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Ulises Gonzalez

Ulises Gonzalez

Senior Tutor
Helping students become stronger writers, test takers, and applicants through warm guidance, verbal precision, and college-focused strategy.
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B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Certified in college admissions counseling through UCLA.

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Experience in test prep, private tutoring, college counseling, essay instruction, and bilingual teaching.

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Works effectively with students navigating dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and other learning needs.

Teaching Philosophy

Ulises approaches tutoring as a confidence-building process. He wants students to leave sessions not only better prepared for a test or assignment, but more capable of expressing themselves, making decisions, and approaching future academic work with greater assurance. His psychology and college-counseling background supports a style that is both strategic and student-centered.

Teaching Principles

  • Builds confidence alongside concrete verbal and academic skill.
  • Uses writing instruction as a way to strengthen both communication and self-understanding.
  • Supports students with a thoughtful awareness of different learning profiles.

Best Fit For Students Who

  • Need support in writing, verbal test prep, or college essays.
  • Want guidance from someone who understands both tutoring and college counseling.
  • Benefit from a warm but strategic coaching style.
  • Need a tutor who can work effectively with varied learning needs.

Subjects & Services

  • ACT English, Reading & Writing
  • HSPT language, reading & verbal sections
  • ISEE Middle/Upper verbal, reading & essay sections
  • PreACT English, Reading & Writing
  • SAT Reading & Writing
  • SSAT Middle/Upper reading, verbal & writing sections
  • AP English Language & Composition
  • Composition
  • English and Language Arts
  • Middle-school Reading & Language Arts
  • Middle-school Writing & Grammar
  • Rhetoric
  • Algebra I
  • Middle-school Math
  • Pre-Algebra
  • AP Psychology
  • Psychology
  • AP Spanish Language & Culture
  • AP Spanish Literature & Culture
  • Spanish
  • Application strategy
  • College counseling
  • Personal statements
  • Supplemental essays
  • Directed study
  • Study and organizational skills

Experience Highlights

College Counseling + Tutoring

Combines college-counseling training with tutoring and essay-coaching experience.

Broad Academic Support

Has worked successfully with students across both verbal and broader academic support contexts.

Bilingual + Cross-Cultural Strength

Brings bilingual and cross-cultural strength to his work with students.

More About Ulises Gonzalez

Ulises Gonzalez brings together test-prep instruction, private tutoring, writing support, and college counseling in a way that makes him especially effective for students working toward admissions-related goals. His background in psychology and formal college-counseling training gives him a strong sense of both student development and application strategy.

He is particularly strong in writing and verbal work, including ACT/SAT verbal preparation, English instruction, essay coaching, and application support. At the same time, he is comfortable supporting selected math and psychology coursework and brings a thoughtful, inclusive approach to students with different learning needs. Ulises’s tutoring is strategic, encouraging, and oriented toward long-term academic confidence.

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We’ll help match students and families with the right support for their goals.

ACT or SAT® Prep
College Consulting
Academic Tutoring