When my daughter met Bobby D’Ambra, she had a goal that seemed unreachable and lofty at best. Bobby provided us with a realistic outline of what it would take to achieve this aspiration. After following Bobby’s incredible guidance my daughter surpassed her expectations and increased over 350 points on her SAT. It is important to note that Bobby never once discouraged my daughter from her goal. Whenever things looked bleak, he simply encouraged her to stick to their plan and reminded her that hard work is always rewarded in the end. He was realistic, honest, and supportive during every single one of their sessions. He explained to her from the very beginning that tremendous time would be needed on her part outside of their weekly sessions to reinforce the content. I spent many hours observing Bobby and my daughter’s time together and I can confidently say that Bobby D’Ambra was the single most influential factor in helping my daughter to achieve her acceptance to her dream school, a top 25 university. Bobby utilized a skillful method combined with his own incredible intellect, patience, diligence, and fluency in current learning technology to maximize his teachings.
I have never in my life seen anyone who cares so much about the people he works with than Bobby. While working with my daughter, Bobby began forming Duology because he felt even the current and most advanced technology was not good enough for his kids.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Bobby D’Ambra, his company, and his services to anyone. I remain forever grateful for what he did to help my daughter because without a doubt she would not be where she is today without him.
I’ve been working with Bobby for the greater part of two years, and his guidance has been crucial for my development as a student, a young professional, and a learner. I am proud to call him a role model of mine who exhibits a genuine passion for teaching. When we started, Bobby promptly demonstrated his mastery of the art of tutoring through interactive lessons and targeted practice assignments. Not only did his approach help me in precalculus, which I had originally needed him for, but Bobby’s instruction and advice helped me in my standardized testing as well as in every aspect of my high school academic career.
I saw a dramatic increase in my SAT score after working with Bobby over the summer. This motivated me to apply to the most competitive schools in the country. Bobby unlocked my greatest potential in standardized testing and brought my college admissions process to the major leagues.
Perhaps more importantly, my work and academic reports reflect Bobby’s efforts to provide the best possible learning experience for me. This is a result of the confidence, understanding and work ethic he helped instill in me. I can say for certain that I performed better and learned more with Bobby at my side than with any of my teachers at my private high school. Bobby proved to me, but also to my parents, that a PhD and employment at a prep school does not make a teacher the best. The best comes from working with hundreds of students and achieving consistent, measurable, and, quite frankly, astonishing results in people of all academic proficiency levels. This could not have been more clear during my junior year, when Bobby could simultaneously work to my strengths in calculus and address my weaknesses in AP Physics. Bobby’s unique approach to learning is an invaluable asset that every student should get the opportunity to benefit from.
As a kid who’s learned from many teachers and tutors throughout my life, I can confidently say that Bobby has by far been the best. Unlike most teachers and tutors used in our education system, Bobby takes the time to ensure each of his students not only learns how to solve a particular problem, but to understand why it is solved that way. School teachers and most tutors just have their students memorize a grammar rule or equation and move on, which creates problems later down the road on tests such as the ACT or SAT because students either forget what they memorized or simply don’t understand how to apply it to a certain problem. Bobby’s way of teaching allows students to easily apply a concept to any type of problem at any point in time by helping them fully grasp why things work that way, instead of just shoving one part of it into their head to regurgitate onto paper later on. This way, his students actually learn and absorb important ideas. For example, as someone who always struggled in math despite having multiple tutors and staying after class every week to try to do better, I thought it was always my fault for scoring poorly in math, but after working with Bobby, I quickly realized it wasn’t a problem with me, but a problem in how I was taught. With Bobby I was able to understand why things equal zero, instead of just being told that they do in certain problems and moving on. He explained the reasoning behind concepts which made things make infinitely more sense. In doing this, not only have my scores on class tests and the ACTs doubled, but I know what it’s like to actually learn a subject, rather than memorize it. My time with Bobby has been invaluable, and I encourage anyone who is either struggling in a certain area of study or simply trying to further educate themselves to make use of Bobby’s skills and expertise.
Bobby is the Master. Thanks to Bobby, each of my three college students achieved the test scores they needed to be accepted to their top choices. Bobby is unique because he is able to diagnose a student’s starting level of understanding of a concept, conduct computer-aided sessions, and assign precise and effective homework assignments to help students really learn and master the material. This process also propelled each of my children to become better students and their grades improved as well. I am excited to get my last child started with Duology.
As a professional in the field of cognition and education, I am extremely excited by the innovative and forward-thinking approach to learning developed at Duology. This is more than your average test prep tutoring—this is the future of instruction. By pairing quality, personable teaching with cutting-edge artificial intelligence software, Duology has harnessed the best of both worlds.
Bobby is the best tutor! He doesn’t just teach tricks. He teaches concepts for true understanding and provides tools that help kids approach the test with more confidence and ability. Bobby taught our son, who is now attending Yale, and our daughter who is a junior in high school. Whether my kids just wanted to improve further from an already solid position or were just starting the prep process, Bobby helped them both get to the level they wanted. He is caring, professional, and fully invested in his students’ success. His calm approach helps de-stress students and their families. We looked into many tutors and know in hiring Bobby, we are giving our kids the best support out there!
Bobby has always been extremely helpful and fun to work with! He teaches and explains concepts that I’m not as comfortable with and makes me feel more confident going into an exam. He understands his students and always has their best interest in mind. It’s been great working with him!