Economics and Personal Finance
One course covers supply and demand along with budgeting, credit, loans and credit scores. Students who find the two halves hard to connect get them worked through together, one-on-one.
North Carolina · Online tutoring
Online finance tutoring for families in Cary.
North Carolina public high school students who started ninth grade in 2020 to 2021 or later must pass a full-credit Economics and Personal Finance course to graduate, and Wake County students are in that group. I tutor that course, AP Business with Personal Finance and college finance, one-on-one over Zoom.
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.
Finance before the required course
Because the course usually comes later in high school, a younger student can learn budgeting, credit and loans first. A few sessions in ninth or tenth grade means the later course feels familiar.
AP® Business with Personal Finance
College Board's newest AP course, with the first exam in May 2027. I tutor the subject whether or not your student's school offers the course yet.
Corporate finance over break
Students home from NC State, UNC or anywhere else often bring their hardest class with them. Winter break and summer are the best time to fix corporate finance before the next exam.
Local schools
Schools in and around Cary.
What a student studies in finance depends on the school and the state. Checked November 5, 2026.
One full credit, economics and personal finance together
The state's graduation requirements list Economics and Personal Finance as one of four required social studies credits for students who entered ninth grade in 2020 to 2021 or later. There is no required grade, though the Department of Public Instruction strongly recommends taking it later in high school.
A few of the public high schools that serve the area, named for context only. Online Finance Tutor isn't affiliated with any of them, and your assigned school depends on your address, so check with the district.
A savings example
A student saves $200 a month for a year and keeps it in an account that pays 4% a year. After 12 months the account holds about $2,444, which is $2,400 saved plus around $44 of interest. Then we change the rate, the monthly amount or the number of years and watch which one matters most. It's a good first session because the answer surprises people.
Cary · North Carolina
Where students get stuck.
Supply, demand and the math behind them
Economics units mix graphs with short calculations. Once a student can read one curve and say what moves it, the rest of the unit follows.
Credit scores and borrowing
What moves a score, what a car loan really costs, and why paying only the minimum takes years. We do the math with real numbers, not definitions.
Paychecks and taxes
Gross pay, net pay, withholding and a W-4 look nothing like math class. Once a student has worked through one real pay stub, the unit gets much easier.
For parents
Parents usually book. Your student joins on Zoom from home after school or on a weekend, with no drive on Highway 55 or I-40. Send me the course name, 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.
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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.
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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.
Do you tutor in person in Cary?
No. Every session is on Zoom, so there's no travel and scheduling fits around practice, work and activities. We're on the same Eastern time zone.
When does my student take Economics and Personal Finance?
The state sets no required grade and recommends taking it later in high school. Your school's counselor can tell you when your student is scheduled.
Does the requirement apply to my older student?
The rule we cite covers students who entered ninth grade in 2020 to 2021 or later. A student who entered earlier followed the requirements in place at that time.
Can a younger student start before the course?
Yes. Budgeting, credit and loans make sense well before the required course, and students who see them early tend to find it easier.
Does my student's school offer AP Business with Personal Finance?
Ask the school. The course is brand new for 2026 to 2027 and each school decides whether to offer it. I tutor the subject either way, including students studying for the exam on their own.
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.
Is tutoring allowed under my school's honor code?
Tutoring on concepts and practice problems is generally fine, but policies on graded work vary by course. I don't complete graded assignments. Check your syllabus's collaboration policy, and if you're unsure, ask your professor.
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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