Independent · Family-owned · Since 2011

Started by a Georgia Tech grad. Trusted by 15,000+ US families since 2011.

No franchise. No celebrity tutors. No marketing tricks. Just a small team of specialists who've spent 15 years figuring out how to help children walk into exams confident and walk out proud of their score.

Our story

It started with a Georgia Tech alum.

In 2011, Chirag Arya finished at Georgia Tech and started tutoring students on the side. What began as a few sessions turned into a small operation — three tutors, twelve students, and word-of-mouth referrals that wouldn't stop.

Within a year, informal sessions had turned into a small operation — and families across the US started noticing something different: this wasn't tutoring optimized for the company. It was tutoring optimized for the child.

Fifteen years later, AP Guru works with families across 50+ US high schools, has helped 15,000+ students achieve scores they didn't think were possible, and remains stubbornly independent — no investors, no franchise, no shortcuts.

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US families were stuck choosing between Kaplan-style test prep factories and unvetted freelancers. There had to be a better way — real 1-on-1, real specialists, real accountability.

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Chirag Arya

Co-founder · AP Guru

Key Milestones
2011

The beginning

First 12 students tutored. Georgia Tech alum turned tutor.

2014

First international student

Online tutoring goes live in Singapore & Dubai.

2017

Crossed 2,000 students

Quality dipped. We rebuilt the entire tutor vetting process.

2020

Online-first reset

Pandemic accelerated our shift to a fully remote model.

2022

Hit 8,000 students

Coordinator program launched. Parent satisfaction jumped 24%.

2026

15,000+ students & counting

15,000+ students, 50+ US high schools, 150 tutors, still family-run.

What we believe

Four principles. No exceptions.

These aren't marketing copy. They're the operating rules we hire against, fire against, and reject revenue against.

01

One human owns your child's file.

From the first inquiry to exam day, one coordinator and one tutor own your child's progress. No handoffs, no "who's that?" emails, no being passed between departments. Continuity isn't a feature — it's the entire product.

02

Specialists, not generalists.

A Digital SAT tutor doesn't teach AP Chemistry. An AP Calc BC specialist doesn't teach ACT English. Every tutor does one thing, deeply. The result: they recognize patterns from teaching the same exam 200+ times, not 10.

03

Honest projections, not promises.

If your child's diagnostic suggests a 1450 SAT is realistic, we tell you 1450 — not 1550 to win the deal. Setting expectations honestly is how we keep families for years instead of months.

04

We'd rather lose a student than mislead a family.

About 1 in 5 demos end with us recommending a different solution. Sometimes it's a different curriculum specialist. Sometimes it's group classes if that's a better fit. Trust compounds. We're playing the long game.

By the numbers

15 years of quiet work.

Numbers we track because they matter to US families. Not vanity metrics. Not pageviews. The stats that mean something to your child's outcome.

15,000+

Students mentored

15 yrs

Family-run since 2011

150+

Specialist tutors

50+

US high schools represented

120K+

Hours of teaching

1000+

Verified student stories

3000+

SAT 1500+ scorers

500+

AP 5 scorers

Leadership

The people who started this.

Three people lead AP Guru day-to-day. Two of them have been here since 2011. At least one of the three is still involved with every student.

Chirag Arya

Head of technology

Started AP Guru in 2011 after graduating from Georgia Tech. Still teaches a handful of students every year because, in his words, "you stop getting better the moment you stop teaching."

✨Fun fact: Used to coach SATs along with various AP courses

Sneha Arya

Head of operations

Joined Chirag in 2014. Leads the team that designs every program. Built our SAT and AP curriculum from scratch — now used by thousands of students each year, including students at 50+ US high schools.

✨Fun fact: Worked hard for a degree in actuarial science

Anita Arya

Head of Tutor Operations

Runs the four-stage tutor vetting process. Personally screens every new hire. Has rejected over 2,400 applicants in the last three years — our acceptance rate is under 4%.

✨Fun fact: Has personally interviewed every single AP Guru tutor since 2011.
Meet the tutors

The people your child actually learns from.

Not a marketplace. Not a roster of freelancers. Every AP Guru tutor is full-time, specialized in one test or subject, and vetted through a four-stage process.

✓Top 1% exam scorers
✓Full-time educators
✓Single-subject specialists
✓5+ years experience
✓

Nilomit

Math Tutor

When a student feels completely stuck, there's usually a single root cause hiding underneath. I find it, fix it, and watch the rest of the subject fall back into place.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE Mathematics Specialist
  • 🏆 13+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Ashima

English Tutor

Reading and writing improve fastest together. I keep sessions warm but structured, strengthening comprehension and clear writing side by side across SAT, IB, and IGCSE.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE English Specialist
  • 🏆 6+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Prashant

English Tutor

I teach students to write as well as they think — developing academic register and clear argumentative structure, so their essays finally match the quality of their ideas.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE English Specialist
  • 🏆 12+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Mercy

English Tutor

I build analytical reading and academic writing together for IGCSE and IB students, because the strongest writers are first taught to read a text closely and think about it carefully.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE English Specialist
  • 🏆 8+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Anu Gupta

Math Tutor

No student is bad at maths — they've usually just been taught to memorise instead of understand. I rebuild the foundation properly, one concept at a time, until it genuinely clicks.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE Mathematics Specialist
  • 🏆 11+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Shreya

Math Tutor

Abstract maths stays abstract until someone makes it concrete. My job is turning symbols into something a student can picture, reason about, and use calmly when the exam pressure is on.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE Mathematics Specialist
  • 🏆 11+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Pavan

Math Tutor

I find the exact point where a student's understanding breaks, then rebuild from there. It's far faster than re-teaching everything, and the results show up quickly across IGCSE, IB, and SAT.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE Mathematics Specialist
  • 🏆 7+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Shipra

English Tutor

Writing problems are usually a handful of specific habits. I identify exactly which ones are costing a student marks across IB and IGCSE, then correct them one at a time.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE English Specialist
  • 🏆 7+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Nitesh

Physics and Math Tutor

I teach physics and maths in connection, because each explains the other. Strengthening both together gives students a far steadier grasp than treating them as two unrelated subjects.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE Physics Specialist
  • 🏆 10+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Shakti

Math Tutor

Capable students rarely fail from lack of ability — they coast. I'm rigorous, I push, and I hold students to their real ceiling until the improvement is impossible to ignore.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE Mathematics Specialist
  • 🏆 10+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Shalu

Math Grader

Strong maths comes from clarity, not cramming. I make sure every step makes sense before we move on, building the kind of understanding that holds up when it counts.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE Mathematics Specialist
  • 🏆 10+ Years of Teaching Experience
✓

Khushboo

Math Tutor

For students who find abstract maths impossible, I make it visual. Once they can see what's actually happening, the formulas stop feeling arbitrary and finally start to make real sense.

  • 📘 IB & IGCSE Mathematics Specialist
  • 🏆 5+ Years of Teaching Experience
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