The class they're stuck in, their tutor took three years ago.

One-on-one online tutoring for California middle and high school students, from UC students who sat the same courses — Integrated Math or the traditional path — and remember exactly which part is hard.

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Thadeus Wang

I'm Thadeus. I transferred into UCLA electrical engineering at 18, after teaching 25 students a week through my last year of high school. I run this myself and match every student personally.

80+
Families taught
25
Students a week I taught myself
1520+
Every tutor's SAT
A
In every course we teach

Who I am

There's no company here — just me and the people I studied with.

The short version: I commuted forty minutes to Troy High School for the stronger program, finished high school early with associate's degrees in physics and math, and transferred into UCLA electrical engineering at eighteen. Along the way I built a tutoring practice that served over eighty families — at its peak I was teaching twenty-five students a week myself.

A year of COVID school taught me the thing this business is built on: online teaching, done right, beats a classroom. Done wrong, it's worse than nothing — the difference is the teacher, which is exactly what I select for.

Every tutor here is someone I'd have studied with myself.

The tutors are people I studied with — now at UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UC San Diego. We're mostly graduating, several on gap years before med school, dental school, or a master's, which is why we finally have real hours again. This year, the doors are open.

— Thadeus · Troy High School → UCLA Electrical Engineering

The tutors

Every tutor scored above 1520 on the SAT and earned an A in the course they teach.

These are our three most experienced tutors — four years of teaching each. The wider team covers more subjects across UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UC San Diego, and your student works with the same person every week.

Thadeus Wang

Thadeus Wang

UCLA · Electrical Engineering

That's me — the person you'll talk to when you reach out. I teach AP Physics and AP Calculus.

AP PhysicsAP Calculus
Tiffany Vo

Tiffany Vo

UC Irvine · Biochemistry

Four years of tutoring. On a gap year before dental school — AP Biology and Chemistry are her home subjects.

AP BiologyChemistry
Jasmine Tan

Jasmine Tan

UC San Diego · Computer Science

Four years of tutoring, math and English at every level. A senior planning a career in education — teaching isn't a side gig.

MathEnglish

How it works

Three steps, and I'm in all of them.

You talk to me directly, start to finish. There's nobody else to route you to.

Tell me what's going on

Which class, which teacher, and what's actually happening — a bad test, a subject that never clicked, or getting ahead before an AP exam. Five minutes on the phone with me.

I match a tutor

Someone who earned an A in that course and knows the version your school teaches — Integrated Math 2 and Algebra 2 are different animals, and I match for the one your student is actually sitting in. If the fit isn't right after the first session, I'll match you with someone else and won't charge you for the one that didn't work.

They meet weekly

Usually an hour or two a week, same time each week, over video. You get a short note after each session about what they worked on.

Pricing

Posted plainly, because nobody else does.

You pay by the hour for the hours your student actually has. That's the whole pricing model.

I cost less than the big learning centers for a specific reason: there's no building to pay for, no front desk, no advertising budget, and my tutors are current students rather than career tutors. That's the whole discount. It isn't a promotion and it won't expire.

Math & English
$50 / hour
  • Algebra 1–2 or Integrated Math 1–3
  • Geometry, reading, essay writing
  • Middle school, all subjects
STEM & History
$60 / hour
  • Chemistry, Biology, Physics
  • Precalculus, Calculus, Statistics
  • History, Computer Science
AP & SAT
$70 / hour
  • Any AP course
  • May exam preparation
  • SAT and ACT

Things I don't charge for, because they shouldn't cost anything

  • Registration or enrollment fees
  • Prepaid packages or hour bundles
  • Assessment or placement testing
  • A first session that wasn't the right fit
  • Contracts or minimum commitments
  • Cancelling — just tell me the day before

Questions

The things parents ask me first.

You're a student yourself — why should I trust this?

Because it's the whole reason it works, and because I'm not hiding it. My tutors took these courses recently enough to remember being confused by them, and they're close enough in age that a fifteen-year-old will actually admit what they don't understand. What you're giving up is a receptionist and a lobby. What you're getting is my cell number and a tutor I chose myself.

My school uses Integrated Math — can you work with that?

Yes, and this matters more than most parents realize. California schools split between Integrated Math 1–2–3 and the traditional Algebra–Geometry–Algebra 2 path, and the same topic can show up in a different year under a different name. We've taught both pathways, and Common Core material, for students at schools all over California — so your student's tutor works from what their class actually covers, not a generic syllabus.

How do you pick tutors?

They have to be a UC student or new graduate — UCLA, Berkeley, Irvine, or San Diego — with an SAT above 1520 and an A in the course they'd teach, and they have to be someone I studied with or who comes recommended by a tutor I know. I meet everyone before they take a student, and the last step is always a real session I sit in on. I care more about whether they can explain something patiently than about their own transcript.

What if my student doesn't click with their tutor?

Tell me after the first session and I'll match you with someone else, and I won't charge you for the session that didn't work. This happens occasionally and it's nobody's fault — a match either works or it doesn't, and it's better to find out in week one.

Why online only?

On purpose. I sat through a year of online school during COVID: taught badly, it's worse than nothing; taught well, it beats a classroom — my own chemistry and physics classes that year proved it. Video with screen-sharing suits math and science, nobody's energy goes into a commute, and it means I match your student with the right tutor anywhere in California instead of whoever happens to live nearby.

How does payment work?

I bill once a month for the sessions that actually happened, and you can pay by Zelle or card. No deposit, no package to buy up front, and nothing charged for a week your student didn't have a session.

Do you do group classes?

One-on-one is what we do by default, and it's what I'd recommend — in a group, a tutor's attention naturally drifts toward whoever is furthest behind, which is the wrong dynamic for a student who's doing fine and wants to do better. That said, we do arrange small groups separately when it makes sense: siblings, or a couple of friends in the same class who want to split the time. Ask me and we'll work out the rate.

Aren't you all graduating? What happens then?

We are — and that's exactly why we're taking students again. Several of us are on gap years before med school, dental school, or a master's, which means more open hours than we had as full-time students, not fewer. If a tutor stops, I tell you and re-match you myself — you're never handed off silently, because you were introduced to a specific person, not a brand.

Get started

Tell me about your student.

After a year of not taking new students, we're open again for this school year. This goes straight to me — I read every one and usually reply the same day.

Or just text me at (626) 764-2882 — that's usually faster.