We were looking for an excellent tutor to help my niece with Chemistry Honors and Pre-Calculus for quite a while. Thrive Tutors really has some great tutors that love their job! Our tutor has been tutoring my niece, a sophomore at Homestead High School, for the past year and a half now. We have developed a great relationship with her, and as much as I hesitate recommending her for selfish reasons (we want her all for ourselves!), she has been so great to us that I feel this is the least I could do (I’m not giving out her name though!).
As most of us know, many times students run into “academic emergencies”, whether it be a quiz or exam they have the next day, project overload, or any other major school-related crisis. We’ve had our fair share of those, and each time our tutor has been there to save the day. I mean, literally save the day. We’ve had her come to our house at 9:00pm the night before an exam, with a calm, understanding smile on her face, and leave an hour later with plenty of tips and words of encouragement for my niece. My niece responds very well to her encouraging style of instruction, and always goes to her exams feeling confident after tutoring sessions.
I’ve also noticed my niece’s study habits improved dramatically since we started working with our tutor. She is a lot more organized and knows how to approach difficult concepts – something she has always struggled with.
Last point – I’ve worked with tutoring companies where we’ve paid 80 – 90$ an hour for a tutor (which I find ridiculous), and this company definitely does a much better job for half the price.

My daughter needed algebra 2 tutoring and we found Dana’s company on yelp. Dana sent us biographies of tutors and we immediately found one that we felt would be a good fit for my daughter. She came to our house and not only answered my daughter’s questions, but gave her excellent study tips to help her pass her exam. We started working with the tutor every week, and my daughter’s grades improved in every class! I decided to use the tutor for my son as well, who was in chemistry honors.
Overall I felt the tutors Dana provided (our tutor left for college the next year so we got another one) were excellent, the price was very, very reasonable, and the whole process was extremely convenient. We developed a great relationship with both Dana and the tutors, and I really think it made a huge impact on my kids. Their grades really improved.

I’ve been using Thrive Tutors services for my son over the past two years and have been very pleased with the results. Thus far, we’ve used Dana’s services for high school chemistry, physics, PSAT, and SAT help. She’s been wonderful matching the skills of the tutors to the needs of my son. As an example when my son was taking chemistry, he was matched with a Santa Clara University Chemistry major who was able to identify exactly how to bridge a gap of what was being taught in the class to a broad audience of students to what specifically my son was having difficulty grasping within the first meeting! After having utilized four of Dana’s tutors my son has had similar success. Each tutor is extremely well versed in subject matter expertise and is very personable, ensuring my son has both a good learning experience and toolkit he can use to succeed in his classes.