AP tutoring
A College Board exam, sat by children who have never been in an American school.
Advanced Placement in the capital reaches well past the American schools, into SABIS, into ADNOC Schools and into national schools. Durusi matches a mentor who sat that exact exam and teaches it beside whatever your school's own system is, at home or online.
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What makes the difference
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Somebody who knows the exam, when the school does not own it
Where AP is added on top of another programme, the person teaching it may be teaching one AP class in a building that runs on something else entirely. A mentor who sat that exam recently fills the gap that leaves, and does it from the papers rather than from a textbook chapter.
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Two authorities marking the same child in the same May
A student can be sitting a school's own assessments and a College Board exam within weeks of each other, marked by two bodies on two scales that take no notice of one another. Neither timetable moves for the other. Planning the term is most of the work, and it is the part families usually do last.
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Matched on the crossing as well as the subject
The capital is spread across islands, and a mentor who can reach Khalifa City for seven o'clock may not be able to promise Saadiyat the same evening. We say which before you book rather than after, and move the lesson online when the bridge is the real obstacle.
AP in Abu Dhabi
Not confined to the American schools
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SABIS students sit AP here
The International School of Choueifat in Khalifa City and SABIS International School on Yas Island both offer Advanced Placement. A SABIS student taking AP is running two systems at once: the SABIS point system with its weekly tests and its own pacing, and a College Board course that takes no notice of any of it. The two calendars do not line up, and the AP one is not the one the school reports on.
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ADNOC and the national schools offer it too
ADNOC Schools at Sas Al Nakhl and at Ghayathi, Sheikh Zayed Academy for Girls and Al Nahda National School for Girls all run AP courses. Here a student can sit a College Board exam without ever having been in an American curriculum school, which means the support at home has to come from somebody who knows the exam rather than the school.
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The Canadian school layers AP on top of Alberta
Canadian International School in Khalifa City A adds AP courses to the Alberta programme, among them AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP French, AP Drawing and AP Microeconomics. A student there can sit an Alberta diploma exam and an AP exam in the same May, marked by two different authorities on two different scales, and neither one waits for the other.
Lessons run at home across Abu Dhabi, or online anywhere in the UAE.
On a different route? American curriculum, Abu Dhabi · SAT, Abu Dhabi
How it works
Getting started takes two minutes
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Send a message
Two minutes on WhatsApp or the contact form: the AP subject, the school and its own system, and whether you want the lessons at home in Abu Dhabi or online.
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Get matched fast
We name a mentor who sat that exact AP exam, usually within 48 hours, and we match on the crossing as well as the subject, because a mentor who can reach Khalifa City for seven cannot always promise Saadiyat the same evening. We say which before you book.
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Start the same week
The first lesson is usually that week. Where the school runs its own assessments beside the AP course, the plan is built around both calendars from the start rather than discovered in April. A progress note follows every session, and we rematch free if the fit is wrong.
FAQ
AP tutoring in Abu Dhabi, answered
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Which Abu Dhabi schools offer AP?
Alongside the American Community School of Abu Dhabi, the American International School in Abu Dhabi, GEMS American Academy and Yas American Academy, AP also runs at The International School of Choueifat in Khalifa City, SABIS International School - Yas Island, ADNOC Schools at Sas Al Nakhl and Ghayathi, Sheikh Zayed Academy for Girls and Al Nahda National School for Girls. Canadian International School adds AP courses on top of the Alberta programme.
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How much does AP tutoring cost in Abu Dhabi?
The high school rate applies: AED 180 an hour on Commitment or AED 200 Flexible, VAT included, with a six-hour Commitment block at AED 1,080. A mentor coming to your home adds AED 30 to the online rate wherever you are in the emirate, islands included. The full table is on the pricing page.
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My child is at a SABIS school and sitting AP. Can you cover both?
Yes, and it is a common shape here. A SABIS student taking AP is carrying two systems that ignore each other: the weekly AMS tests and the school's own pacing on one side, a College Board course on the other. We plan the term around both calendars rather than treating one as the real one.
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We are on Saadiyat or Yas. Will a mentor actually reach us?
Sometimes, and we say which before you book rather than after. A mentor finishing on Reem can usually make Khalifa City for seven; the same person coming the other way off Saadiyat often cannot promise it. Where the bridge is the real obstacle we move the lesson online instead of quietly arriving late.
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What if the first mentor is not the right fit?
We rematch free. Tell us what did not work and another mentor who sat the same exam picks it up at the same rate. Because the capital is spread out, a fit problem here is as often about the hour as about the teaching, and moving the lesson online sometimes solves it without changing anybody.
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PricingWhat a lesson costs
Every rate by school level, on the Commitment and the Flexible plans, VAT included.
Tell us the campus and the course. We match on the crossing too.
For AP families across Abu Dhabi, and online anywhere in the UAE.
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