Sylvan Learning Center

The Sylvan Center in Lafayette, LA has some teachers who do not teach but just sit there. We are paying $45 an hour for workbook pages. Also, some of the teachers socialize with th...

We went to Sylvan in Forest Park and enrolled our son in their basic math program, prepaid a huge amount (thousands...), and after 8 months, he had shown very mediocre advancement....

Overall I would give very negative reviews for Sylvan in Forest Park. Namely because when I first when there they used high pressure sales tactics ...

I took my daughter into the Sylvan Learning Center in Dubai ( I assume they are all the same) hoping to get help in Reading and Writing. I was swayed to purchase a plan for 40 hour...

Horrible experience with Sylvan. I paid $4000.00 for them to *** my child who's only problem is lack of effort in tasks not of his choice. Grades stayed the same and now I am lef...

The center is consistently short-staffed during busy times. That is how it seemed because there was never anybody available to answer my questions . The center also looked disorgan...

Sylvan promised me that with in a couple of months my grandaughter would be up to grade speed if not 1 grade above in her math.Guess what it didnt happen I am pissed because now sh...

My older child went successfully to Sylvan of Tulsa. She loved going and her math scores and knowledge improved greatly. However, it has changed management and my second child had ...

I came across a Sylvan representative who told me about their assessments for young children. As I was unable to get an assessment for a 5 year old, I thought this would be a good...

I was talked into a Sallie Mae loan to pay for my sons tutoring, this was several years ago. My complaint is that they were paid full in advance for their services, instead of a bi...

As an istructor with Sylvan in Richmond Hill,Ont my time was often changed or canceled at the last minute. On at least two occassions the students did not show. I was not paid for ...

Sylvan is sold out to franchisees. A lot of people don't know that. I didn't know people were paying for a reputable name, whether they themselves were reputable or not.

I paid $99 to have my daughter assessed in June. I met with a Sylvan representative at the Metairie location to review the results. I paid $95 to register my daughter for the Slide...

We enrolled our 8th grader in "study skills" camp to help her develop better study skills. Our payment was taken over the phone, there was no written confirmation of anything. Th...

A Brooklyn judge has ordered the Sylvan Learning Center to refund more than $11,000 to a mother who claimed that the tutoring company failed to live up to its guarantee that her tw...

Don't WASTE your time with these so-called educational centers. You ARE wasting your time, MONEY and making a DIRE mistake with your child's education. Would be better off ...

When I started with Sylvan, the number one job was to help the students. Today it is hard to find an owner that has an educational background.For example, in St Louis,half of the c...

Our daughter was attending the SLC in Niles MI. She was actually doing better. The people who tutored were genuinely helpful and concerned. However the owner of the franchise Do...

In second grade our daughter was way behind. Diagnosed in first grade with ADD- Inatentive type and a reading processing disorder, she was really struggling and feeling bad about h...

I need to know what was paid for Macy Spinnato at the Madison branch for my taxes. The Madison branch filed banrup. I usually paid in cash. I want to get my taxes completed. I clai...

My daughter was struggling with 8th grade Algebra. Looking at the options (private tutor or Sylvan) I chose Sylvan thinking that the 'standardized' approach would have greater bene...

When we called to make an appointment for an assessment, they asked for a credit card number. We had no papers, nothing in writing, we certainly never signed or agreed to anything ...

My daughter was struggling to maintain her A average grade which in her senior year dropped to a B minus or C+ in some areas... As she was in her senior year my husband and ...

The "teacher" or whatever she was told me my 5-year-old daughter may not be ready for kindergarten because she was having trouble holding a pencil. They were even using the "fat" ...

Sylvan learning center did not do what they contracted to do in my daughter's ACT preparation. At least one of the two or three teachers who were signed up to come to Sylvan to te...

Sylvan learning center in Hemet CA had me apply for a student loan in an amount much higher than needed "just in case". My son has not been to the center for several years and the...

The Boulder, Greely and Ft. Collins franchises of Sylvan were owned by H&S Educational Enterprises, Inc. which in turned was owned by Bruce Hassan, Sherry Hassan, and Kristin Smith...

Sylvan Learning Center is a ripoff. They play off of parents' complaints and have them enthusiastically sign on for tutoring, which is what happened to us at the San Antonio, TX of...

Sylvan Learning Center is too expensive and does not provide enough help. We went to a center near our home. After spending $750 and 12 hours, I was told that was not enough time t...

We are very disappointed in the administrative staff at the Hilliard Oh location. Please beware. Their hours are very limited making it difficult to take class 2/3 times per week. ...