Ivy Method Tutors

11/26/2024

Kirsten Jones, author of “Raising Empowered Athletes,” has helped hundreds of families navigate the intensity of today’s youth sports environment with balance and perspective. She shares tools and tactics to help parents support their student-athletes towards admission to colleges where they’ll feel perfectly at home — both on the field and in the classroom.

View here: https://youtu.be/CKLBhXi6fj4

11/19/2024

TUNE IN to today’s episode with former Franklin & Marshall Admissions Officer and Athletic Liaison Matt Arant.

Matt shares inside knowledge from his many years working in admissions and his role as an intermediary between coaches and the admissions office. He covers the components of a pre-read, how athletes can craft a multidimensional application, and important timelines not to miss!

LINK IN BIO

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11/12/2024

11/12/2024

CONGRATULATIONS to Coach Tina Mattera and the Tufts University Field Hockey Team for clinching the NESCAC championship!

Want to know what it takes to play for the NUMBER ONE DIII field hockey team in the country?

Tune in to Ivy Method’s new series ADMISSIONS FOR ATHLETES for an interview with hall of fame Coach Mattera to find out what she is looking for in student-athletes both on and off the field.

She gives insightful tips on how and when to reach out to coaches, what the typical academic profile looks like for a Tufts athlete, what NOT to do, and practical advice on demo reels and college visits.

https://www.ivymethodtutors.com/admissionsforathletes

07/16/2024

Thank you Sharon for trusting us to be a part of your son’s college journey! We are ecstatic for Emery as he heads off to Yale and know he has a very promising future!

(And Emery, pro tip: Pepe’s pizza is better than Sally’s, but Modern is the best of all!)

04/24/2024

Our FREE 45 minute ISEE webinar is back! This year, private school placement coach Lisa Marfisi will join Ivy Method Co-Founder and Master Tutor Michael Robin to demystify the ISEE prep process.

The ISEE is the first high-stakes standardized test most students will take, and it is extremely challenging. In fact, relative to their cognitive development, it is often the most difficult standardized test your child will ever take. Proper planning and preparation are critical to ensuring your child’s success.

Webinar will cover:

• How to plan your child’s ISEE prep process
• When to start prep to ensure they have enough time to master content for the lower, middle, or upper level ISEE exam
• Which schools expect you to submit ISEE scores
• How the ISEE’s four selections + essay are designed, and how students can avoid getting “tricked” by this notoriously deceptive test
• How stanine scoring works, and what defines a “good” score
• When (and where) your child should take the test to achieve optimal results
• The ISEE’s role in secondary school admissions
• A strategic approach to secondary school admissions that can help your student thrive

The Webinar will be followed by a 15 minute Q&A with Michael Robin and Lisa Marfisi. Link in bio to sign up.

09/20/2023

We're hiring! We are looking to add a seasoned CompSci tutor to our roster, ideally someone who has tutored AP CompSci A and AP CompSci Principles. Please let us know if anyone comes to mind. Thank you!

07/07/2023

We’re excited to announce Ivy Method’s newest offering – and it’s a big one!

The new digital SAT is the most well-designed college admissions exam to date... and your child SHOULDN’T take it.

Join us on Thursday, July 20th at 7pm PT for a FREE 1-hour webinar on the changes to the SAT and PSAT. We’ll explain why your child SHOULD prep for the digital PSAT but SHOULD NOT take the digital SAT -- and what they should do instead to set them up for college admissions success.

Link in bio.

We hope you can join us!

05/05/2023

We are very excited to announce our next free webinar:

How to Prepare for the ISEE on May 21st at 7pm PT.

One of our major goals this year is to give back to the community. One of the best ways we can do this is to share our knowledge!

The ISEE is the first high-stakes standardized test most students will take, and it is extremely challenging. In fact, relative to their cognitive development, it is often the most difficult standardized test your child will ever take.

We want ALL parents to have access to the information and tools they need so that they can prepare their student for the ISEE, stress-free.

Link in bio. See more below. We hope you'll join us!

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In this FREE 45 minute Webinar, Ivy Method Co-Founder and Master Tutor Michael Robin will demystify the ISEE prep process. He will cover:

• How to plan your child’s ISEE prep
• When to start prep to ensure they have enough time to master content for the lower, middle, or upper level ISEE exam
• Which schools expect you to submit ISEE scores (“test optional” does not always mean “test optional”!)
• How the ISEE’s four selections + essay are designed, and how students can avoid getting “tricked” by this notoriously deceptive test
• How stanine scoring works, and what defines a “good” score
• When (and where) your child should take the test to achieve optimal results

The Webinar will be followed by a 15 minute Q&A with Michael Robin and Peyton McDavitt, the co-Founders of Ivy Method Tutors, who’ve collectively helped hundreds of students gain admission to the most competitive secondary schools in Los Angeles, including Harvard Westlake, Brentwood, Marlborough, Windward, Crossroads, New Roads, Archer, Campbell Hall, and more.

05/05/2023

We are very excited to announce our next free webinar:

How to Prepare for the ISEE on May 21st at 7pm PT.

One of our major goals this year is to give back to the community. One of the best ways we can do this is to share our knowledge!

The ISEE is the first high-stakes standardized test most students will take, and it is extremely challenging. In fact, relative to their cognitive development, it is often the most difficult standardized test your child will ever take.

We want ALL parents to have access to the information and tools they need so that they can prepare their student for the ISEE, stress-free.

https://bit.ly/IvyISEEWebinar

See more below. We hope you'll join us!

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In this FREE 45 minute Webinar, Ivy Method Co-Founder and Master Tutor Michael Robin will demystify the ISEE prep process. He will cover:

• How to plan your child’s ISEE prep
• When to start prep to ensure they have enough time to master content for the lower, middle, or upper level ISEE exam
• Which schools expect you to submit ISEE scores (“test optional” does not always mean “test optional”!)
• How the ISEE’s four selections + essay are designed, and how students can avoid getting “tricked” by this notoriously deceptive test
• How stanine scoring works, and what defines a “good” score
• When (and where) your child should take the test to achieve optimal results

The Webinar will be followed by a 15 minute Q&A with Michael Robin and Peyton McDavitt, the co-Founders of Ivy Method Tutors, who’ve collectively helped hundreds of students gain admission to the most competitive secondary schools in Los Angeles, including Harvard Westlake, Brentwood, Marlborough, Windward, Crossroads, New Roads, Archer, Campbell Hall, and more.

04/05/2023

There was such an enthusiastic response to last month's Conquering Test Anxiety Workshop that we have adapted it into a one-hour webinar... and because we think this content is so critical to improving students' test scores, we're offering it to students and parents for free on April 24th at 7:30pm PT.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ivy-methods-conquering-test-anxiety-webinar-tickets-580820027337

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IVY METHOD'S CONQUERING TEST ANXIETY WEBINAR

Your child has studied for the SAT, ACT, or AP exam – but studying is not enough. Test taking anxiety is the number one reason students don’t achieve the scores they deserve on high-stakes exams. Time and again, students walk into standardized tests with excellent preparation only to buckle under pressure. Don’t let this happen to your child. Ivy Method’s free, 1-hour Conquering Test Anxiety webinar integrates research and tools from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and education to help your student manage and overcome test anxiety, so they can finally achieve scores that match their potential.

In this hour-long webinar, students and parents will:

- Learn the neuroscience behind anxiety and how it negatively impacts test performance
- Practice evidence-based techniques to calm the nervous system and get the prefrontal cortex back online
- Develop test-specific strategies that turn confusion into clarity and challenging questions into easy ones

The Webinar will be followed by a 30-minute Q & A session about test prep & the college process with Ivy Method Co-Founders Peyton McDavitt and Michael Robin, who’ve collectively helped hundreds of students gain admission into America’s most competitive colleges.

Ivy Method’s Conquering Test Anxiety Workshop was developed by Martha Marion, a graduate student in psychology and educator with nearly twenty years experience in test prep, and Tyler Miller, Director of Education for Ivy Method with a M.Ed in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard University.

Space is limited. Register now to ensure your spot.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ivy-methods-conquering-test-anxiety-webinar-tickets-580820027337

02/03/2023

We are excited to share Ivy Method's newest class offering. In this workshop, students will learn concrete, science-based strategies to help them manage and conquer their anxiety when taking high stakes exams. See more below. Link in bio. We hope you'll join us!!
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You've done the work, you're 100% ready, don't let anxiety be the reason you don't achieve the score you deserve.

In The Ivy Method Conquering Test Anxiety Workshop, you will learn concrete, evidence-based skills that will help you manage and overcome test anxiety, so you can finally achieve scores that match your potential. This isn't just test prep – it's life prep.

Using the Conquering Test Anxiety Toolkit, students will:

- Learn to recognize the onset of test-taking anxiety symptoms
- Practice proven techniques to calm their nervous systems and manage the physical effects of test anxiety
- Develop test-specific strategies that that turn confusion into clarity and challenging questions into easy ones

The Ivy Method Conquering Test Anxiety Workshop was developed by Martha Marion, a graduate student in psychology and educator with nearly twenty years experience in test prep, Tyler Miller, Director of Education for Ivy Method with a M.Ed in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard University, and Ivy Method Co-Founders Peyton McDavitt and Michael Robin, who’ve collectively helped hundreds of students gain admission into America’s most competitive colleges.

Space is incredibly limited! Register: bit.ly/IvyTestAnxietyWorkshop