I’ve been passionate about tutoring since I was 10 years old, helping my classmates with schoolwork. Today, over three decades later, I’m even more passionate about tutoring.

My name is Arvin Vohra, and I work with students of all ages and abilities. Some of my students are highly ambitious and competitive, and come to me for help with honors classes, AP exams, Ivy League admissions, and SAT/ACT prep. For them, I function like a private coach for an Olympic hopeful and help them surpass their local, national, and international competitors. 

Others come to me because they’re struggling with a subject. I help with nearly every subject, including math, English, every science, history, and unusual or interdisciplinary courses. I also help people who are struggling with standardized tests, often the SAT or ACT. I’ve helped many D students become A students, and encouraged them to achieve their true potential. Many of my students whom others had written off as hopeless made it to the Ivy League. 

On this website, I’d like to share with you how I can help your child achieve the extraordinary.

About Me

My passion for education started early. I took my first college course at age 13, learned algebra in a few weeks to skip a grade in math, and had the highest SAT and PSAT scores in my graduating class (my SAT scores were 790 M, 790 V). I also got scores of 5 on ten AP exams. For six of those exams, I didn’t even take the AP course, but instead relied on intensive outside study. Today, many of my students take AP exams without the corresponding courses.

I graduated from Brown University in 2001 with a B.Sc. in mathematics. After college, I got perfect scores on both the GRE and the GMAT, finishing each exam with over an hour to spare. I also passed two actuarial exams in the same week-long testing period. 

I started my tutoring business in 2001. In early 2002, I quit my corporate job and made tutoring my full-time job. Since then, I’ve gotten to work with students from all over the country in my tutoring programs and seminars. I’ve been interviewed many times about education on various major media. My first book, The Equation for Excellence, was published in both the U.S. and China. My most recent book, Invitation to the Ivies, has been featured on major morning news shows, popular radio stations, Yahoo! News, and various local news shows. 

But none of that is what makes me the right tutor for your child. There are only three things you need to know about me as an educator. The first is that I notice tiny details that most educators don’t notice, and I use those details to figure out how to make the right tutoring program for each specific student. Often, the tiniest clue can unlock the mystery of a specific student’s current situation.

The second is that I never give up. Long after everyone else has given up on a student, I’m still in the student’s corner, cheering the student on and helping build better techniques. Some of my students’ schools have told them that they had no mathematical chance of getting into a particular college; time and time again, I’ve helped students prove the naysayers wrong. I’ve helped students consigned to remedial math move into honors math and then skip a grade in math.  

The final reason is the most important: I have uncompromising, rigorous standards. I don’t rely on shortcuts or band-aid solutions. If there’s a problem, I help the student actually address it, not just go through the motions. If a student wants to compete at the highest levels, I help them build the real skill required. My job is to encourage, to teach, to inspire. It’s not to coddle. I don’t do students’ homework for them or write papers for them. To me, that’s giving up on a student’s education, and I don’t do that. I know that each student can achieve the extraordinary, and that high standards of excellence are necessary to help students reach their full potential.

Rates: $200 per hour