Huntington Learning Center

I went to Huntington to try and help my daughter improve her ACT score. She’s an A/​B+ student with a 92% average, but her ACT score didn’t match this. I tried test prep with her at home, and hired an individual tutor, as well, but the score didn’t budge. We decided to have her take it another time, and went to Huntington to try a different approach. My daughter worked with them for two weeks, two hours a day. She liked her tutors, and felt the skills and insights she learned were helpful. Huntington built up her confidence and a test awareness and savvy she didn’t possess before. Her scores arrived this morning and she increased her score by FIVE points! Yes, 5. We were hoping for a point or two, would have been ecstatic for a three point jump, and she got a five point increase! Every interaction I had with the staff, from director to tutors, was positive, supportive and honest. There were no crazy promises, just a clear description of how they were different and how they believed they could help. Our expectations were beyond met, and we cannot recommend them highly enough!

Our daughter came to Huntington after taking
the ACT for the first time. While her English and Math subscores were strong, she hoped to raise her reading and science scores.
Working with Jennifer, she took a practice exam to identify specific areas for improvement. Importantly, they recommended some specific changes in how she approached the questions. We then were able to schedule one-​on-​one sessions once or twice a week for six weeks prior to re-​taking the exam, where they helped her refine her test-​taking strategies.
We couldn’t have been happier when we received the scores from the second exam. Her composite increased from 31 to 33, and we saw even more improvement in her subscores — particularly in science — than we’d hoped we would!
We highly recommend the group at Huntington — they were incredibly helpful and flexible, and were able to create a personalized plan for our daughter that really worked.

My son went here for ACT prep. His English score brought down his overall composite score. Their pretest targeted his problem areas and focused his tutoring on this. Between the first pretest and second his English score went up 5 points. His overall goal was to bring up his composite score up 4 points. They helped him with test taking strategies and timing. He was able to bring up his score from a 28 to a 32. Although the tutoring cost a lot overall, he has already received a merit scholarship that will cover more than the cost of tutoring.

We came to this Huntington based on a recommendation and couldn’t be happier!
My son is a junior, so the summer between his sophomore and junior year, we came in to meet with Cheri and discuss a strategy for how we were going to prepare for college admission.
We decided to a little prep for the PSAT and then focus on the ACT. As part of the discussion, we also talked about expectations, potential majors in colleges, and colleges that he was interested. All of this was good because it was really the start of my son thinking about his future.
We signed up for test prep — we decided to do twice a week. It is one-​on-​one prep, and the areas of focus are based on a practice exam. They recommended an amount of hours needed to improve his score to where we wanted to be, but it is completely flexible. You can do more hours or less hours depending on your needs and your finances. We never had a problem scheduling the actual tutoring sessions, even on weekends.
My son really liked the tutors. I never met them, but they sounded like an interesting cast of characters, all of whom were very smart. While you don’t get to choose the tutor, he seemed to get the same 3 or 4 people throughout the 3 months of preparation. The only thing that my son didn’t like was that it was a bit noisy in the back room where students are being tutored. I think that he would have preferred a quieter space to work.
So, we don’t have the PSAT results back, but that is really less important to us. We did get his ACT score back, and we saw a 4 point jump from the practice test that he took before he started tutoring to the score that we just received.
Obviously, the improvement in his ACT score is a large component of why we are so pleased. But on top of this, the scheduling was easy and the tutors were great. I definitely think that for my son, this was better than sitting in a group session and preparing.