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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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Jayashree

English Tutor

From IELTS and TOEFL to IB and A-Level language and literature, I teach English as one connected skill set. Strong comprehension and clear expression travel across every exam.

📘 English Specialist
🏆 6+ Years of Teaching Experience

✓

Manish

Math Tutor

Maths makes sense the moment it connects to something real. I teach through real-life applications, so students don't just solve problems — they understand why the method works at all.

📘 Mathematics Specialist
🏆 6+ Years of Teaching Experience

✓

Vaishalee

Math Tutor

I don't teach students to recognise question types — I teach them to think. So when an exam asks something unfamiliar, real understanding is what lets them work it out.

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

✓

Yamini

Math Tutor

I came to teaching from engineering, where maths is a tool you use, not just study. My sessions are high-energy and student-first, because confidence is what turns ability into results.

📘 Mathematics Specialist
🏆 6+ Years of Teaching Experience

✓

Bodhisatya

English Tutor

Textual analysis should be interesting, not intimidating. I make it intellectually engaging, building the analytical essay skills students need while they actually enjoy taking a text apart.

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

✓

Jagruti

English Tutor

Most students have decent ideas — they just lose marks in the writing. I turn those ideas into analytically strong responses that hold up under real exam conditions.

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

✓

Sanyukta

Math Tutor

Confidence and competence have to grow together. I help students past maths anxiety by making every small win real, until the subject finally feels like something they can actually do.

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

✓

Anjali

Math Tutor

I teach maths through clarity and visualisation, not rote rules. When students can see the structure of a problem — algebra, calculus, statistics — they stop guessing and start reasoning.

📘 Mathematics Specialist
🏆 4+ Years of Teaching Experience

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Shivam

Math Tutor

I teach maths directly and efficiently — no padding, no shortcuts that collapse later. Every step is checked for real understanding before we build the next one on top of it.

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

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Chaitanya

Biology & EVS Grader

Environmental science is most powerful when the systems make sense. I build clear understanding of how the natural world connects, so students reason about real problems rather than memorise them.

📘 IB & IGCSE Environmental Science Specialist
🏆 4+ Years of Teaching Experience

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Anita Arya

Co-Founder, Tutor

I helped build AP Guru around one conviction: maths is a system, not a mystery. After twelve years, I still teach so students walk in already knowing how every question works.

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

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Sumbul

English Tutor

SAT Verbal rewards clear thinking, not tricks. I build reading, writing, and reasoning as connected skills, so students walk into the test confident in how they think.

📘 SAT Verbal Specialist
🏆 5+ Years of Teaching Experience

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

It started with a Georgia Tech alum.

Four principles. No exceptions.

One human owns your child's file.

Specialists, not generalists.

Honest projections, not promises.

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

15 years of quiet work.

The people who started this.

Chirag Arya

Sneha Arya

Anita Arya

The people your child actually learns from.

Jayashree

Manish

Vaishalee

Yamini

Bodhisatya

Jagruti

Sanyukta

Anjali

Shivam

Chaitanya

Anita Arya

Sumbul

Tell us your curriculum. We'll handle the rest.

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