About Us
A personal approach to your
educational journey
Greenberg Educational Group provides students and families with the tools needed to help achieve their educational aspirations. We offer highly acclaimed test preparation services, subject-specific academic tutoring, strategic educational advising, and application essay assistance for all levels of a student’s education. Our clients include students in elementary & middle school, high school, college, and graduate school, both domestically and internationally.
We pride ourselves on treating your family, like family. Through personalized service, we aim to get to know your student the best we can, as every student has different needs and goals.
Meet Founder & Owner
Eric Greenberg
Eric Greenberg is a leading educational services expert. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School and is a graduate of The Fieldston High School in Riverdale, New York. Since establishing the Greenberg Educational Group in New York City in 1991, Greenberg and his team have helped thousands of students, of all ages, achieve their academic goals. Eric focuses on advising students and families through the school selection/application process of, U.S. colleges and graduate schools, as well as NYC-area private schools.
Eric currently resides in New York City with his wife and two children.
Q & A with Eric Greenberg
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My experiences at Fieldston and Wharton were instrumentally important in my career trajectory. My college guidance counselor took extraordinary measures to ensure we found the “right fit.” The amount of time he spent with his students, coupled with his expert knowledge of many institutions, was so impressive to me. Discussions, of course, included academics, but also focused on the qualitative components of the “right fit.” His guidance had a profound impact on me. Each of his students was treated with empathy, kindness, honesty, and gravitas. He taught me the importance of a student's voice, and personalizing the process. I was fortunate to have learned from the best.
A major tenet of Fieldston is an ethical focus on getting to know oneself and their peers: a humanistic approach. This model has since become the core of our college advising and application essay process since I founded Greenberg Educational Group in 1991.
College advising is extremely nuanced. Not only in terms of the sheer number of institutions in the U.S., but also the ever-changing nature of higher education. Determining how to strategically assess and understand both subjective and objective factors in the decision-making process was the domain of my undergraduate education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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This work is extremely rewarding. We play a pivotal role in students’ futures. Families tend to entrust us with very important decisions. Getting to know a student well, often their siblings too, allows us to create years-long bonds and relationships, oftentimes guiding students through many phases of their educational journey. Seeing students grow in so many ways makes every day at work special for me.
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Admittedly, it was particularly stressful to walk my own children through the college advising journey. However, I was comforted in knowing it worked for them. One has graduated from an Ivy League school and the other is attending an Ivy League school. As a parent, it is extremely rewarding to see their happiness and success.
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For those who know me, they know I love college application essays. I especially enjoy essays that cause students to self-examine what really matters to them.
These would be my top three essay prompts:
You are “building” your favorite burrito. What do the ingredients you choose say about you?
What sport exemplifies you most accurately and why?
If you had the opportunity to student-teach any original class at your high school, what would you pick, what would you title it, and why?
Our tutoring expertise
Greenberg Educational Group’s accomplished and dedicated staff includes an exceptional group of talented individuals with years of experience who are experts in what they teach. Staff credentials include degrees such as Masters, Ph.D., and JD and a great deal of tutoring, teaching, and advising experience. Our instructors have been with the company for an average of 10+ years. Our team is not only expert in what they teach, but they also have great insight, empathy, and emotional intelligence.
Our team includes graduates of Yale University, Harvard University, New York University, the University of Virginia, Brown University, Penn State University, Villanova University, the University of Chicago, and Washington University in St. Louis.