Mr. Excellence Tutoring Services

As we get closer to the opening of college applications, our team is excited to respond to calls/ inquiries/ requests for help from applicants. The dynamics of acing admission exams, applying, and getting accepted have always been a passion of ours!

Mr. Excellence team wishes you all a great and successful 2024! Looking back at the test scores and college acceptances in 2023, we can't but look forward for a similar, or even higher level of achievement in 2024!

Meeting a program's/ school's English Language Test requirements could be a challenge, and could even risk the chance of admission to the dream program/ school. Though the time available for TOEFL/ IELTS test preparation could be tight because of approaching deadlines, our tutors have developed relatively short, yet dense schedules of test preparation. Our "short schedules" could be hectic at some levels, but have proven to be helpful at many other levels!
The schedules are on us, and a bit of a hard work for a high score and college admission is on you!

Although "Critical Reasoning" section of the GMAT could be the reason why many GMAT takers fail to achieve their target Verbal score, our Verbal tutors think that CR section could be the "easiest" section to improve in! According to them, it is fascinating how fast the skills required to think through CR questions could improve with adequate practice!

While distance learning was an obligation during the pandemic isolation times, it is still an option for many of our students/tutors! Taking into consideration the power shortage issues in Lebanon, many of our tutors are flexible in terms of session times.
Neither distance nor time zone differences, nor power shortages can stop us (and our students) from acing standardized test preparation, whether for the SAT or for other standardized (admission) tests!

Although they might be rich with ideas about past experience and personal life, some application essays/ statements of purpose might lack the appropriate train of ideas and/ or language that graduate school committees want to see in a strong application.
Our Verbal tutors are happy to help with essay/ statement of purpose writing by checking out the students' ideas and helping the students organize their ideas in a successful manner!

More Biochemistry on the MCAT?
While many students find biochemical pathways difficult to grasp, our Biochemistry tutors strive to provide students with the right strategies and easy tips for "critical" and "analytical" understanding of the biochemical pathways that have recently become common in both of MCAT's "Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems" and "Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems" sections!

"Should I take an English Language test, such as TOEFL, if I speak very good English, or if I am coming from an English speaking University...?"
This question is often asked by graduate school/MBA applicants! Although we don't usually do course/test advising, we advise graduate school/MBA applicants who have not figured out the specific requirements of the programs/ universities they are interested in applying for to work for a high TOEFL/IELTS score and to have that ready! A score of 100+ on TOEFL or 7+ on IELTS would spare applicants the stress of having to take/ace an English language test down the road for their admission/ acceptance to be processed by MBA/ Graduate schools.

Although the taste of success is different with different forms of achievement, nobody denies how pleasant the taste of acceptance into dream undergraduate/graduate programs and colleges is! Stay tuned for live meetings with students who have used Mr. Excellence and are now accepted into their dream colleges/ programs!

Upon reaching the allowed number of attempts for the GMAT, many MBA applicants are considering taking the GRE as an alternative test. The GRE is now accepted by some MBA schools, and many applicants think it would be a good idea to try the GRE in their "waiting period". While we don't attempt to do any sort of "course advising", we intend to shout out any piece of information we think might be beneficial and time saving for graduate school applicants.
All the best wishes!

Although not related to standardized tests, Power Point presentations constitute an important part of students' academic tracks. After receiving many inquiries related to Power Point presentations and Voiceover Power Point presentations, we are very happy to announce the start up of a new course entitled "Research Seminar Presentation". The main objectives of this course include the acquirement of the skills needed for preparation and presentation of a research/ review paper and the appreciation of the fundamental tools that boost the confidence of a presenter in academic settings. Although the main target is graduate level students, the course also suits undergraduate students and even workers in the fields of consultancy/ academia. The length of the course is 10-15 hours, depending on the level of the student.
One of our students who took this course commented at the end of it with: "Thank you for an experience that I will carry with me for my whole life"...

For those asking for book recommendations:
Please note that we don’t and never will recommend specific books for standardized test preparations. Our tutors use a combination of book names (companies), in addition to some practice questions prepared by the tutors themselves. Therefore, recommending specific books is beyond the responsibilities of Mr. Excellence Tutoring Services.
Thank you!

No official changes to TOEFL have been announced by ETS yet! Please do abstain from believing any fake news circulating over Social Media before double checking with reliable resources!
The most recent changes to TOEFL were made in 2019, and we have already sent an email explaining these changes.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us!

Although Reading Comprehension questions of GMAT and GRE might look similar in form, each test is characterized by a specific set of tactics needed in order to ace its Reading Comprehension questions.
Indeed, we do consider the possibility that GRE takers might need less time to prepare for GMAT as compared to students who haven't taken any of the 2 tests before. However, we never base our estimation of the course level on the previous test history of the student!

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How efficient is online tutoring in regards to acquirement of the right tactics needed to ace standardized tests?
According to our tutors, the pace through which students are improving from online tutoring is quite similar (and even higher with some students) to that of live tutoring. Taking into account the pandemic, possible lockdowns, and problems of heavy traffic, online tutoring is a better option to many of our tutors/ students.

No live sessions will be delivered during the lockdown period in Beirut (Through November 30, 2020). All our sessions (Including quantitative sessions) will be delivered online.
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Do essay sections (Analytical Writing Sections) of GMAT/GRE matter for acceptance by the specific program/programs you are applying for?
The answer is YES!
Although these do not contribute to the numeric score you receive on the test day, many universities have set minimum score requirements for these sections.
Moreover, and although some programs don't declare it, high scores on "essay" sections reflect good English Writing skills. This is obligatory, especially if you are seeking graduate assistantsip/ teaching assistantship positions at the program departments.

Since depression, stress, anxiety, and PTSD levels are rising at these harsh moments that Lebanon is going through, we are glad to announce that our “Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior” MCAT tutor and psychologist will be providing FREE psychological assistance sessions to those feeling psychologically unwell. Contact us for further details. Remember that Lebanon needs you and needs your wellbeing!

Mr. Excellence team sends its sincere condolences to our students who have lost loved ones in the tragedy that has recently shocked our beloved Beirut.

In addition to lending a helping hand and making donations, carrying on with education is a great means of facing such a tragedy. Therefore we promise our students to resume our tutoring sessions starting Monday August 10.

As for the testing dates and rescheduling policies at test centers that were damaged by the explosion, we will send an update about that along with next week’s schedule by Monday, August 10.

Lebanon and the whole world need you and your future!

We are happy to announce that we have launched an ONLINE English language course for TOEFL and EEE. The hourly length for our online course ranges between 12 and 20 hours, depending on the level of the student.
Taking into consideration the tough economic situation that Lebanon is going through, we have agreed on prices that we think all test takers can afford.
Inbox us/call us for more details!

For all students wiling to take the online GMAT exam provided by GMAC until June 15, 2020, we have designed a tutorial which we think will help you cope with the conditions of the online-home exam, which are different than those of the actual exam in terms of proctoring and check-in/check-out procedures.
Send us empty emails with "GMAT" as a subject, and we will get back to you shortly after.

How close are the results of the mock exam (given my Mr. Excellence few days before the actual exam) to those of the actual exam? The answer is "very close". Our statistical data analysis shows high similarity between the two sets of data. Nevertheless some students perform better on the actual exam they they do on our mock exam!

Dear GMAT takers:
Please send us empty emails with the subject: “GMAT taker” to our email address: [email protected] in order to benefit from our free set of online study material.
Best of luck!
Stay safe!

While staying home because of quarantine can be annoying at some levels, it can be a great chance to achieve progress at the educational level. From extra questions related to standardized tests to some readings which can help us improve our English language skills, staying home is more than just social media and unhealthy food!

If you are an SAT student, and you haven't received yet SAT study material on your email, please call us on our phone number.
Regards, and stay safe!

March SAT is cancelled in Lebanon. Students/Parents will receive a registration refund soon. No more SAT sessions at Mr. Excellence for this week. All students will receive emails with online practice questions and detailed schedules for the coming sessions. Good luck!

Best of luck to all our March SAT takers. With adequate preparation and astute use of tactics, We don’t think you need luck!