WHO WE ARE
Collegiants is an expert test prep, academic tutoring, and college advising network based in New York City. Servicing clients in all five boroughs and in other major hubs such as San Francisco, Washington DC, and Los Angeles, we also extend our services to customers all around the world.
"Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler."
- Albert Einstein
WHAT WE DO
Collegiants is, first and foremost, a network of tutors, educators, and advisors with profoundly deep and diverse academic backgrounds. Our tutors are professional teachers, professors, and educators who are experts in the tests and subjects they teach. In addition, the Collegiants administrative team has years of experience guiding families through the college admissions process, including diagnosing the proper exams to pursue and helping students develop their own voice in college essays.
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Let the Collegiants team help you navigate this modern academic world!
Meet Our Tutors
Christine L.
is a native Mandarin speaker, teacher, and tutor with vast international experience. After receiving her BA, she spent six years working as a recruiter in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and New York before moving into the world of Mandarin and Math education. Christine has taught Mandarin at Trinity, Spence, P.S. 6, Brearley, and most recently at The École. She is an expert at teaching the AP Mandarin, TOCFL, HSK, and other Mandarin tests and served as one of the premier professional Mandarin tutors at Manhattan Mandarin in New York. Christine speaks five languages fluently and conveys her passion for language learning with all of her students, many of whom she has worked with for years.
Ethan K.
is a tutor with more than twelve years of experience and well over 10,000 total hours tutored to date. After graduating from Hunter College High School and Northwestern University, Ethan taught at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Queens College and also tutored for more than a decade at Bespoke Education, where he served as a tutor trainer and cowrote the company's SAT and ACT textbooks and practice tests. Ethan scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT and a perfect 340 on the GRE and has also achieved a 99th percentile score of 790 on the GMAT. Outside of tutoring, Ethan is also a published author and playwright and has also produced more than a dozen albums of original music.
Matthew C.
is a graduate of Cornell University with nearly 5 years of tutoring experience. He graduated High School with a 4.0 GPA, and is a proponent of starting the college process early, having reached his testing goals in just his sophomore year. Since high school, he has worked with students at all levels, coaching them to success on the SAT, ACT, and other tests while also providing expert academic guidance in Chemistry, Math, and English. Matthew approaches his tutoring with a combination of both academic specificity and stress minimization that makes his clients feel more comfortable from the get go. When he is not tutoring, you can find him acting in several films, television pilots, and plays.
Hanson H.
has tutored for more than ten years, including more than a decade with Bespoke Education in New York,. He received a Masters degree in Physics and in Engineering and later worked as a software developer and computer programmer for several high tech companies before finding his passion for teaching and tutoring. Hanson specializes in all levels of math and physics and also tutors students in Arabic and for all sections of the ISEE, SSAT, SHSAT, SAT, and SAT. Hanson is also a writer graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School and is currently working novel. He is also a fierce chess player who practices yoga and meditaiton daily.
Ethan H.
is an experienced tutor for Mathematics, Economics, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics, and the SAT, ACT, and SHSAT. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science with accolades in the Physical and Biological Sciences, awards in English and Economics, and a 4.0 GPA and is currently studying Mathematical Physics at Princeton University. By focusing on the thinking process behind standardized tests he has achieved perfect scores on multiple SAT subject tests, AP tests and a 1590 on the SAT, and helped students improve their grades and succeed into getting into their dream schools. Outside of tutoring, he conducts independent research and participates in several sports.
Lisa M.
is a French native who studied French literature at La Sorbonne in Paris. She started tutoring French in college and is still enjoying it today! Since she moved to the US in 2004, she has tutored students from various Middle and High Schools in New Jersey and New York City, such as Horace Mann, Trinity, and Bronx Science. Knowing how challenging it is to learn a new language, she adapts her lessons to match each student's learning style while effectively teaching conversation, pronunciation, grammar, reading, literature and French culture. She also prepares students for standardized tests, such as the AP French exam. Outside of tutoring, Lisa is deeply passionate about art has even worked as an artist agent and as an assistant at art galleries.