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HILLVIEW PREP: LEARN FASTER, TEST SMARTER, SCORE HIGHER
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5- Point System

1. Speed & Pacing Analysis

Comprehension Speed
Consistent/Erratic Pinpoints

2. Comprehension Process Efficiency

Classification and Structuring Abilities
​ Abstract vs. Literal Thinking

Performance Analysis

Performance Levels
Academic Endurance
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Outcome

Increased Efficiency and Proficiency Levels

Natural vs Habitual Peformance
​Comprehension Benchmarks

Unique Learning Abilities

Your Learning Style
How You Adapt to Intangibles

Implementation Methods

Your Strategy for Success
Proper Learning Methods
MASTER THE SAT TEST 
​ADMISSIONS ARE COMPETITIVE
LEARN FASTER, TEST SMARTER, SCORE HIGHER
ADMISSIONS SUPPORT
  • What type of classroom environment do I want?
  • What is the student body/community like? Do I fit in?
  • Do I want to participate in sports/clubs?
  • Is there a specific program that I am interested in?
  • How much attention is each student given? How much do I want/need?​
HOW DOES YOUR RESUME LOOK?
​ADMISSIONS ARE COMPETITIVE.
DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF.
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  • Do you have a special talent/interest that you've been developing over the years?
  • Have you completed any community service?
  • Do you have any notable awards that you are proud of?
  • Can you ask for academic or extracurricular letters of recommendation?
  • Does the school that you are applying to require an interview/video etc?

Looking to attend a private or Catholic high school?

Hillview Prep offers preparation for every required for admission to any private, catholic, and independent high school in the area!  We understand the complicated admissions standards and processes as many of us at Hillview Prep have attended these same schools.  This is why Hillview Prep is committed to providing students with the most specialized HSPT, ISEE, and SSAT courses in the Bay Area, guaranteed!

Offering the best high school test prep...

Our courses are structured and conducted to efficiently and effectively cover the three most substantial areas of successful test preparation:
  1. Test Taking Strategies
  2. Testing Concepts
  3. Time Management
Hillview Prep's instructing strategies are interactive, engaging, and conducted by some of the brightest minds in the industry.  Our curriculum precisely measures and improves a student's test timing, conceptual strengths and weaknesses, and test taking approach.  

Preparing for multiple admissions tests? Let us help you!

We are experts in understanding the subtle differences in every high school placement exam.  At Hillview Prep we design hybrid courses with a customized curriculum to prepare you for the differences in format, concepts, and timing between each test. 

Experience the benefits of flexible scheduling...

Our courses are strategically developed to fit into any student's scheduling parameters.  Whether you are a student who  has a busy extracurricular schedule or extra free time, we will design an efficient and effective course curriculum to meet your needs.

Learn about high school admissions from your free consultation...

We care about your success and are fully aware of the changing demands for high school admissions.  We assess your goals, academic scenerio, and extracurricular endeavors in order  to recognize your best approach to gaining admission into the school of your choice.  

Sign up today! 

Free Consultation

HSPT Prep Courses

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ISEE Prep Courses

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SSAT Prep Courses

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Assessment Sign-up

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Course Packages


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Edit and improve your writing online simultaneously with your tutor.
Receive instant critiquing and guidance: Through Google Docs, your tutor works simultaneously with you while you're typing, offering instant feedback for improved writing.

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Need flexibility? Supplement your course with Skype tutoring!
Hillview Prep offers supplementary online tutoring for students who are unable to attend their session.  The student and tutor work simultaneously through Skype video chat and LiveMeeting through Evernote.
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Access your curriculum anywhere, at any time.
Our students are able to access their curriculum through any computer, smart phone and tablet using Evernote.


Increase your productivity: Having curriculum recorded on Evernote enables you to interact academically with your tutor at any time, allowing our students to retain material inside and outside of their tutoring sessions.
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Experience the most organized and efficient curriculum available.
Our course curriculum is implemented and recorded on paper and digitally using a detailed course binder (paper) and Evernote (digital).
Optimal organization: Evernote allows for the most organized curriculum.  All aspects and details of every course is sequentially saved on the cloud and may be accessed at any time, providing detailed review and concept retention at any point of the course.

Top test prep and academic tutoring courses. Personalized tutoring for quicker, more interactive learning.
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Learn to strategically minimize work load and increase your pace.  Develop the proper learning foundation to effectively solve any test.
Reach your academic goals. Learn to compete at a higher level. Enter the school of your choice!
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Discover where you stand academically.  Study at your academic benchmark and always be challenged in every session.

Need scheduling Flexibility? We strategically plan your program to  fit any schedule.
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Our sessions are planned around your schedule to foster optimal academic retainment.  Our tutors may be contacted any day or time of the week.
Proven success: Learn optimal academic efficiency.  Discover your best approach to success.
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Our students improve by an average of 20%.  Take our detailed test prep or academic assessment and understand your road to success!

Customized Courses, Adaptable Curriculum

Our courses are custom designed around every student's academic strengths, weaknesses, and test-taking abilities.  Every student's curriculum is adaptable throughout the course based on the student's daily progress.  This allows for the most efficient and effective tutoring experience.

Tutoring HSPT Concepts

At Hillview Prep, we tutor our students to learn and practice several approaches to every HSPT math, reading, quantitative,  and writing concept.  HSPT concepts are extracted directly from the HSPT test.

Mastering Test-Taking Strategy and Approach

We teach students to learn and understand the proper approach to the HSPT.  This includes proper strategy usage for every section, process efficiency, and concept recognition skills per question.  Every student receives individual recommendations for their best approach to test taking based on detailed observations of their test-taking abilities.

Utilizing Effective Time-Management Skills

  • Efficient time-management strategies individually developed around the student's test taking strengths and weaknesses.
  • Student's learn how to take control over HSPT timing in a test taking environment, ultimately increasing test-taking confidence and efficiency.

The Best HSPT Course Material

Hillview Prep uses the best material available for the HSPT including:
Test Bank
  • Includes test from 3 different publishers, offering students 3 different perspectives to every HSPT concept and strategy.
Timing Scantrons
  • Specially developed by Hillview Prep to measure and improve test-taking pace and time management.
Course Book
  • We use the best proprietary course book to assist each student's tutoring course. 
Flash-cards
  • Hillview Prep adds a visual approach to instruction by implementing the use of flash-cards.

Enjoy Flexible Scheduling

All courses are scheduled to accomodate any student's academic and extracurricular schedule.   Each curriculum is strategically planned around the student's scheduled test date.

Sign up today! 

Free Consultation

Course Packages

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HSPT Assessment

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Trial Session

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Enroll Online

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HSPT, ISEE, SSAT, and ERB Courses

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Attend some of the most effective test preparation courses available.  Our courses teach our students efficient test taking methods that they can apply to all aspects of their academics, whether it be comprehending concepts, improving pacing, or perfecting approach. 

High School Admissions Guidance

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Discover your best approach to applying to Catholic or Private high schools.
•  High School Applications
•  Application/Financial Aid Cover Letters
•  Admissions/Application Essay Writing
•  Letters of Recommendation

Take our online or on-site assessment!

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Applying to Catholic and/or Private high schools?  Don't know where to begin?
Our HSPT, ISEE, SSAT, and ERB assessments provide a detailed evaluation of your test taking benchmarks, allowing you to know your best approach to admissions!.

Pricing/Packages

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Assessment

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Trial Session

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Enroll Online

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Courses

HSPT Prep • ISEE Prep • SSAT Prep • ERB Prep


Strategic Curriculum

Course curriculum is formatted around a detailed assessment that evaluates your conceptual understanding, pacing, and test-taking strengths and weaknesses.  Through our curriculum, you will learn to minimize your test by implementing conceptual, formatting, and pacing strategies in the most efficient manner possible.

Comprehensive Test Bank

Our test bank consists of 30+ tests and thousands of test questions from more than 15 of the nation's best test publishers.

The advantage of learning from all of the nation's best publishers: 
Each publisher formats their testing material slightly differently from the next.  So which one is the best?  They all are!  Throughout your course, you will learn to consistently perform on multiple publisher's tests, offering you several different views and approaches to your test.  Needless to say, you will be fully prepared!

Course Selection Process

  1. Full Test Assessment (Details)
  2. Course Recommendation: Our experts provide a recommendation for your best approach to test preparation based on assessment results and evaluation.
  3. Preliminary Calendar: A calendar is developed around your scheduling parameters for your approval.
  4. Your course begins!
Hillview Prep's Class of 2013 High School Acceptances
St. Francis High School • Archbishop Mitty High School • Pinewood School • Sacred Heart Prep • Bellarmine College Prep • Notre Dame High School • Presentation High School • Harker • Menlo High School

Tutoring All Test Concepts

Learn to approach a diversity of concepts from your exam. Our courses offer you the ability to learn from a wide array of material, including thousands of practice questions from one of the industry's best test banks.

Understand your benchmarks:  Your daily progress is the focal point of your course.  Through our methods, you will know exactly where you are progressing and where you need to progress at any point of your course.

Optimal Time Management

Learn to pace yourself efficiently.  We provide you with some of the most detailed pacing strategies for test.  You will learn to dissect your test and develop your own specialized timing strategy for each specific part.


See where you stand on the HSPT, ISEE, and and SSAT.  Take our Online Assessment!

SAT, PSAT, and ACT Courses

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Courses are strategically planned and structured around a student's academic strengths, weaknesses, and test-taking abilities.  Through consultations and assessments, we provide accurate evaluations and recommendations on a student's best approach to test preparation.

College Admissions Guidance

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Put your best foot forward.
•  College Applications
•  Application/Financial Aid Cover Letters
•  Admissions/Application Essay Writing
•  Letters of Recommendation

Advance Placement (AP) Exam Courses

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Taking an AP course?  Looking to score high on the AP Exam?  Our courses teach students test format, pacing strategies, and test taking efficiency strategies to pass any AP course.

Customized Courses, Adaptable Curriculum

Our courses are custom designed around every student's academic strengths, weaknesses, and test-taking abilities.  Every student's curriculum is adaptable throughout the course based on the student's daily progress.  This allows for the most efficient and effective tutoring experience.

Tutoring SAT Concepts

At Hillview Prep, we tutor our students to learn and practice several approaches to every SAT math, reading, and writing concept.  SAT concepts are extracted directly from the SAT test.

Mastering Test-Taking Strategy and Approach

We teach students to learn and understand the proper approach to the SAT.  This includes proper strategy usage for every section, process efficiency, and concept recognition skills per question.  Every student receives individual recommendations for their best approach to test taking based on detailed observations of their test-taking abilities.

Utilizing Effective Time-Management Skills

  • Efficient time-management strategies individually developed around the student's test taking strengths and weaknesses.
  • Student's learn how to take control over SAT timing in a test taking environment, ultimately increasing test-taking confidence and efficiency.

The Best SAT Course Material

Hillview Prep uses the best material available for the SAT including:
Test Bank
  • Includes test questions from at least different publishers, offering students multiple perspectives to every SAT concept and strategy.
Timing Scantrons
  • Specially developed by Hillview Prep to measure and improve test-taking pace and time management.
Course Book
  • We use the best proprietary course book to assist each student's tutoring course. 
Flash-cards
  • Hillview Prep adds a visual approach to instruction by implementing the use of flash-cards.

Enjoy Flexible Scheduling

All courses are scheduled to accomodate any student's academic and extracurricular schedule.   Each curriculum is strategically planned around the student's scheduled test date.

Sign up today! 

Free Consultation

SAT Course Packages

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SAT Assessment

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Trial Session

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Enroll Online

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