1. Review the Assessment
   We've received your Application Form, and our team will review it within the next 24 hours. Based on the information provided, we will send you a Writing Assessment to tailor to your child's levels, and needs. Keep an eye on your inbox (and check your spam folder, just in case!).

2. Complete the Writing Assessment
   Please ensure your child completes the Writing Assessment at least 2 days before our scheduled Zoom call. This will give our experts time to review it thoroughly and prepare personalized feedback.

3. Prepare for Our Call
   With the assessment completed, our Zoom call will be more focused, tailored, and productive. We’ll use this time to delve into your child’s unique needs and provide actionable advice to support their academic growth.

We will soon email you an Assessment Writing Assignment based on your child’s level. 

Please check your spam folder if you don’t see it in 24 hours.

IMPORTANT: Please ask your child to complete the assessment before our call.

One reason why our program creates great success is because we are very specific in ensuring that we can help students based on their individual academic needs. 

This differs from generic writing classes that cater to the greater public.

Even though school grades give us a good sense of the general level of the student, they are usually not very precise.

This is why…

We’ve seen it in many of our students:

There can be two students both in 10th grade and both getting, say, 89% at school.

But one teacher can be a strict marker and another a very lenient marker. Therefore, the two students are actually not on the same level, despite being in the same grade and receiving the same mark.

Or, we can have three students on the same level, but they’re getting 87% because each encounters different issues: 

…one has great ideas but makes a lot of grammatical mistakes

…whereas the other student has trouble generating great, in-depth ideas and analysis

…while the third has decent ideas and doesn’t make too many serious grammatical mistakes, but presents ideas in a chaotic manner that weakens the logical flow and structure

Therefore, our writing assessment is the best way for us to gain a more real understanding of where the student is.

The students are welcome to also email in recent writing assignments done at school (this is not required).

If your child would like to share school assignments with us, Please send us academic writing (especially literary analysis) instead of creative writing. Even though creative writing is fun and beautiful, it does not give us a strong understanding of the student’s ability in formal writing and critical analysis skills.

We find school assignments helpful, but since school essays are often written after class discussions, it doesn’t give us the most realistic understanding of the student’s independent analytical ability.

This may require a little work from the student (the assessment takes around 20 minutes to complete), but it gives us a much deeper understanding of the student’s academic needs and it enables us to give you a lot more value during our meeting. 

Many students have told us that they found our feedback during the Zoom call alone very helpful and enlightening. Many parents tell us they learned a lot just from these calls.

Since the Assessment Assignment is “extra homework” for your teenager, we would really appreciate it if you can give them a little support to encourage them to complete it. :)

We cannot wait to meet you and your child! Please do not hesitate to reach out to us before our call if you have questions about our call.

Rooting for your child’s success,

Rene and the Top Student Academy Team