The personal finance semester
State law calls for a stand-alone, one-semester personal finance course in public high schools. The start date has changed, so check with your student's school for their class year.
Illinois · Chicago North Shore
Private finance tutoring for families in Winnetka, Wilmette, and Lake Forest.
Illinois has passed a law requiring a stand-alone semester of personal finance for public high school students, and the start date has been pushed back more than once. North Shore schools already teach finance in their own way, and many students here head to demanding business programs.
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.
New Trier, Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest High, North Shore Country Day, Loyola Academy
Public and independent schools here cover business and finance differently. We work from your student's 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 over break
Students home from Northwestern, Booth, Kellogg, and colleges across the country often bring their hardest class with them. Winter break and summer are the best time to fix corporate finance before the next exam, and I teach it at the level their course expects.
Chicago North Shore · Illinois
Where students get stuck.
Rigorous courses, fast pace
North Shore classes move quickly. One missed idea in finance compounds, so we find it and fix it early.
Heading to a business program
Students bound for Kelley, Ross, or Wharton benefit from corporate finance before freshman year.
Investing
Risk, return, and diversification come up in class and at home. We make sure your student can explain them.
For parents
Parents usually book, and your student joins on Zoom from Winnetka, Wilmette, Glencoe, Kenilworth, Lake Forest, or anywhere in the Chicago area. Send me the course 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.
What time zone are sessions in?
Sessions are scheduled in Central time, usually evenings and weekends.
Does the Illinois requirement apply to private schools?
The law covers public high schools. Private schools set their own courses, and I can help with those too.
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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