Advantage Testing of Silicon Valley

Palo Alto
530 Lytton Avenue, Second Floor
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Phone: 650.617.3439
Email: siliconvalley@advantagetesting.com

San Francisco
505 Montgomery, Eleventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111

Marin
4040 Civic Center Drive, Suite 200
San Rafael, CA 94903

South Bay
19925 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Suite 100
Cupertino, CA 95014

East Bay
2001 Addison Street, Suite 300
Berkeley, CA 94704

San Mateo
951 Mariners Island Boulevard, Suite 300
San Mateo, CA 94404

Mountain View
800 El Camino Real, Suite 180
Mountain View, CA 94040

Gus Mattammal, Director

Advantage Testing of Silicon Valley has delivered outstanding educational services to students in the Bay Area for almost 10 years. With offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, Cupertino, Berkeley, San Rafael, and San Mateo, Advantage Testing of Silicon Valley has helped students from Santa Cruz to Sacramento achieve their academic goals.

Working in concert with educators, counselors, and learning specialists, we develop individually tailored programs that are designed to complement a student’s schoolwork and achieve a consistent strategy for success. We offer both test preparation and academic tutoring, including the development of custom curricula for students who seek academic enrichment beyond what their schools may offer.

In the community, our tutors work with Mission Graduates to help talented students from San Francisco's Mission District prepare for standardized college admissions exams. We also work individually with students from the Peninsula Bridge program. Our tutors have been recognized in the community for the quality of their work, including by receiving the "Sweetheart Award" for outstanding educational work with students with special needs.

Tutors in Silicon Valley

Rebecca Alaly /

Rebecca Alaly

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics

M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University.
B.A. in Sociology from Harvard University.
Phi Beta Kappa; Peter Wilson Award; John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Achievement of Highest Distinction; Suzanne Farrell Prize.

Lawrence Cai /

Lawrence Cai

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science, English

M.D./Ph.D. (in progress) from Stanford University.
B.S. in Chemistry from Yale University.
U.S. Presidential Scholar; AP Scholar with Distinction.

Sam Cartmell /

Sam Cartmell

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, MCAT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English

M.D. from Stanford University.
B.A. in Cognitive Science from Yale University.
National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Honors.

Jess Chao /

Jess Chao

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, Science, English

M.A. in Science and Mathematics Education from the University of California, Berkeley.
B.S., with honors, in Biological Sciences from Stanford University.
Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award at Stanford University; Medical Scholars Program at the University of California, San Francisco; Clinical Bioethicist for the National Institutes of Health.

Yonglu Che /

Yonglu Che

Tutor of: Mathematics, Science

M.D./Ph.D. (in progress) from Stanford University.
B.S. in Physics and Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology from Yale University.
National Merit Semifinalist; AP Scholar with Honor; Michigan All-State Jazz Band.

Danny Crow /

Danny Crow

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, MCAT, Mathematics, Science

Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
B.A., magna cum laude, in Mathematics and Physics from Middlebury College.
Capstone Ph.D. Award; Dissertation Completion Fellowship; Chancellor’s Fellowship.

Sabine Dazin /

Sabine Dazin

Tutor of: Languages

Ph.D. in Dental Surgery from Université Paris Cité (France).

Sayantan Deb /

Sayantan Deb

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, Science

M.D. (in progress) at Stanford University School of Medicine.
B.A., cum laude, in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology from Harvard University.
Neuroregeneration Lab Research Assistant.

Stefani Echeverria-Dixon /

Stefani Echeverria-Dixon

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, Social Studies, English, Languages

Ph.D. (in progress) in Classics from the University of California, Berkeley.
M.A. in Latin from the University of California, Berkeley.
B.A., magna cum laude, in Classics and Women’s Studies from Brooklyn College.
Phi Beta Kappa; National Merit Scholar; AP Scholar with Distinction; National Latin Exam Book Award; the University of California, Berkeley’s GSI Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Jessica Kinloch /

Jessica Kinloch

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, MCAT, SSAT, ISEE, AT Silicon Valley Academy, Mathematics, Social Studies, English

M.A. in International Policy Studies from Stanford University.
B.A. in History and International Relations from Harvard University.
Harvard Law School Howe Grant for Civil Liberties Research; Oakland Teaching Fellow; National Merit Scholar; Stanford Institute for Entrepreneurship Fellow.

Rebecca Krouner /

Rebecca Krouner

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, AT Silicon Valley Academy, English

M.A. in Music from the Manhattan School of Music.
B.A., with departmental honors, in Comparative Literature and Italian Studies from Brown University.
“Sweetheart Award” from the Palo Alto Community Advisory Committee for Special Education.

Xander Manshel /

Xander Manshel

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, SSAT, ISEE, AT Silicon Valley Academy, English

Ph.D. in English Literature from Stanford University.
M.A. in English from Stanford University.
M.A. in Literature from Middlebury College.
B.A., magna cum laude, in English and American Literature from Middlebury College.
Andrew Smith Memorial Essay Prize; Centennial Teaching Award; Stolley-Ryan American Literature Prize.

Gus Mattammal /

Gus Mattammal

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, LSAT, GMAT, GRE, MCAT, SSAT, ISEE, AT Silicon Valley Academy, Mathematics, Science, English, Business

M.B.A. in International Strategy and Finance from Yale School of Management.
B.A. in Physics and Mathematics from Pomona College.
Director of Advantage Testing of Silicon Valley, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Diego, and Seattle.

Sakiko Ono /

Sakiko Ono

Tutor of: Languages

B.A. in Russian Literature from Waseda University.
Founding Administrator of the Princeton Community Japanese Language School; Japanese Instructor at the West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Education Adult School and the Princeton Adult School.

Zahra Sayyid /

Zahra Sayyid

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, MCAT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science, English

M.D./Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University.
B.S. in Biology from Stanford University.
Otolaryngology Resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital; National Merit Scholar; Presidential Scholars Semifinalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellow; Association for Research in Otolaryngology Medical Student Travel Award.

Rohit Shetty /

Rohit Shetty

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, Mathematics, Business

M.A. in Economics from George Mason University.
B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
National Merit Scholar.

Jecca Steinberg /

Jecca Steinberg

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, GRE, MCAT, SSAT, ISEE, Mathematics, Science, Languages

M.D. (in progress) from Stanford University.
M.S. in Global Health and Development from University College London.
M.S. in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
B.A. in Biological Sciences from Rice University.
Marshall Scholar; Schweitzer Fellow; Rice University Linda Williams Prize for Social Justice; Hilda and Hershel Rich Family Endowment for Community Service

Marion Wood /

Marion Wood

Tutor of: SAT, ACT, SSAT, ISEE, GRE, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English, Miscellaneous

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Mechanical Design Engineer.