An investment in education always pays the highest returns.
Benjamin Franklin
Test Prep: ACT/SAT/PSAT/SSAT
Hourly Rate:
1:1 tutoring
$130/hr in-person
$120/hr online
2:1 tutoring = $80/hour**
3:1 tutoring = $65/hour**
**Families must form pairs and trios
One Time Start-Up Fee:
Minnesota clients of ACT/SAT= $150
Minnesota clients of PSAT = $100
Domestic clients outside MN = $300
Discuss extensive options = $300
Materials Fee:
Up to $255 for ACT test prep materials
$50-175 for SAT/SSAT/PSAT test prep materials
Additional Support Costs:
**These fees only apply to clients/students who need extensive additional support
$150/hr consulting fee
$200/hr consulting fee outside of business hours
Proctored Tests: ACT/SAT
Group Proctored Test:
$75
**includes 3-5 hours of proctoring and a detailed score report afterward
Custom, Single-Student Proctored Test:
$150
**includes 3-5 hours of proctoring and a detailed score report afterward
Score Report Only
$25
**includes detailed score report from a practice test a student self-proctored
Test Prep: AP/IB Exam
This service is for students looking to take College Board AP exams in May, with the hope of scoring well enough to boost their college application’s strength and/or earn college credit. Students looking to achieve a 4 or 5 score typically begin studying for these exams a minimum of 8 weeks in advance.
Hourly Rate:
$130/hr in-person
$120/hr online
One Time Start-Up Fee:
$150 for new students
$50 for current Kay Tutoring students
Materials Fee:
TBD - market cost for prep book
$20/ matching prep book for tutor
Test Prep: GRE/GMAT
Hourly Rate:
$150/hour
One Time Start-Up Fee:
$300
Materials Fee:
TBD - market cost for prep book
as applicable, generally $100-$250 to get matching books for tutors
Academic Coaching
This service is for students who need help managing their workload: identify homework, plan homework completion, utilize a planner or schedule, navigate their online classroom, check grades, email teachers, plan for missing or low-scoring work, identify the need for subject-specific academic tutoring based on how certain classes are going, etc.
Hourly Rate (9-12 Grade):
$150/hr
Hourly Rate (K-8 Grade):
$115/hr in-person
$105/hour online
One Time Start-Up Fee:
$150 for new students
$50 for current Kay Tutoring students
**Academic coaching is billed for the time used, whether meeting synchronously with a student or doing asynchronous work on the student’s behalf
Academic Tutoring & Enrichment
Hourly Rate (1st-12th Grade):
Individual = $115/hr in-person; $105/hr online
Individual w/ Jesse or Deborah = $130/hr in-person; $120 hr online
Independent Study = $130/hr in-person; $120 hr online
Shared Tutoring (2:1 Ratio) = $75/hr per student
Learning Pod =$115/hr* in-person; $105/hr online — split amongst however many students are in the learning pod
Hourly Rate (College-Level):
Humanities/Soc. Sci.: $140/hr in-person; $130/hr online
STEM/Econ: $140/hr
One Time Start-Up Fee:
$150 for new students
$50 for current Kay Tutoring students
$175/ learning pod student
$300 for out-of-state students
Additional Support Costs:
**only applies to students/families who need extra support
$150/hr consulting fee**
$200/hr consulting fee outside of business hours
**Each tutor’s work outside of the session (over 5 minutes) is charged at their regular tutoring rate (this includes creating practice tests, curriculum development, grading/feedback, etc.) Most of the time, tutors don't need to do outside prep work, and we will discuss this with you before doing any.
Extracurricular “Hook” Coaching
This service helps students navigate, organize, and translate their extracurricular activities to their college applications. The activities they choose to participate in outside of class and academics speak to the student’s passions, priorities, and overall character. This can be a good “college hook” that may make their application stand out from the crowd.
Hourly Rate:
$150/hour
$200/hour with Andrea
One Time Start-Up Fee:
$300
**Extracurricular hook coaching is done almost exclusively online
College Counseling
This service is for students who need assistance with creating or modifying the list of colleges they’re going to apply to, as well as for advice on how to strengthen their application or specific questions about college admissions.
Hourly Rate:
$200/hour with Andrea
$150/hour with Mallory, Abhik, or Shannon
$125/hour with other coaches
International Consulting Hourly Rate:
$500/hour with Andrea
College or Graduate School Application Essay Writing
Hourly Rate:
$130/hour in-person
$120/hour online (whether live sessions or asynchronous comments/edits)
**college essay coaching is done almost exclusively online.
One Time Start-Up Fee:
$200
Additional Costs:
$120 for college essay “Kickstarter” created from scratch by each college essay coach after an initial meeting with a student.
$200/hour for Common App personal statement final editing done by a proofreader and final check by Andrea (usually requires 45 minutes total)
**All applications reviewed within one-week of a student’s application deadline are charged at 150% of their base price. This fee also applies to any work done during the December 23rd to January 1st period. See our college and grad school application services document for more details.
Appointments that are canceled, rescheduled, or no-showed within 48 hours of the session start time are charged at 100% of the session cost. Appointments changed from in-person to online within 12 hours of the session will be billed at the in-person tutoring rate.