class has a harvest.
- Jimmy D. from Beacon, NY
Search More Tutors in the Academy College Area
Posted By
Phillip B.
Back to Top

Log In

Contact Us

Upload An Image

Please select an image to upload
Note: must be in .png, .gif or .jpg format
OR
Provide URL where image can be downloaded
Note: must be in .png, .gif or .jpg format

By clicking this button,
you agree to the terms of use

By clicking "Create Alert" I agree to the Uloop Terms of Use.

Image not available.

Add a Photo

Please select a photo to upload
Note: must be in .png, .gif or .jpg format