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Marcy Frazier

Marcy Frazier

Senior Tutor
Helping students become sharper, more persuasive thinkers and writers through rigorous verbal coaching and serious attention to craft.
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20+ years of experience coaching writing from middle school through doctorate level.

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Works as a verbal tutor and essay specialist with deep experience in analytical and persuasive writing.

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B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia and M.A. in English Literature from the University of Illinois Chicago.

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Has taught introductory composition and completed secondary English certification work in Chicago schools.

Teaching Philosophy

Marcy sees writing as both an intellectual discipline and a lifelong craft. She helps students clarify their thinking, strengthen their arguments, and make more precise rhetorical choices on the page. Her work is especially well suited to students who are ready to be challenged toward greater analytical sharpness and verbal confidence.

Teaching Principles

  • Uses writing to develop clearer thinking and stronger self-expression.
  • Values close attention to argument, rhetoric, and precision.
  • Challenges students to raise both the quality of their ideas and the quality of their prose.

Best Fit For Students Who

  • Need serious support in writing, essays, or verbal analysis.
  • Would benefit from a tutor who enjoys pushing students toward greater precision and persuasiveness.
  • Need help with application essays or high-level academic writing.
  • Respond well to thoughtful, craft-oriented feedback rather than generic editing.

Subjects & Services

  • ACT English, Reading & Science
  • PreACT English, Reading & Science
  • PSAT 8/9, PSAT 10 & PSAT/NMSQT Reading & Writing
  • SAT Reading & Writing
  • Analytical writing
  • American Literature
  • AP English Language & Composition
  • AP English Literature & Composition
  • British Literature
  • Comparative Literature
  • Composition
  • Contemporary Literature
  • Creative Writing
  • Middle-school Reading & Language Arts
  • Middle-school Writing & Grammar
  • Poetry
  • Rhetoric
  • World Literature
  • Personal statements
  • Supplemental essays
  • Academic/AP support
  • Directed study
  • Executive-function support for middle school, high school, and college students

Experience Highlights

Writing Support Across Levels

Has coached writers from middle school through doctoral study.

Literary + Composition Background

Combines literary study with practical composition teaching.

Academic + Secondary-School Experience

Brings both academic and secondary-school instructional experience to verbal tutoring.

More About Marcy Frazier

Marcy Frazier works with students as a verbal tutor and essay specialist, bringing more than two decades of writing-focused coaching experience to the role. She has supported students across a very wide range—from middle school through doctoral work—and is especially drawn to helping students become more persuasive, analytical, and articulate writers.

Her own academic path includes study in architecture, literature, grammar, creative writing, and philosophy, and she later completed a master’s degree in English literature while teaching introductory composition. That combination of breadth and craft orientation shapes her tutoring: she pushes students to think more clearly, write more deliberately, and take their own intellectual work seriously.

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