College Planning
How to Build a Well-Rounded College List
A thoughtful list gives you options, protects your time, and helps you feel excited about every possible outcome.
Leah Luchansky
Rising Sophomore at UCLA · Humanities, Spanish & Writing Tutor
Blog
Guides to help you support your student at home
Practical, no-fluff advice drawn from years of one-on-one work with families, covering the academic transitions, study habits, and test-prep routines that make the biggest difference.
Test Prep
How Doomscrolling is Quietly Tanking your SAT Score, and How to Reclaim Your Focus
Social media trains your brain for speed, not stamina. Here is why that matters on test day, and how to rebuild your reading focus.
Evan Vorspan
Math Tutor (Specializing in Algebra I/II, and Precalculus)
Academic Planning
A Parent's Guide to High School Transition
Practical steps to help your teenager navigate the academic leap into high school, manage new workloads, and build confidence.
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Learning Support
Executive Functioning 101: What to do when your child avoids studying
Learn the difference between defiance and executive dysfunction, and how targeted tutoring can build essential study skills for students with ADHD.
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Test Prep
How to Build a Pre-Exam Routine for Anxious Test-Takers
Proven strategies for SAT, ACT, and AP exam preparation that reduce anxiety, build muscle memory, and improve score outcomes.
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Study Skills
Notetaking Strategies That Actually Work in College
Lectures move fast and no one checks your notes anymore. Here are the notetaking systems that help college students capture, organize, and actually remember what they learn.
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Wellbeing
Why Mental Health Is the Foundation of Academic Success
Grades often get all the attention, but a student’s wellbeing is what makes learning possible in the first place. Here is how mental health shapes academics, and what families can do to protect it.
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College Planning
Transferring from Community College to a UC (and Earning Priority to UCLA)
Community college is one of the smartest, most affordable paths into the University of California. Here is how the transfer process works, and how UCLA’s TAP certification can put you in the priority pool.
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Reading Intervention
What Is Orton-Gillingham, and How Does It Help Struggling Readers?
Orton-Gillingham is a structured, multisensory approach that meets struggling and dyslexic readers where they are and rebuilds reading from the ground up.
Samantha
Masters in Education · Certified Orton-Gillingham Specialist
Student Success
Encouraging Self-Advocacy for Success in High School, College, and Beyond
A student’s ability to advocate for themselves is often the quality that most sets them up for success, the difference between falling behind and getting the help they need to soar.
Elie
Student at the University of Michigan · High School Tutor
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