Connecticut's personal finance requirement
A half-credit personal financial management and financial literacy course, required to graduate from public high school beginning with the class of 2027.
High school · Connecticut
Finance tutoring for high school students in Connecticut.
Starting with the class of 2027, Connecticut public high school students need a half-credit course in personal financial management to graduate. It covers banking, saving, investing, and how credit and debit cards really work, and each district builds its own version.
Private 1-on-1 on Zoom · $250 / hour
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The courses
What we work on.
Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
AP® Business with Personal Finance
The newest AP course, with the first exam in May 2027. I've mapped all 5 units and 31 topics and built 940 practice questions.
Corporate finance, early
Students aiming for top business programs or investment competitions can start corporate finance now: time value of money, valuation, and how companies decide what to invest in. It's the same material I teach college and MBA students.
High school · Connecticut
Where students get stuck.
Every district's course is different
The state sets the topics, and each district writes its own course. We work from your student's actual materials, whatever the district chose.
Investing and compounding
Growth over time is the idea students underestimate most. Once they see the math, saving and investing questions get much easier.
Credit versus debit
Interest, minimum payments, and credit scores are easy to mix up. We make each one concrete with real examples.
For parents
Parents usually book, and your student joins on Zoom from Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Westport, or anywhere in the state. Send me the course, the school, and what's giving your student trouble, and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.
How a session works
Diagnosis first. Then the fix.
- 01
Before we meet
Send me what you're stuck on: a problem set, slides, your last midterm, a practice exam, last week's quiz.
- 02
On Zoom
You walk me through a problem out loud. It usually takes a few minutes to hear where the reasoning goes sideways. We fix that piece and rebuild from there, so you know why each step works.
- 03
Before we finish
The real test: a fresh problem with new numbers and different wording, the way a midterm would ask it, and you solve it yourself. I don't complete assignments or hand over answers. You leave able to do the work.
Your tutor
Studied it. Worked in it. Now I teach it.
I’m Chi Odogwu. I have a B.S. in Business with a finance specialization from Liberty University, earned summa cum laude in three years, and a Master’s in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis. I tutored IB students in grad school, did valuation and private equity consulting at PwC, taught MBA finance at Florida State, and spent three years as an adjunct professor teaching Business Finance.
Questions
Before you book.
Does the requirement apply to private schools?
The law covers public high schools. Many private schools teach their own finance or economics courses, and I can help with those too.
Can my student go beyond the required course?
Yes. Students who want more can move on to AP Business or start corporate finance before college.
Will tutoring get in the way of my student's teacher?
No. I work from the teacher's materials and never complete graded work, so sessions support the class instead of replacing it.
Get started
Bring the problem you’re stuck on.
Tell me your course and what isn’t clicking. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.
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