We are Houston’s premier tutoring, test prep, and college counseling consultancy—and a global leader in K12 education publishing.

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Elementary Learners

Structured private sessions meeting twice a week to strengthen math, reading, and writing for grades 1-5.

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College Counseling

Start-to-finish, holistic college guidance from vision assessment to application completion and essay editing.

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Private Tutoring

Private in-home or in-office tutoring for all core academic subjects including math, science, English, history, and foreign languages.

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Study Lounge

On-demand, group tutoring at our office for all subjects including test prep; same-day reservable.

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Test Prep

Comprehensive prep for the ISEE, PSAT, ACT, SAT, and XYZ through private tutoring, scheduled courses, and guided practice.

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Summer Courses

Specially scheduled test prep courses for the ISEE, SAT, and ACT with maximum flexibility.

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Sam Pearson, Manager

Sam Pearson

General Manager

Marce Salinas, Manager

Marce Salinas

Manager

Samantha Steely, Manager

Samantha Steely

Manager

Stephen Hayes

Co-Founder

The General Academic Advantage

Insightful Research

We are a global leader in education publishing. We write e-learning courses for math, English, ACT, SAT, and ISEE plus analytical stories on education trends.

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Brilliant People

Our tutors and managers are the smartest educators in the city. While test scores place us in the top 1%, we are charismatic and as diverse as Houston itself.

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Deep Experience

We have 20+ years of experience since starting from a Rice University dorm room in 2003, which empowers us to help more than a thousand students annually.

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