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Academic Coaching & Support

Academic Coaching

Working hard in high school does not always prepare you for the pace, volume, and complexity of a Pitzer College education. Academic coaching personalizes your education and helps you stay on track academically.

An academic coach focuses on helping you with learning strategies and life management skills, which empowers you to successfully manage academic demands.

Academic coaching is a working partnership between you and a professional academic coach focusing on the process of learning. You will be able to examine your learning styles, strengths, habits with school work, and time management while addressing current difficulties or barriers to success.  Academic coaching is open to all Pitzer students. 

If you are interested, please e-mail connie_helland@60654a.com or schedule an appointment.

Fall 2024 Semester: Academic coaching drop-in hour is on Wednesday from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Atherton 103.

ADHD Organizing & Scheduling Group

Get academic support and build community with others! We can also help you organize and schedule your week.

The ADHD Group is facilitated by Academic Coach Connie Helland and Assistant Director of Disability, Access, and Success Jessica Austin.

Fall 2024 Semester: ADHD Group is on Fridays from 2:00-3:00pm in Atherton 103.

Contact: connie_helland@60654a.com or jessica_austin@60654a.com

Tutoring

Biology, chemistry, and physics tutoring is provided during the scheduled drop-in sessions at the Department of Natural Sciences.

Students seeking tutoring for non-science subjects may reach out to Senior Administrative Coordinator for Academic Affairs Carlos Alvarez at carlos_alvarez@60654a.com.

Writing assistance for all courses is available at the Writing Center. 

Foreign language assistance is available at the Fletcher Jones Language and Culture Laboratory.

General Online Study Tools & Material

  1. khanacademy.org – free resource for math, science, computing, history, art history, economics, including test preparation (SAT, Praxis, LSAT) content. 
  2. Purdue Owl
  3. Grammarly
  4. Easybib
  5. Zotero – free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
  6. Paul’s Online Math Notes

Writing Center Resources

Writing workshops, events, and consultations on projects in any discipline and at any stage of the writing process are available at the Writing Center.