Built for an A on the transcript and a 4 or 5 in May.
A-to-5 TrackMap to May
“I do tutoring classes 2 times a week but they only help slightly”A student, on an AP Chemistry forum
“I am not convinced that a math tutor can help.”A parent of an AP Calculus student, on a parent forum
They're both right about the usual kind of help.
An hour with a tutor goes over the topic again. Then the week happens without them.
Nobody grades the practice the way the test will. Nobody is there at 9:30, when the homework gets hard. Nobody tells you what happened.
The sessions are the part you can see. The grade is decided between them.
So our two sessions train for the next test, on the clock. And we built the rest of the week around them.
Every family gets these two, from the first week to May.
Fifty minutes each, live, 1-on-1 and recorded. Exam-style problems, and your kid holds the pen.
They're built on your kid's own class: the teacher's units and the next test. We keep a map of the syllabus and of every test that comes home.
The same two days and time every week: Mon/Thu, Tue/Fri or Wed/Sat. Never once a week.
Short timed practice sets each week, built from the Gap Map. A person grades every written answer, never software.
Point by point, the way the College Board does, with the why next to each point. Every tutor passes our grading test first: their grading has to match the College Board's scoring guidelines at least 90% of the time.
How answers come back: graded by a person, point by point, by the next day.
The hardest homework happens at night. By then, most help is closed. So we staff that hour.
A live AP tutor waits in an open online homework room, 9–10pm ET, Monday to Saturday. When homework gets hard, your kid drops in, asks, gets unstuck, and logs off.
No appointment. No extra charge. It's shared, and it comes on top of the two sessions. The tutor asks questions until your kid finds the step. We never do the homework for them.
“The parents can expect accountability and transparency, but leave the details to someone else.”A parent, on a parenting forum
Every Sunday, five lines land on your phone: this week, the trend number, one win, one thing we're watching, and what's next. Want the detail? Ask, and we'll send a short PDF of the week.
And one person, your Family Success Manager, handles everything that isn't the teaching. A reschedule. A question about the report. A worry.
Most help starts by going over the topic again. Nobody looks closely at the test. We start there.
Your kid does a 45-minute diagnostic with a live AP tutor, holding the pen the whole time. Within 24 hours of the diagnostic, you get one page: the 2–3 skills costing points with the question numbers, the score this test could have been, a plan for the next test, and your kid's marked test, every point explained.
It also answers the question the school won't: fight or drop. We coach kids to win the class they're in. If the honest answer is drop, we say so, and we show you how to do it with the least damage to the GPA.
It's a $497 product, and it's free, because we won't tutor a gap we haven't measured.
24-Hour Gap MapWhere the points went
Points, by cause
29 points lost. 14 of them on chemistry already known.
This test could have been 85
Worked example
Q9 as written: 1 of 4. Q9 with the reasoning: 4 of 4.
Next test: Thursday, Oct 29
To May, in five milestones
Fight or drop: fight. The chemistry is there; the points are recoverable.
Written within 24 hours of the diagnostic.
None of these is sold on its own.
Stuck outside the Night Room? Your kid sends a photo of the problem on WhatsApp. The same day or the next working day, we send back a short walkthrough or a step-by-step guide for that step. It shows the method, and your kid finishes the problem. We answer 1–10pm ET, Monday to Saturday.
A short mock 72 hours before each classroom test, so the test isn't the first time on the clock. If we think your kid needs an extra session before a test, we add one, free. Full mock exams in December and March, graded the College Board way, with a projected AP score.
Many classes don't finish the course before the May exam. We teach every unit anyway, in time.
Two short tools. One turns the class grade into a likely AP score. The other shows what a 4 or 5 is worth in credit at the colleges on your list.
With your Family Success Manager and your kid's tutor: what changed, what we're watching, and what's next.
December mockAP Physics 1
Three skills that would move it to a 4: energy bar charts, free-body diagrams, and written justifications.
The December mock: a projected AP score, months before May.
No matter when you join, the first milestone is the next classroom test.
The Gap Map names the skills. The sessions train them on the clock. This test carries our guarantee.
Every test after that gets the same work, with a short mock 72 hours before it. A semester grade is an average, so every test counts.
A full mock exam, graded the College Board way. You see a projected AP score months before May.
From February, the sessions turn to the May exam, week by week. The March mock checks the plan.
A 30-minute call to plan next year's APs, the summer, and any brothers or sisters. Then the exam.
Your kid sees this map in the first session. And every Sunday, the last line of the report tells you what's next.
Real screenshots, names blurred.
“My daughter got 2 after paying $4k for this program.”A parent in a parents' group, about a different prep program
Parents have been burned before. So here is every promise we make, and every condition, before you pay anything.
Your kid attends the sessions, does the weekly practice, and shares the graded test. If the first classroom test after you join isn't higher than the one before, we keep working free until the next test (about four weeks).
It's measured against your kid's own last test. If the curve or the format changed, we compare raw scores. If the test doesn't come home, our own timed unit test counts instead.
For any reason, one message gets you a full refund within 48 hours. And if your kid isn't engaging by day 7, we tell you first.
For families who pay January through May in advance. Your kid attends 90% of the sessions and turns in 80% of the weekly practice. They take every full mock exam held after they join, and share their graded tests. If the May score is below a 4, every payment from January comes back. If you paid January through May in advance and you cancel, we refund every month that hasn't started yet.
We check these each month and tell you where your kid stands. It isn't offered to families who join after February 1. After that, there isn't enough time before May to promise it.
Why we can: we grow when parents tell other parents. One unhappy family costs us more than any refund. We'd rather refund an unhappy family than keep one. Our terms repeat these guarantees word for word, with nothing added.
Add up what each part above is worth, and it comes to about $11,100 a school year. Here's what the whole program costs.
Your price is locked. You aren't. You pay month to month, and your rate stays the same until the May exam.
The $697 rate is for the remaining 6 slots for fall.Three seats, $1,797 a month. The same program, plus our lead tutor, a weekly call with you, and first pick of time slots.
About eight hours a month with a good private AP tutor. Here's what comes with each.
| About eight hours with a good private AP tutor | The A-to-5 Track, $697 a month | |
|---|---|---|
| Written answers graded the College Board way | — | every one, by the next day |
| A live AP tutor at 9pm | — | Monday to Saturday |
| A report to you | — | five lines, every Sunday |
| Mock tests | — | a short one before every test; full ones in December and March, with a projected AP score |
| One person for everything else | — | your Family Success Manager |
| A guarantee | — | three, in writing |
| Live 1-on-1 time | about eight hours | about seven hours, in two 50-minute sessions a week |
Some tutors do some of this. None of it comes with the hour.
Families who join at $697 keep that rate until the May exam.
When the fall spots are gone, or when January comes, new families pay more.
On the results call, you pick a fixed time slot that's open. The first month is charged when you join, then once a month on the same date.
The first session is usually within a week.
No contract. It's month to month: tell us before the next billing date, and you aren't charged again.
In the first 14 days, one message gets you a full refund within 48 hours.
No. Not for anyone. Every family pays the published price. That's why it's published.
Two 50-minute sessions and short timed practice sets. The Night Room is optional: 9–10pm ET, Monday to Saturday.
It's meant to replace the hours that weren't working, not add to them.
Tell your Family Success Manager at least 24 hours ahead, and we'll move it to another day that week or the next. Each family can move up to two sessions a month.
Yes. While you're away, you keep the same tutor and the same time slot for 25% of the monthly fee.
The sessions follow your kid's own class: the teacher's syllabus and every test that comes home. We get ready for that teacher's next test, not a textbook's.
The next-test guarantee measures your kid against their own last test. If it isn't higher, we keep working free until the next one.
And in May, the written answers are scored by the College Board's readers, not by the teacher.
A second AP subject in the same family is $497 a month, for the same student or for a brother or sister.
Their Gap Map is free, and we'll tell you honestly if they need anything at all.
Monthly, by bank transfer (ACH). Your invoice comes by email, and your receipt within one business day.
No matter when you join, the first milestone is the next test, and the next-test guarantee covers it. The 4-or-5 guarantee is open to families who join by February 1.
