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Need help preparing for college?

UniversityGateway.com, a college mentoring and tutoring service, is pleased to offer its service to the Santa Monica community. University Gateway features experienced mentors and tutors from over 20 universities to help prospective college students comprehensively prepare for their dream university! Work with current students and alumni mentors to learn about admissions, majors, academics, college-life, housing, financial aid, and more. You can also hire a tutor to improve grades, test scores, and college applications. Our mission is to help students explore colleges and careers before making important decisions.

UniversityGateway.com was founded by Santa Monica resident, Dorian Walder, who attended Samohi for summer school and graduated from Malibu High. While in high school, Dorian struggled to do well academically and graduated with a 2.1 cumulative grade point average. After working with college mentors and tutors in community college, he was accepted into UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Berkeley and went onto work as an admissions officer at UC Berkeley (read his story here: universitygateway.tumblr.com). Now, through University Gateway, he wants to share his experience and help students find mentors to move their dreams forward.

Getting started on UniversityGateway.com is really easy. Simply browse through mentor profiles and read about their experience, availability, price, lessons offered, and bios. Once you find the perfect match, schedule a convenient lesson through email, phone, video-chat or in-person. It’s simple!

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If you have any questions, send an email to hello@universitygateway.com or contact Dorian directly: dorian@universitygateway.com | (424) 244-4382.

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