Tutoring for the kid who's too smart to be failing.
Engineer-led 1:1 tutoring and mentorship for twice-exceptional and neurodivergent students — from a mentor whose mind works like theirs. Remote, nationwide.
UT Austin ECE · Microsoft · Elite Guide, Alpha/GT School · 3,000+ 1:1 hours
“Why are we just now finding you? Where have you been the last few years?!”
Kirstie W., parent
Sound familiar?
- They used to love this stuff. Somewhere in the last few years, the light went out.
- School became something to survive, not somewhere they want to be.
- Everyone agrees they're bright. Nobody seems to know what to do with them.
- And right now, there might be a grade on fire on top of all of it.
You're not failing. Neither are they. The system wasn't built for a mind like theirs.
An engineer who's been where they are
I went through school with the same wiring your kid has — fast mind, bored in class, grades that never matched ability. It carried me through UT Austin engineering, a cybersecurity startup, McKinsey, and a director role at Microsoft. Today I'm an Elite Guide at GT School — Alpha's school for gifted learners — and I run a private practice kept deliberately small, because one-to-one is where trajectories actually change. I don't talk down to students. I never have to.
What change looks like
F → 88
pre-calc in 8 weeks; graduated on stage
83rd → 96th
percentile, statewide math (2nd grader)
$60,000
merit scholarship to SCAD
Purdue Honors
Aerospace Engineering admit
“Matt's impact was impressive on both an intellectual and an emotional level — the latter being even more impressive.”
Wade M., parent
I'll go anywhere in the universe to meet a student. I only ask that they step onto the porch to meet me.
I don't chase engagement, and I won't drag a kid out of the house. But a student who steps onto that porch gets a mentor who will follow their curiosity anywhere. The job in front of us might be a pre-calculus grade on fire — and we'll put it out, while they learn how an engineer attacks a problem. Along the way, because a curious kid working with a real engineer can't help it, they end up learning how CPUs actually work, or how startups get built, or why the math they hate was invented in the first place. Nobody pays extra for that part. It's just what happens when trust meets curiosity.
And underneath all of it, we're building the person — the self-talk, the systems, the inner operating system that outlasts any class.
The investment
Most families invest $700–$2,000+ per month, depending on session cadence. Month to month — no contracts, no minimums. Families stay because it works, not because they're locked in. I keep this practice deliberately small, so the work never dilutes. This is not the cheap option. It's the one that works.
Tell me about your student
You're not booking a sales call. I read every word of these — personally — and reply within 24 hours.