TOEFL Tutors with Manhattan Review – The Selected Few

Manhattan Review's TOEFL Tutoring Program Provides Structure and A Clear Plan

Whether you plan on enrolling in an undergraduate or graduate university program, attending college is an important and exciting time in your life, particularly if you hope to attend college in a new country. Completing university courses, making new friends, and establishing your career are all part of the journey to personal and professional success, but in order to be admitted to an English-speaking university, you will need to obtain a very high score on the TOEFL. College admissions have never been more competitive, making a high TOEFL score a requirement for studying at the most prestigious English-speaking colleges and universities. While mastering the TOEFL can be daunting, the test prep experts at Manhattan Review know just how to help you succeed. Our comprehensive tutoring programs are carefully designed for prospective university students just like you, who aim to excel on the TOEFL in order to attend a leading university in an English-speaking country. 

When it comes to tutoring, Manhattan Review has developed a proprietary process. This process has been refined from over 20 years in the instructional industry and has resulted in thousands of satisfied clients who have achieved top standardized test scores and gone on to gain admission into competitive English-speaking colleges and universities. So how is Manhattan Review different from all the other test prep options out there? 

It sounds simple, but we diligently follow a timeless process: gather data, plan, execute, and monitor. Although this sounds straightforward, you will find that most tutors come into sessions and teach the same curriculum to all students. They do not have a clear plan or goal for each individual client. Topics to be discussed are determined on the fly rather than according to a carefully constructed plan. In contrast, when you work with a Manhattan Review tutor, the session content and the sequence in which topics are studied are clearly defined and sequentially addressed.

At Manhattan Review, we begin by having each student complete an initial TOEFL Prep Consultation. This is our opportunity to learn more about your educational background and test-related goals. After this important meeting, you will be assigned to one of our highly trained and experienced instructors based on your specific strengths and weaknesses. Our tutors work closely with students to set realistic, yet ambitious, goals, in addition to developing an optimal strategy for how to reach those goals. This involves identifying and conquering any topics that are deemed challenging and determining the sequence in which these topics should be introduced or reviewed. The result of the planning process is a list of sessions with the topics that will be covered during each one. 

Again, this is the complete opposite of the unstructured approach employed by most other test prep firms. Each tutoring session is focused on helping you learn as much as possible to ensure you are confident and prepared on the day of your TOEFL exam. With both key test-taking techniques and fundamental building blocks being covered in the optimal sequence throughout the tutoring program, students are well-equipped to achieve the elite scores required for the most competitive college programs.

Manhattan Review TOEFL Tutors – Much More than Only Good Test-Takers

Manhattan Review is well-known for its very selective hiring process of instructors and tutors. We not only expect great scores from our instructors, we also—and more importantly—expect a passion for helping their students improve and progress until they obtain their own elite scores. When hiring tutors, Manhattan Review does a true 360-degree evaluation to ensure only those candidates who demonstrate both superb test-taking and teaching skills ultimately come on board. The combination of scoring high on the TOEFL and having a successful track record of teaching in the test prep industry is the combination Manhattan Review looks for. We strive to make sure each student receives the attention they deserve from an expert on both the TOEFL and the process of teaching students with a variety of academic strengths and weaknesses. 

From our decades of experience in the test prep industry, we have learned that taking an exam and teaching others how to master the content of an exam are two separate skills. All of our tutors possess both the skills and the passion for helping students master test-related information in ways that are effective and efficient.

To understand what sets Manhattan Review apart from other test prep companies in this regard, one must first understand the origins of the firm. Manhattan Review was conceived and started at Columbia Business School in New York City by someone who was actually teaching there. Manhattan Review's founder was not only pedagogically trained at Columbia University, but he went on to become a professor at a prestigious business school in Europe. Participating on countless academic hiring committees, as well as having to judge the teaching potential of applicants on a university level, results in experience that simply cannot be gained or simulated in another context. That's why Manhattan Review Tutoring is widely and consistently considered the best choice for students preparing for the TOEFL.

TOEFL Tutoring Sessions: Flexible Timing

Our private tutoring programs are intentionally designed to be customized to meet the needs of each and every student. Our tutors possess ample experience assessing student strengths and weaknesses and creating personalized lesson plans, which means you are enrolling in a program that has you and your improvement as the highest priority. Tutors utilize a combination of diagnostic tests, practice questions, and in-depth conversations about your academic background and goals to develop a personalized lesson plan. This customized lesson plan also lays out the sequence of content that will be covered during the tutoring sessions, which is prioritized based on the needs and goals of each individual learner.

The flexible scheduling that is part of our private tutoring program is perfect for those TOEFL students who have a busy work or school schedule, extensive family commitments, or are often traveling. Having your tutor hold you accountable for completing agreed upon assignments outside of the sessions serves as an important motivating factor, which is critical to the preparation process. Manhattan Review continues to review and improve upon the curriculum, teaching methods, and preparation processes used with our private tutoring students. Our commitment to excellence in test preparation services allows us to stay ahead of the pack, a position we have proudly held since being founded in 1999.

TOEFL Tutors: Available In-Person and Online

Manhattan Review offers tutoring in-person, as well as online. While most students have historically preferred in-person sessions, there is a growing trend towards the online option, which has fast become the preferred method of TOEFL preparation for several reasons. 

For starters, current learning technology makes an online learning experience nearly indistinguishable from attending an in-person session. The online platform used for private tutoring sessions has a whiteboard, on which both you and your instructor can write in the same fashion you would mark up a normal sheet of paper in front of you. The video aspect, which allows you and your tutor to see each other in real time, creates a very personal experience incredibly close to the one you would get while completing in-person sessions. 

But there is one other reason why online tutoring has become so much more popular: Manhattan Review has developed a large pool of highly qualified tutors who are eager to work with students in any time zone around the world. Due to there being no travel time, online tutoring offers the most flexible scheduling for busy students seeking to obtain the highest TOEFL score possible. 

With in-person tutoring, you are naturally limited to those tutors who are located close to where you live. This is, of course, also affected by the current demand for tutoring in your area. With online tutoring, you have the chance to choose between a plethora of backgrounds and teaching styles to find the one that best fits your specific test-related needs and goals. While there is a growing trend towards online learning, particularly when you consider the aforementioned points, we understand that this option might not be right for everyone. Regardless of where you prefer to learn, Manhattan Review has you covered, and we are equally happy to match you with our local tutors for in-person sessions or virtual tutors for online learning.