College Prep
College prep and educational consulting for high school students
The jump from a high school schedule to a college one is mostly a jump in independence. College prep sessions strengthen the academic skills a first-year course load will lean on, and build the study habits that keep a student steady once nobody is checking their work nightly.
What we work on
College prep tutoring covers readiness and study strategy
Sessions stay on the academic side of the transition: the coursework itself, and the habits that make coursework manageable without a parent or teacher driving it.
Talk it through: (847) 305-2952- 01 Coursework readiness
- Shoring up the math, writing, and reading skills that a first-year course load will draw on immediately. Weak spots that a high school teacher worked around tend to surface fast in a college classroom.
- 02 Reading and writing at volume
- Working through longer readings and longer papers with a process that holds up: sourcing, outlining, drafting, and revising on a real timeline instead of in one night.
- 03 Independent study strategies
- Managing a syllabus with only a handful of graded checkpoints, keeping notes across a lecture format, and studying on a schedule your student sets. These habits are the ones that transfer to campus.
- 04 Self-advocacy and follow-through
- Asking a question before the exam, using the help that is offered, and finishing work without a nightly reminder from home. Coaching makes these concrete and practices them while your student is still in high school.
Where it fits
College prep tutoring pairs with test prep and study skills
Most juniors and seniors need two of the three at once. The same weekly hour can shift between them as the calendar changes.
Before the deadline
ACT & SAT test prep
Built from a free official practice test, then sequenced around the sections costing your student the most points.
See test prepAll year
Study skills coaching
Planning, note-taking, time management, and follow-through, which are the exact habits a college schedule assumes your student already runs.
See study skillsHigh school
$75
per hour, all subjects
One rate for every high school subject, in your home, at the Barrington or Wheaton center, or online. No contracts, and the schedule can change whenever your student's does.
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What families ask about college prep tutoring
What does college prep tutoring cover?
College prep tutoring covers coursework readiness and the study strategies that college coursework assumes a student already has. Sessions strengthen the academic skills a first-year schedule will lean on, and they build the working habits that carry a student through a syllabus with very few checkpoints on it.
Which students is college prep tutoring for?
High school students heading toward campus, especially juniors and seniors who want their academic footing solid before they get there. It also fits students already taking college-level or dual-credit coursework while in high school, where the workload jumps before graduation does.
How much does college prep tutoring cost?
College prep sessions are billed at the high school tutoring rate of $75 per hour, the same rate that applies to every high school subject at a learning center or online. In-home sessions are $5 per hour more than the rates above. There are no contracts.
How does college prep work alongside ACT and SAT prep?
They run in sequence for most families. Test prep is built around a specific test date and starts with a free official practice test, while college prep looks past that date to the coursework waiting on the other side. Many students do test prep first, then shift the same weekly hour toward readiness once scores are in.
Where do college prep sessions happen?
In your home, at the Barrington Learning Center or the Wheaton Learning Center, or online. Online sessions suit this work well, since studying at a distance is a skill your student is about to need anyway.
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