ThinkTank Learning

ThinkTank Learning
Education / Tutoring
Founded Cupertino, California (2002 (2002))
Founder Steven Ma
Number of locations
 California
Website ThinkTank Learning

ThinkTank Learning is a college admissions consulting firm founded by Steven Ma.[1] The company offers basic subject tutoring and SAT/ACT prep to college consulting. ThinkTank Learning is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, operating fifteen other facilities.

History

ThinkTank Learning was founded by Steven Ma in 2002, who left a position as a hedge fund analyst and started the company with his own savings. He was the tutor for the company for the first eight months, working out of a small office in Cupertino, California. Classes were the primary focus of the program. Within three years the company's revenues had grown to about $1 million per year, and they opened a second office in Fremont, California.[2] [3]In 2014 the company started a college consulting program for assistance with college admissions. [4] [5] In 2014 centers opened in San Francisco, California and Fremont, California.[6][7] In 2013 they opened in Millbrae, California and Palo Alto, California.[8] In 2011 centres opened in Pleasanton, California and Palo Alto, California.[9][10]

Programs

ThinkTank Learning provides standardized test instruction to students and college admissions counseling. It operates in the State of California and China, where it opened its first office in 2009. By 2010 the company operated five centers with Ma serving as CEO.[11] The company opened two more offices in China between 2009 and 2011. In its college admissions counseling program, the company helps write student applications, including helping prospective students write their resume. It uses software the company calls Predictor to determine the specific metrics of a student and how they measure up to admissions criteria.[12] The company can start as early as the beginning of high school[13] though most packages last less than a year.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Commissioners, retrieved June 13, 2013
  2. ↑ "Let’s Get Small -ThinkTank Learning". AsianWeek. July 8, 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ "ConsumerWatch: Bay Area Firm Offers College Admission Help, For A Price". CBS News. October 21, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Former Wall Street Analyst Guarantees' Students Acceptance At Elite Colleges". "San Francisco CBS". November 30, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Would You Pay To Get Your Kid Into A Top College?". ‘’Here And Now’’. September 15, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  6. ↑ Peter Waldman (September 3, 2014). "How to Get Into an Ivy League College—Guaranteed". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ CBS News (November 14, 2014). "Ivy League "whisperer's" big promise to parents". CBS News. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ AsianWeek Staff (July 24, 2013). "Hep B Free Receives $10,000 Donation". AsianWeek. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ Dan Levin (May 29, 2011). "Coaching and Much More for Chinese Students Looking to U.S.". The New York Times. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ CBS SF (October 21, 2011). "ConsumerWatch: Bay Area Firm Offers College Admission Help, For A Price". CBS. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ "ThinkTank Learning curve is up for its academic advice". Silicon Valley Business Journal. March 29, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  12. ↑ Chris Kenrick (September 2, 2011). "A money-back 'guarantee' of college admission?". Palo Alto Online. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  13. ↑ Dan Levin (May 29, 2011). "Coaching and Much More for Chinese Students Looking to U.S.". New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  14. ↑ Adrienne Mong (January 11, 2012). "Chinese applications to U.S. schools skyrocket". NBC News. Retrieved May 23, 2013.

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