The Academic Toolkit

Everything a top student needs, beyond the tutoring hour.

Grades aren't won in the session alone, they're won in the fourth essay draft, the interview rehearsal, and the plan that tells you exactly what to do next. Everything below is priced from the same ladder as our tutoring hours, itemized, so you always know what's core and what's optional.

Essay & Interview Help

Personal Statements & Supplemental Essays, done right.

The personal statement and supplemental essays are where strong applicants blend into the pile, not from lack of substance, but lack of structure. The Personal Statement & Supplemental Strategy Package is an add-on module (3 sessions, 6 hrs) that walks through every admissions-reader expectation before you submit, not after it's too late to fix.

  • ✓ Personal statement narrative & theme selection
  • ✓ Opening hook & throughline refinement
  • ✓ Supplemental essay strategy, school by school
  • ✓ Structure & narrative coherence pass
  • ✓ Line-by-line admissions-reader read before submission
  • ✓ Exemplar comparison (real, anonymized admitted-student samples)

Already booked hours elsewhere? This module's 6 hrs pool into your total, it's often cheaper attached to an existing package than bought alone. See exact pricing in the calculator.

A typical essay clinic session

0:00
Review current draft against the official rubric, criterion by criterion.
0:25
Deep-dive on the weakest criterion, usually analysis or evaluation.
1:00
Rewrite plan: specific, actionable edits mapped to mark boundaries.
1:20
Follow-up written notes sent within 24 hours.

What's inside

Tagged
Every question labeled by topic, sub-topic, and command term (define, derive, evaluate...).
Leveled
Sorted by difficulty so you can build from foundational to exam-level.
Marked
Full official-style mark schemes with common error notes.
Refreshed
New sets added each term as syllabi and past papers update.
Question Banks

Practice that targets your exact weak spots.

Generic past papers waste time on topics you've already mastered. Our banks are hand-tagged so every set you receive is targeted to what you actually need to drill.

Personal Statement & Supplementals Physics Chemistry Biology

Strategy Plans

A written roadmap, not a vague promise to "study more."

A full personalized strategy plan isn't sold separately, it's a perk that unlocks automatically once your pooled instructional hours reach 20+, at no extra cost. It's a concrete document mapping your current draft to a submission-ready application, session by session.

  • ✓ Diagnostic-based starting point
  • ✓ Target school list and gap analysis
  • ✓ Session-by-session topic sequencing
  • ✓ Exam technique & time-per-question drills
  • ✓ Milestone check-ins to adjust the plan as you improve
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Sample plan structure

Phase 1
Foundation, close core gaps identified in the diagnostic.
Phase 2
Application, command-term mastery and multi-step problem solving.
Phase 3
Exam Technique, timing drills, paper structure, and common trap questions.
Phase 4
Proof, mock interview, feedback, and final targeted review.

More Add-On Modules

Exam strategy, mocks, and admissions support

Same rule as everything else: hourly modules pool into your ladder total, flat-fee modules never do.

Hourly · Pools In

Application Strategy & Mentoring Block

4 sessions (8 hrs) on timing drills, paper structure, command-term technique, and 1:1 mentoring on exam-day mindset.

$624 standalone ($78/hr)
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Mock Interview Session

A full timed past paper (2 hrs: sitting + graded, examiner-style written feedback), booked individually or in a set.

$160 standalone ($80/hr), per mock
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Flat Fee

University Academic Profile Review

A one-time review of your school list, academic profile, and activities list against target university requirements.

$150 one-time
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See exactly how these price out with your existing hours in the interactive calculator.

Standard, Not Extra

What's free vs. what unlocks vs. what's an add-on

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Diagnostic Assessment

Free, always, a clear starting point before any instruction begins.

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Strategy Plan

Unlocks free at 20+ pooled hours, a written roadmap targeting your target schools' expectations.

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Essay Prompt & Exemplar Library

Unlocks free at 20+ pooled hours, or $45/month standalone.

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Essay Help, Strategy & Mock Interviews

Always add-on modules, priced hourly, pooled into your ladder total.

Want the full toolkit built around you?

Book a free consult and we'll show you exactly how your plan, prompt library, and essay support fit together.

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