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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kevin David" data-source="post: 22412298" data-attributes="member: 1073240">1. The shortened COVID exams from Altius are 3-points inflated, returning a 475 instead of a 472 when they are zeroed completely out. They have been aware of this problem since last summer and have chosen not to fix it. I truly feel sorry for the students that took their shortened COVID practice exams with Altius in confidence and getting a lower score than they may have anticipated.2. At least one of those tutors you mentioned did not get a 90th percentile or better on the MCAT-2015 exam (would be happy to verify with an administrator or individual with significant post numbers). I know of at least 3 active tutors in the company that either did not get a 90th percentile or better, despite the company advertising otherwise. To add insult to injury, their tutor coordinator in the company never earned a 90th percentile or better, yet often claims otherwise. The company often hires non-90th percentile tutors based on a flawed benchmark of a 512-513 score and turns around without shame to tell students they'll be paired with a tutor who earned a 95th percentile or better.3. The study manual is decent, but, it continues to have errors in it. It took them years to fix a simple genetics problem. The scapegoat they used to justify not fixing the mistake was in effect, "the fact that students can point it out means the program is working." Unfortunately, the study manual and exam materials are laden with errors.4. As someone who took their program and was a regional tutor/supervisor for the company, I will say that their CARS breakdown is decent. However, often poorly executed by most tutors. We were advised to place a large emphasis on the Main Idea of the passage, stating that it represents over 40-60% of the questions you'll see. Meanwhile, their study manual states otherwise and a glossary review of any CAR section shows that Main Idea question stems represent less than 10% of all questions you'll find on CARS.5. Most recently the company asked its own tutors to take pay cuts in order to fund their slush fund for pet projects like updating their website. I find it unfortunate that the company preys on their tutors, violating their own tutor contract or bullying their tutors to sign pay cut contracts for their financial mismanagement and lack of foresight. One of their VPs, essentially threatened tutors to sign the new contract or risk not being employed in the future. Altius already has one of the lowest pay scales for tutors in the industry.I'll be honest - I'm also concerned that the posts in favor of Altius are from employees themselves. The company is known to engage in deceptive marketing practices. For instance, they often reward tutors with up to $40 in gift cards for their review.</blockquote>

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