Firstly…
because writing is an element that impacts grades and performance in SO MANY classes.
There’s no running away from it!
In HIGH SCHOOL...
...You child needs to write essays for English, Socials, History, Business, Law classes,… etc.
...Your child needs strong critical thinking and logical analytical ability in math and science classes.
…When applying for university, many students write at least a dozen if not two dozen university application essays.
In UNIVERSITY...
...almost ALL majors will require essays or academic/research papers.
Even majors like Business, Engineering, Physics, Architecture…etc. can require academic papers!
Why?
"This course trained her to use a methodical way of thinking and gave her the tools to work through a problem logically...
and even helped her science reports and math where you have to show logical steps.”
– Student’s Parent Heidi (student improved from 70s to 96%+ in 1 year)
"I’m in STEM fields and you need to write A LOT... Medical school wants you to be a well-rounded person. So you ideally want to do some research in undergrad and I definitely utilized a lot of the skills [I learned here] as well during my research work.
Definitely need to start honing your writing skills earlier than later. I think it’s an incredibly important skill to have."
–Josh (Brown University MD/PhD
& UC Berkeley B.Sc.)
In our student and parent testimonials, you can hear and see them share how our training not only help the students improve in their critical analysis and essay writing skills, but also help students improve in subjects from science to math
The reason is Essay Writing is the best way for teachers, admission officers, and professors to understand your child’s thought process....
That’s because you have to be a strong thinker to be a strong writer.
Your writing is reflective of your thoughts.
This is one reason WHY high schools and College Admissions think Your Child’s ABILITY to write high level ESSAYS is SO IMPORTANT.
This is because they know it’s a reflection of their minds and an indicator of their future success.
Every single professional field requires clear-minded CRITICAL THINKERS who can communicate persuasively and effectively
—Strong essay writing ability trains and displays those skills.
The ability to write an analysis and structure persuasive arguments about complex topics displays a stronger mind that can deal with complex issues.
This is why if your teen isn’t getting high level analytical and writing training, it can rob them of opportunities for future success.
Secondly…
The adolescent years is where your teen undergoes rapid and critical cognitive development.
The human brain develops rapidly during adolescence.
In general, after your mid-twenties, the neural model of the brain will solidify and can no longer change physically, and you rely on a fixed number of neural pathways for the rest of your life.
Therefore, the intellectual stimulation you give your child’s adolescent brain is extremely important to their brain development, especially their prefrontal cortex, the most important part of the brain that regulates thoughts, actions, and emotions.
Training it effectively in their teen years causes a lifelong impact.
When your child’s teenage brain interacts with external stimulation such as intellectually challenging work, this causes biological changes in the structure and connectivity of their brain.
It empowers their brain to create more neural pathways and causes their brains to develop faster and become stronger than their peers.
It literally creates a better brain for them for the rest of their life!
How?
“[Top Student Academy’s] courses trained my critical thinking through teaching me step-by-step approaches to logical analysis and HOW to ask a lot of guiding questions. Literature is a very effective way to train your critical thinking.
High school writers can really benefit from this course by learning how to identify deeper significance of texts and critical thinking. ”
–Judy J (USC, $70k scholarship)
“A lot of the skills this course teaches are very cross-disciplinary and cross-applicable to other subjects...
My analytical skills greatly improved. This also helped me with math problems!”
–Jeanette P (IB student; improved from low 90s to high 90s in one year)
High level essay writing requires--
✅ complex thinking,
👉 reasoning from known principles,
✅ examining different points of view,
👉 learning to ask intelligent and nuanced questions,
✅ abstract thinking that’s perceptive of subtext,
👉 strengthened logic,
✅ identifying patterns that others can’t detect,
👉 structuring strategic arguments…etc.
These acts CHALLENGE your child to use their brains in new ways they normally don’t get a chance to do in their day-to-day life.
We designed our program as a mental gym that trains their “brain muscles”.
Therefore, giving your teen intellectually challenging exercises
that are required in high level academic essays
produces rapid cognitive growth that creates
positive lifelong impact that can change your child’s life.
If you miss out on this critical stage that experts consider to be the golden years of your child‘s brain develo brain developmentpment, you never get those years back.
This is why now is the time for you and your child to maximize and take advantage of this critical window to ensure their near term and future success in life.
The two factors we explored above become even more enhanced in surprising ways in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
Most people agree that preparing accelerated mental development of the next generation of students has become EVEN MORE imperative than ever in the age of A.I..
Factor 1...
Let’s start with your child’s more short-term, immediate challenges in school now…
I’m sure you’re aware (or wouldn’t be surprised) that many students started using A.I. to complete assignments for them....
Even though learning to use A.I. is an important skill, using it to complete assignments designed to help your child build important skills robs your child of critical mental growth opportunities.
To tackle the problem of students using A.I. to complete their writing assignments, most school teachers are (many have started already) shifting completely to handwritten in-class essays.
Most students will soon no longer be allowed to finish their main writing assignments at home.
On top of that, many teachers will give students poems, short stories, or articles that students have never read before to analyze in class to ensure their work is done completely independently.
We’re already seeing this happening more and more in our current students’ schools. This will soon become the norm.
But this is poses a daunting challenge for many students like your child.
Many students struggle to produce a high level paper even WHEN they are given hours and hours or days and days…let alone trying to complete one within an hour—by hand!
Students who used to be able spend hours and days on a well-crafted essay that gets them an A or A+ will no longer have that luxury.
As a result, your child’s ability to analyze a complex text and craft a strong, well-argued essay under time pressure will become more important.
This is a skill many of our students said they improved the most on through our training, because we teach techniques that empowers them to think and work in a more strategic and efficient way.
“The course provides rigorous, strict training on timed writing.
I learned to optimize my results in a tight amount of time.
The training is extremely helpful in time management.”
–Jasmine (Brown University) (Improved from 86% to 95% within 1 year. 93%+ & 5s in AP English Literature & AP English Language)
"Thank you for giving me confidence as a writer—when I first attended your class, I was very skeptical because I had already studied under half a dozen other English tutors that did little to help me elevate my writing skills and my writing confidence.
You have empowered me to grow so much that I think there is no medium in the world that could allow me to express the immense amount of gratitude I feel for you.”
–Angel W (Wharton, University ofPennsylvania; 5 in AP English)
Factor 2...
Next, let’s talk about your child’s long-term challenges…
A.I. is developing at a rapid pace. A.I. will transform our world and the future work place into something we can’t even imagine now.
We specialize in training students to develop skills like critical thinking, the ability to synthesize new information, learning to ask the smart questions, strategic problem-solving, formulating a new and unique perspective, and effectively communicating your perspective in eloquent and persuasive expression.
These are critical skills your child needs to thrive in the age of Artificial Intelligence.
At Top Student Academy, we recognize the transformative impact of these essential skills, especially in a world where AI-powered tools are rapidly advancing.
In short, our training and tools will position your child to intelligently, responsibly, and creatively wield the power of A.I.!
This training will prepare your child to thrive and stand out among their peers in the age of artificial intelligence.
...Read on to discover HOW we achieve all of this with the Four Unique Elements in Our Approach!
Our system is meticulously crafted to cover all aspects of
critical thinking, literary analysis, and academic essay writing.
We believe in fostering a holistic approach to education, enabling students like your child to develop essential skills that transcend the classroom and support their personal growth.
Our curriculum provides the necessary tools to excel academically and beyond, ensuring students like your teen are well-equipped for all future endeavors.
1. We use a STRATEGY-driven and TECHNIQUE-driven Approach
We take pride in offering a program that goes beyond conventional teaching methods.
Our program is designed with exclusive proprietary techniques and strategies.
This is one of the key factors that enable us to help so many different types of students excel academically.
A lot of our students are highly gifted in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths), easily getting A+ in all STEM courses.
However, they may not be as skilled at the subtext-heavy literary subjects with abstract texts and a more convoluted process.
These more left-brained students who prefer step-by-step logical teaching don’t know how to approach literature that’s more abstract with layers of hidden meanings.
These students LOVE our training because their minds are quick to grasp techniques, strategies, step-by-step approaches, creative yet reliable formulas we innovated that EMPOWER them to master high level analysis and academic essays quickly.
Many students have told us that they never thought getting high grades in advanced English classes would be possible for them before joining our program!
“Before 10th grade, before taking classes here, my English mark was around 81%-82%....
But in 11th grade after I started here, my English mark got around 93%, which was really high for me!
I never thought I could actually achieve that!“
–Fred (Northwestern University, Engineering)
“This course taught me to write A LOT faster. It improved my in-class writing at school.
And I’m so much faster at science lab reports…
this course’s training sped up my lab reporting process by HOURS!”
–Jeanette P (IB student; improved from low 90s to high 90s in one year)
On the other hand, for more artistic students who are naturally gifted in language arts, they often encounter the problem of being at the mercy of their inspiration.
Inspirations are wonderful when they occur, but are notorious for being fickle, which is why even the most accomplished writers in the world are victims of writer’s block.
So when these gifted students who excel at literary arts enter higher grades and start working with very challenging texts and under time pressure, it becomes harder for to produce high level work at a consistent rate, and it’s very common to see their grades slip after 9th or 10th grade.
The proprietary techniques and strategies we teach give these students a reliable bolster.
We’ve had students walk out of exams with especially challenging literature, such as extremely obscure poetry, tell us that they were uncertain about what the text meant, but relied on the analysis techniques and strategies we taught and still produced outstanding essays that got near-perfect grades.
This is because when you apply techniques and tools intelligently, it’s much easier to find your way out of an intellectual maze.
As far as we know, Top Student Academy is the only school in the world that teaches critical analysis and essay writing using this strategy-driven and technique-driven approach. And it is one of the keys in how we helped countless students excel over the years.
2. Our Unparalleled Curriculum teaches in a meticulously designed SYSTEMATIC way
When it comes to language arts and writing classes, one of the biggest and most problematic learning blocks in conventional teaching is the fact that teaching is not systematized.
Classes are usually conducted through discussing literary works, writing essays, and discussing the essays.
Now...these activities of course have their benefits.
However, teachers spend very little time (if any) on teaching students systematic methods for improving their critical thinking and writing abilities.
In the long run, students can improve after many, many practice sessions after many years.
But it’s a less reliable process that wastes a lot of time and produces inferior results.
This is a universal problem we observed across the board.
We hear the same complaint echoed from students and parents of all situations—including students who attend the most prestigious, highly-ranked, expensive private schools or enhanced programs that specialize in literary arts:
“The teachers just expect you to write at a high level, but don’t really teach you HOW.”
We hear the same complaints with students who tried other after-school classes or expensive private tutor classes. We had a student who tried 6 different private tutors in vain and was on the verge of giving up before finding us to help her with her academic breakthroughs that landed her in UPenn.
Even when the teachers say they “have a system,” it is simply referring to a “teaching plan” with a reading list and a schedule for what the students will do.
That is completely different from a “systematic approach” of imparting knowledge and training specific areas of skills.
(Our founder investigated and demystified the cause of this persevering insidious problem and HOW to tackle it. If you’re curious, book a call with us and we’ll happily go into details)
“The video lessons are super high quality,
easy to understand, and highly efficient.
Every sentence it says has a purpose.
Every minute is useful.“
“The techniques the course teaches are very systematic and streamlined.
They are easy to learn.
These techniques transformed how I write and how I analyze things.”
–Jeanette P (IB student; improved from low 90s to high 90s in one year)
“Compared to other online classes, [this course] just seems much more helpful. I found that the videos and online classes gave me an unprecedented amount of flexibility with my time.
In her videos, she really broke down all of the different writing processes into simple steps that I could follow. Top Student Academy's videos have really helped me understand complex concepts.
If you're really looking to improve your writing under time pressure, Top Student Academy is the best place for you.”
–Hans W (Improved from B (5/6) to A+ (6/7)
in IB Eng in one year)
Our founder Rene is an out-of-box thinker who believes in transcending what others deem “impossible”.
We spent a tremendous amount of energy and time to design a revolutionary, meticulously designed system that has been refined and perfected over many, many years.
This system has stood the test of time.
While others believe that these are abstract skills that a student just need to slowly learn through long-term practice,…
…we believe and have proven that critical thinking, textual and literary analysis, argument structuring, essay writing, and synthesis analysis are skills that CAN be systematically trained and improved in an accelerated way.
This is why some of our higher level courses have pre-requisites.
We are methodical about laying strong foundations in a student’s mental and intellectual development, as it creates exponentially more powerful growth in the long run.
Students learn more than one to two hundred techniques in each course. Parents and students are usually astounded when they hear that, and almost can’t believe that’s possible...until the students undergo the training and experience it first-hand.
And because our curriculum is fastidiously organized in a systematic way, our students are able to easily absorb them in a breezy way.
This unique, systematic approach ensures that students grasp the concepts deeply and master the art of critical thinking, literary analysis and persuasive writing in a much more efficient way.
As a result, many students see quantifiable improvement in months (some even in weeks) that they did not think was possible.
3. Our program is designed using the most powerful SUPER-LEARNING Tools
What is “Super-learning”?
Super-learning is the skill of efficient, continuous, rapid learning.
It’s a learning method that uses various science-backed tools to accelerate a person’s learning and deepen the retention.
Most teachers or courses simply lecture AT students, or conduct unstructured discussions.
They rely on conventional and outdated concepts.
In contrast, we understand that to drive high performance and efficiency, our courses cannot simply rely on these conventional, outdated teaching methods and just pass on dry information.
That’s not enough to efficiently achieve the level of results we and our students like your child aspire to reach.
Our founder has been a long-time lover of super-learning and has used it throughout her life. She even discussed in a TEDx talk she gave to inspire young people to use it to “hack their learning.”
She delved deeply into science-backed learning psychology and super-learning tools.
And she methodically integrated various super-learning tools in designing our program.
“In this class, we get a very creative and multimedia learning style.
She uses a really creative way to deliver certain concepts or literary ideas, which made things much easier to learn than at school.”
–Linda L (University of Southern California; Improved from a high 4 (~80%) to a 7 (100%) in IB High Level English)
“Your guidance has helped my writing and life immensely. Both my essays and my life were not as structured before you taught me your strategies… I have become more mature, gained many thoughts of dealing with the future, and have had the importance of pursuing knowledge deeply impressed in my mind.
It is because of this that I have always persuaded my mom to let me take this class (I usually dislike having tutors since they are costly and inhibit my ability to self-learn)...Thank you for helping become a more enterprising young man. ”
–Dalong H (Georgia Institute of Technology, Grand Challenges Scholars Program)
We designed our courses, video lessons, and training system using a proprietary, copyrighted and trademarked combination of various super-learning tools.
This significantly enhances our student’s UNDERSTANDING, ABSORPTION, APPLICATION, and RETENTION of the materials we teach—four of the most important stages of learning that reaches long-term success.
This massively cuts down the amount of time a student needs to make the same amount of improvement other students would need without a learning system using these super-learning tools.
Many students have told us that they learned more in a few weeks in our course than in a full year in other writing classes or at school.
Some students go as far as saying they learned more in one week with us than they did in a few months or an entire year elsewhere or at school.
This is how our training creates a transformative impact on a student’s overall intellectual development.
And this is why many students tell us:
“This is not just a writing course.
It’s a thinking course.”
4. Our Success-Oriented Approach focuses on students’ TRANSFORMATIONAL growth
At our core, we measure our success by the accomplishments of our students.
We celebrate their achievements and take pride in knowing that our dedication to excellence has a lasting impact on their academic journey and the journey of life.
With our guidance, students not only thrive academically and explore their intellectual potential, but also gain the confidence and capacity to tackle challenges in life head-on.
Every part of our learning system is designed to help our students like your child reach their highest potential for success.
We have designed a hybrid online learning format that is even more powerful compared to our previous in-person classes in guiding our students’ success.
This is revolutionary, as prior to releasing the hybrid format, most people assumed best results could only be had by attending our classes in person.
In our new hybrid online format, we are able to observe every student’s progress and can provide guiding support when we notice a student needs it. Every single student receives personalized attention with their assignments and receives detailed feedback that uses positive psychology while encouraging them to continually reach a higher level of growth. Your child has a team to support and guide their learning process, instead of being taught by just one teacher.
“This English course is different from all the other tutors that I have been to and definitely the most effective.
I went from a weak writer to a confident writer through your classes and can now easily get A’s in any English class....and I am sure these lessons have prepared me well for the expectations of university.”
–Gloria L (University of Michigan; 6 (96%) in IB English HL)
“This course is invaluable to anyone,
even people who are interested in STEM like me.
Don’t be scared to invest your time and effort in this course, for you obtain life-long skills and it will be worth it.”
–Edward Z (Princeton University, Engineering; full-ride scholarship)
(96% in IB English High Level)
We also identified four biggest blocks that slows down your child’s learning in conventional English/writing classes (both in and outside of school).
We methodically removed them all in our system to ensure the inevitable success of our students like your child.
Our vision of success for our students is holistic success:
🎓 academic success,
🏆 important leadership skills to excel professionally,
🧠 and mental growth and expansion that empowers them enjoy a fulfilling and happy life in the future.
Our program’s mission is to equip your child with the most important and useful tools and skills while building their brain power and EQ to achieve it!
Unlock Your Child’s Academic Potential
Embark on a transformative learning journey with us and discover the power of critical thinking, literary analysis, and academic essay writing.
Whether you aim to conquer high-level English courses, pursue higher education, get into your dream universities, or simply seek to enhance your skills, our course is tailored to help you succeed.
Take your next step towards academic excellence today!
Join our growing community of high achievers now and unleash your true potential.
“I would highly recommend this course to almost ANY child planning to go to university.
I cannot believe her improvement! She now gets REALLY good marks. She improved from a 4 to a 7 (IB school: percentile 70s to 90s in 1 year)!
This course built her confidence,
and I will always be very grateful for that.”
– Student’s Parent Heidi
