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Sandra Williams, Master Academic Mentor
Sandra, a native to Los Angeles, is an avid and eager student of many disciplines including math, science and, her great passion, languages. She completed two semesters at L'Univerisité Rennes II, including the F.L.E. curriculum (Français comme Langue Étrangère) on how to teach French as a foreign language. Exposed to the Spanish language at a very young age, she continued to study Spanish and French at Occidental College. In 2004, she was awarded her Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in French Literature. She currently works as a tutor for students of all ages while she pursues her studies of the Korean language, and trains for long distance cycling tours.
Sandra is available for: AP French, Spanish, Math through Geometry, Biology
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are tutorial sessions held?
What standardized tests do you cover?
How do you choose your Academic Mentors?
How do you decide which Academic Mentor I’ll work with?
What schools do your students attend?
What if I don’t live in the Los Angeles area?
Where are tutorial sessions held?
We will come to your home for the tutorial sessions. If you prefer a different location, such as a library, coffee shop or school, we can accommodate that as well. We also offer a limited number of tutorials via video web conference. Please contact us for more information.
We can help with virtually every junior high and high school subject. Please see the Subjects section of our website for details.
What standardized tests do you cover?
We can help with the SAT, the ACT, most SAT Subject Tests and high school entrance exams (HSEE and ISEE). We also work with students preparing for GRE, LSAT and GMAT graduate school tests. Please see the Test Prep section for details.
How do you choose your Academic Mentors?
All of our Academic Mentors are highly knowledgeable and experienced educators who have the right skills and personality to motive and engage students. We require Academic Mentors to have at least 5 years of teaching experience in their subjects of expertise, but most have quite a bit more. For more about our Academic Mentors, please see the Our Team section of our website.
How do you decide which Academic Mentor I’ll work with?
Of course, the Academic Mentor must be an experienced educator in the subject or subjects in which the student needs help, and he or she must have the flexibility to work around the student’s schedule. Beyond that, we also consider which Academic Mentor will best “click” with the student based on the student’s learning style, interests and motivations. Although it doesn’t often happen, if the Academic Mentor and the student aren’t a good match, we will recommend a different Academic Mentor.
What schools do your students attend?
Most of our students go to the best private schools in and around Los Angeles. For a list of these schools, please see the Our Students section of our website.
Please see the Rates section of our website.
No. We feel that one-on-one tutoring is a more effective and more efficient approach to SAT tutoring because it allows us to focus only on the techniques that will help the individual student maximize his or her test scores. No time is wasted on questions and issues that the student already
What if I don’t live in the Los Angeles area?
We recommend that students find a local tutor whenever possible. However, we occasionally do meet with students outside of Los Angeles via video web conference, telephone and email. Please contact us for details.