Our Rates and Policies

All tutoring sessions are two hours long; exceptions can be made only in rare cases. Mental performance training and mindfulness training sessions are generally one hour long. Please note that the rates above are per hour, and not per session.

Payment Policies

All of our services are pay-as-you go. For hourly tutoring, admissions consulting, and performance coaching, you’ll pay in advance for the first session only. After that, all payments are processed via our secure autopay system after each tutoring or coaching session.

We accept all major credit and debit cards, as well as ACH transfers from U.S.-based banks. A 3.5% surcharge is automatically applied to all credit card payments; ACH and debit card transactions are surcharge-free.

Rates are subject to change in response to market demand. However, we won’t raise rates on you after you start working with us. If you begin tutoring or admissions consulting when rates are lower, then the same rate applies for the duration of your studies — even if the rate goes up for new students.

Tutoring and Performance Coaching Policies

If you have a specific budget, please let us know BEFORE you start — that way, we can be sure to use our time together as effectively as possible.

We don’t formally require a minimum number of sessions, but it generally works best to meet with your tutor weekly. And if you’re looking for a significant score improvement, it’s very unlikely that we‘ll be able to produce some sort of magic — especially on the GMAT, GRE, or EA — in just one or two sessions.

Cancellation Policy (applies to all services)

Here’s where we have to be a little bit mean. We make our living by selling our time in two-hour increments. If you book a tutoring, performance coaching, or admissions consulting session and then cancel at the last minute, it really, really sucks for us.

If you cancel less than 48 hours before a session (or don’t show up at all), we ask that you pay for your session, since it’s generally too late to offer that slot to other students. If you’re the victim of an unexpected and terrible act of nature (blizzards, fires, internet outages, etc.), we’ll understand.

Otherwise, please be respectful, and either A) show up to your tutoring or coaching appointment, or B) give us plenty of warning if you need to reschedule, or C) pay for our time if you don’t do either of the above. Cool?

One last thing: it pains us to say this, but if you don’t do enough homework in a given week, that’s not a good reason to cancel your tutoring or admissions consulting session. You’re going to be much happier with your progress if you keep moving forward every week, no matter what. So please do your homework — and if you don’t for some reason, please keep coming to your sessions so that we can do everything humanly possible to keep you on track.

Scheduling & Punctuality (applies to all services)

Please arrive on time.

Please, please, PLEASE arrive on time.

If you’re late, your tutoring or coaching session will still end at the scheduled time… so unfortunately, it’s your loss if you’re late. Sorry, we have to be a little bit mean about this.

Further Questions?

If you have any other questions, feel free to contact us at [email protected].

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