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College App and Test Prep
Alliance Tutoring offers college application and standardized testing prep that includes:
Services for Middle School Students
Alliance Tutoring Offers the following tutoring and coaching services for middle school students:
Services for High School Students
Alliance Tutors provides the following tutoring and coaching services to high school students:
Services for College Students
Alliance Tutoring offers the following coaching and tutoring services for college students:
Anxiety, LD and ADHD
Alliance Tutoring offers specialized services to those with different needs:
MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY
Alliance offers unique flexibility of service to ease academic and test-taking strains. Any or a combination of these services are available.
All quickly booked through online calendars of tutor availability at the click of a button.
LOCAL
In-person, in Greenwich, CT
REMOTE
On-demand remote tutoring
IN-HOME
In-home tutoring service and academic coaching
OUR MISSION
Alliance Tutoring specializes in assisting students from adolescence to young adulthood who find themselves in the space between: between schools, between high school and college, or between life paths. We also focus on those who have departed from their academic and/or life tracks, whether due to traumas in their personal life, learning disabilities, perfectionism, health concerns, or any other myriad issues that derail the young. Alliance tutoring, a collection of experienced educators with elite educational backgrounds, drawn from the private school circuit, aim to help these young people to regain their tread through a delicate balance of customized personal connection and academic tutoring, easing inner tensions and focusing their lives.
FOUNDER
Alex Merrill
Alexander has taught English, coached, and dorm-parented for nearly 20 years at Dartmouth College, The King School, Kingswood-Oxford, Philips Andover and The Taft School. He is an expert at the college application process, including college essay writing, standardized test preparation, and the recommendation process. He has tutored hundreds of adolescent teens and young adults from middle school through college level on all spectrums, behaviorally and academically. He attended Philips Exeter Academy and received an undergrad degree from Kenyon College and a Masters Degree from Dartmouth College. He lives in Middlebury, CT with his three rug rats and wife, Alexa.
ALLIANCE TUTORING
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Flaming Teenage Catharsis
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Steely Exteriors, Broken
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When the Rabid Windmill Turns Gold
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