Borland Educational Math Tutoring and Test Prep

Chris Borland came highly recommended as the best SSAT prep tutor in the area, and it’s true, he is. Our experience with Chris, however, went way beyond SSAT prep. Yes, he helped our son raise his SSAT score by a remarkable 44%, which was phenomenal, especially with the kind of resistance our son gave to doing the work necessary. But even more important than that, Chris inspired our son to ask interesting questions of himself and to look outside the box for answers.
Every time I picked our son up from his sessions, he was inspired by some big philosophical idea or an exciting project that he and Chris had cooked up that day. The inspiration lasted longer than the car ride home and fueled our son to accomplish some wonderful things. He started a film club at his school, sharing one of his deepest passions with other students of like mind. He began a piano program for the underserved children in Marin City. Most importantly, he was accepted into his dream school, Thacher, one of the most highly esteemed boarding schools on the West coast. Chris was instrumental in making these dreams a reality.
Chris reinvigorated our son with the joy of learning which is the greatest gift we could have asked for! We can’t thank him enough.

To whom it may concern:
We would highly recommend Chris following his tutoring of our son in his Junior year, in preparation for the ACT test.
In our son’s own words «Chris helped him significantly improve his score by them jointly developing a tailored test strategy». For our son this meant understanding how to better use his time and how to focus on critical areas. It also meant learning good testing techniques.
The outcome was much improved testing results as part of a successful application/​acceptance to his first choice school.
Throughout the process Chris was very clear in his direction while holding our son accountable. Chris was quick to see how our son could improve and our son responded to his approach, which was not the norm with all his other High School teachers.
Thanks Chris!
Paul Smith (proud parent!)

Chris is great. His advice on test taking techniques and his teaching style helped our daughter improve her SSAT score by 50%. Chris also tutored her a bit in math showing her alternative ways of solving problems. Here again our daughter scored in the 91% on the math SSAT. Our daughter put in the work and took the test prep very seriously and fortunately got the results she was hoping for. The test results along with her good grades and teacher recommendations put her in a position to be able to choose the high school of her choice. I highly recommend Chris for any student who is motivated to improve their test taking abilities or who just needs a tutor to help reach the next level. We will be coming back to Chris for SAT prep! Thanks Chris!

Chris helped me improve my SAT math score by 150 points in a 2 month period! I had a great time working with him. I would not have found better results working with anyone else as I tried several other SAT tutors who were unable to provide me the same great results. I would recommend Chris to anyone looking to boost their SAT or ACT score.