Excelsius Academy

I went from getting Ds on most tests to Cs with Mr. Locke helping me.

Excelsius Academy has been a gift to our family. Prior to enrolling our son and daughter here, we had our kids try to do their homework at two different after school programs with minimal help or supervision given to them. We discovered Excelsius’ summer program last year and enrolled them in it. Initially the kids grumbled about spending their summer in school, but after realizing that it helped them get a jump start on common core English/​Math for the next year, they actually are looking forward to this summer. Because of that program, they suffered no summer brain drop-​off and took off running in September academically.
Our fifth-​grade son has been receiving one-​on-​one math tutoring with Mr. Son. He has been nothing but patient, kind, and supportive to him which he has really responded to. In fact, our son tells me he is learning his math better than his instruction at school! He gives us feedback about what he has been finished and what he needs more help with.
The kids have been able to get most of their homework done after school which has given us more family time at night. This is invaluable to us. For working parents, this gives us peace of mind that the kids are being supervised by educated tutors/​teachers. The kids happily go to Excelsius and get more work done that at home.
Our daughter has received straight A’s and our son Principal’s Honor Roll the last two trimesters. I feel that Excelsius had something to do with it. We really appreciate all this school has done for our kids and highly recommend it to other parents.

I have been in contact with several tutoring companies as an instructor. This I do not recommended.

I attended Excelsius Academy before it moved to its new location. I felt their SAT Summer Bootcamp was useful, but it depended on the tutor who was teaching the class. On the other hand, their daily classes were mostly unhelpful unless you had someone who was helping you in a specific subject (i.e. Spanish, Stats, etc).
Luckily, Excelsius Academy has changed and they are providing a better experience than before, but there are still room for improvement. I’m glad to see that Principal Gina is dedicated to providing a quality supplemental education and working hard to empower the students to excel.

Excelsius academy is one of the best tutoring centers out there. I’ve been going here ever since I was in 1^st grade and honestly it has helped me so much. This year I am taking two classes: Calculus BC and a personal statement class. As we all know Calculus is terrible. All the numbers slowly disappears and a thousands variables appear out of nowhere. However, Tony (the teacher) has made Calculus not only easier and more understandable but also fun. With a lightened and fun teachunf environment, I have nearly mastered calculus within only 2 months of summer. Next is the personal statement class. The college application process is, of course, one of the most stressful thing ever. Deciding what we should write about, making sure it’s perfect, and of course submitting it. The personal statement class not only helped me write my 2 college application essays but also other scholarship essays. With the help of Max, I was able to decide on the topics to right about, polish it, and submit it. Included in the personal statement class are college tours. Every Friday I go on college tours to all the major schools in southern California: USC, UCR, UCI, UCLA, and many more. Yvonne is like the best tour guide ever. She provides lots of information and of course always adds in a bit of humor: p. As an upcoming junior, I am all prepared for college applications next year :). There are an uncountable number of benefits for coming to Excelsius academy. You are prepare for the next school year and spend a useful summer learning instead of playing games or watching dramas all day. Learning in the summer is a terrible idea to all students, but here at excelsius academy you meet many new friends and the teachers are just hilarious! You’ll never find teachers like this at any other tutoring centers. The summers I’ve spent here has been incredibly helpful. This summer was once again well spent and I had lots of fun with the staffs at Excelsius Academy. Highly recommend going here!!!

You’re better off hiring a private tutor than sending your kids here. They charge a lot more than private tutoring, and your kids pick up bad habits from the some of the other kids there. With most private tutoring, my kid scored much higher than his friends who all went here. You just don’t get what you pay for.

In my opinion, you should not send your kids here. I rarely write poor reviews but I really have to give my opinion for this place.
I am very disappointed and unhappy with the service this academy has given to my younger sister. My younger sister was struggling in school so my parents decided to send her to Excelsius. I believe their teaching methods were unacceptable. My sister did poorly on her tests and I asked her where her corrections were and whether she fixed the mistakes and she had no idea. Turns out that they did not have to correct errors — they were simply told they did bad and the course moved on. I find this type of teaching unacceptable. The only way kids get better is by learning and practicing. We didn’t pay you to give kids work and to «rent out the space of your facility» for a couple hours — we paid so kids could sit down and learn from their mistakes and grow.
I hope this academy will improve over the years but in my opinion, spend the extra buck at other places who will do your kids justice.

If only I could give zero stars…
This is one of the worst tutoring centers. The instructors do not conduct themselves in a professional manner and the noise level and distraction is beyond comprehension.
The principal is rude and does not care about parental feedback. She is unwilling to even listen to our concerns, just brush us off. It’s no wonder the teachers act as they do. Look who their role model is!
With all the money I paid for this «affordable» center with no advancement in my kids performance in school, it was a waste of our precious time.
I would say you get what you pay for… but in this case, you get nothing. And your kids come home with bad habits they learned there.

Excelsius Academy. it’s been four years since I last went to you for SAT prep! I’d rather have gone to Elite but since this place was much cheaper, my parents decided to sign me up for this. I did improve while going here for their summer boot camp but not nearly as much as I improved when I studied on my own and took the SAT for a second time. The reason this place gets three stars is because our SAT tutors were awesome. I think one of them went to Columbia for law school and the other may still be there. I don’t know how much has changed since I last went there, but I hope the business is doing well.

I previously attended Harvard Tutoring and thought that place was shit. Not only was it ghetto, but their tutors did not have a backbone. After being «expelled» and called «manipulative and evil» I went to Excelsius. Seriously, my tutor at Harvard cared more for his DDR score than helping us learn anything at all…
I thoroughly enjoyed my study time here at Excelsius though! I first started attending here from when the business first started up as «Principia» The tutors are awesome and helped me with my biology grade from a D to a B! In just 3 weeks time, I was able to understand the material well.
My writing overall improved as well as my math skills. Although I did not take the SAT classes here, there have definitely been some excellent testimonies in regards to scores sky rocketing from what they scored previously…
The staff is very responsive to questions and office management did their best to communicate and update parents on progress of the students!

Do your kids a favor and don’t send them here. It’s a waste of their time and your money!

OHHH. the memories. pretty much all of my vietnamese friends were forced to take classes here because their parents think its so effective.
BUT IT’S NOT! its wayyy overpriced and the tutors eh, they’re not really professional… many kids are spoiled… they don’t give a crap and would much rather daydream and watch the clock and wait until they can finally run out of class and hangout at del taco. they are only there because their asian parents forced them in so that they could maybe go to harvard.
the only thing i liked this place more than harvard tutoring (a couple of blocks away) is that it was cleaner. harvard is PRETTY ghetto.
SAVE YOURSELF. go to irvine elite. it’s probably more expensive, but it’s WAY more effective.