Academics

Academic excellence, ignited.

We hold academic excellence as the centre of our work. Our advisors teach students of every age to master the material and trust their own judgement, building the reasoning and discipline that hold up long after the classroom.

High School & Undergraduate

Mastery across disciplines.

Our advisors are specialists, not generalists. Each student is paired with a tutor who knows the material to its depth and knows how to teach it with patience.

Sciences

  • Biology: AP/IB & college-level
  • Chemistry: AP/IB, General, Organic, Physical, Biochemistry
  • Physics: AP/IB, Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism
  • Environmental Science

Mathematics

  • Algebra & Geometry
  • Calculus: AB/BC & Multivariable
  • Statistics: AP/IB & college-level
  • Linear Algebra & Discrete Math

Business

  • Economics: Micro & Macro
  • Accounting & Finance
  • Marketing & Business Strategy
  • Entrepreneurship

Humanities

  • Writing & Composition
  • Literature & Rhetoric
  • History
  • Classics & Languages

Graduate & Professional

Taught from the inside.

We extend the same academic support into graduate and professional programs, where the material is denser, the stakes are higher, and success depends on mastering complex coursework and high-stakes exams. Our principals bring firsthand command of these fields to students navigating them now.

Law

  • Doctrinal coursework support
  • Rules-first outlines built for retention
  • Case briefing and issue-spotting
  • Exam preparation and practice writing

Medicine

  • Pre-clinical and clinical coursework
  • MCAT and USMLE preparation
  • Advanced STEM foundations in chemistry, physics, and mathematics
  • Clinical research from hypothesis to publication

Executive Preparation

Habits of mind that compound.

Beyond any single subject, we build the working habits that carry a student through university and well past it. The curriculum is fitted to the student, never the reverse.

  • Study skills & time management
  • Reading deeply & reasoning clearly
  • Learning how to learn
  • Standardized-test discipline

Our Students

Where our students study.

From the most selective secondary schools to the world's leading universities, in New York and abroad.

Secondary Schools

Phillips Academy Andover Phillips Exeter Academy Choate Rosemary Hall Harvard-Westlake School Horace Mann Collegiate School Dalton School Riverdale Country School Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School The Chapin School St. John's Prep

International Secondary Schools

American School of Paris American School in London Jeannine Manuel School International School of Paris Woodstock School

Universities

Harvard Yale Princeton Columbia Stanford Northwestern UPenn Brown Cornell University of Chicago Washington University in St. Louis University of Michigan Emory NYU George Washington University UT Austin University of Wisconsin Washington & Lee SMU Penn State Texas Tech GCSU

International Universities

HEC Paris London School of Economics King's College London University of St Andrews

Notable highlights from the 120+ families Classical has guided to date.

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