Sylvan Learning Ctr

I chose Sylvan because of its ability to specify my child's needs. My son's reading deficiencies were specifically identified and corrected point-by-point in less time than anticipated. My son's imporved perforamnce in the classroom was noted by his teacher and his new found confidence has been the best part of all.

Pros: read my comments

Posted 11/19/08

My son has been happy at Sylvan, learned a lot of reading and math and has bonded with the teachers at Sylvan. His experience has lifted a burden off his and my shoulders. I had tried to help him myself and he just wasn't receptive. I tired other approaches that proved ineffective. Now I am getting positive feedback from his classroom teachers about his performance in at school. We go to Whiman middle school. Thank you Sylvan.

Pros: Amazing focus teacher targeteed areas of need, great at motivating my son

Posted 11/10/08

Overall we're happy with the progress our daughter made and even happier to see her using the skills she learned in her high school classes now. She's very confident in her writing now. It definitely helped her boost her SAT scores and that was important for all of us.

Pros: Did what they said they would do, professional and courteous staff

Cons: They have lessons on weekdays and Saturdays, but not on Sundays

Posted 10/09/08

I chose Sylvan because of its ability to specify my child?s needs. My son?s reading deficiencies were specifically identified and corrected point-by-point in less time than anticipated. I was also very impressed with the flexibility in scheduling my son- it was always easy to do and always got done.

Pros: Individual lessons, Scheduling availability

Posted 07/24/08

We were happy with the overall progress our daughter made and even happier to see her using the skills she learned in her high school classes She?s very confident in her writing now! A good track record, good people, as well as a convenient location were really important in our choice of using the Ballard Sylvan.

Pros: Teachers/staff, location

Cons: Pricey, but worth it

Posted 07/22/08

Our daughter passed the WASL in reading and writing thanks to help from Sylvan. We weren?t expecting her to pass and we were very pleased

Pros: WASL Prep

Posted 07/21/08

No other program has helped so much. I would definitely recommend Sylvan. My daughter is much more focused on her studies and more responsible in completing her own work.

Posted 06/04/08

My daughter is really excited right now about what she is doing at Sylvan. She is doing the same thing at Sylvan as she is doing in her math class. She feels like Sylvan is really helping her out and is really applicable to what she is doing at school. She feels like she is competent and doing well in class!

Pros: personalized instruction, contact with our daughter's classroom teacher

Posted 06/01/08

My son was very happy at Sylvan. He learned a lot and bonded with the teachers. His experience lifted a burden off his and my shoulders.

Posted 05/15/08

Good teaching process, friendly and intelligent staff, and good communication of our daughter's progress. We would not have passed the WASL without their help I would definitely recommend Sylvan!

Posted 04/30/08

Sylvan Learning Center is the biggest mistake I have ever made. They have outrageous rates. This would be acceptable if also your child gets the right amount of help and attention for this money. For a $80 dolars an hour (they usually recommend 4 hours a week), the child gets about 5-10 minutes per hour. The only directions they get is the words are spelled incorectly, or general things like "write more creative". They do not have any materials, and hide everithing - they do not show you anything. I had a terrible experience with them, and definatelly private tutoring one-on-one lessons will do a much better jobs. There is also Kumon that at least seems to be afordable, and have excelent materials they give away.
Finally, their attitude is unbelievable: they are extremely friendly initially until get your money. After that they do not show up for appointments, ignore you, etc.

Posted 09/05/07

I was looking for support for my daughter in math.
I wish it had been explained more fully that even if she just had a brief evaluation for math skills, that the fee would be as if she had a full battery of tests.
The time spent obstensibly to go over the test also included a great deal of time selling the product and explaining payment plans ( which at $40 + an hour x 3 days a week) is well beyond what we had budgeted for tutoring.
I feel that this service is too expensive for most families and it is difficult to get real information about what is offered until you sign up.

Posted 08/03/05