Private tutoring for University of Georgia students
There’s a gap that every UGA student discovers sooner or later, the distance between sitting in a 300-person lecture and actually mastering the material. Professors move fast. Office hours are packed. The free tutoring center has a waitlist. And suddenly the course that was supposed to be manageable is threatening your GPA.
Expert UGA tutoring, made personal
That gap is where I come in. I’m Michael Rainwater, an Ecology major at UGA, currently enrolled in the same Franklin College of Arts and Sciences courses many of you are struggling with. I’ve sat through the same exams, used the same textbooks, and figured out what actually works versus what wastes your time. This isn’t tutoring from someone who graduated fifteen years ago and vaguely remembers the curriculum. This is course-specific help from someone who is living it right now.
Whether you’re a freshman in CHEM 1211 who can’t make sense of stoichiometry, a sophomore struggling in College Algebra, or a Terry College of Business student who needs to pass introductory microeconomics to keep your major, I’ve either taken the course myself or worked extensively with students who have. I know which professors test what, which textbook chapters actually matter, and how to study efficiently instead of just longer.
Private UGA tutoring with Rainwater Private Tutoring means one-on-one sessions built around your specific course, your specific weaknesses, and your actual exam schedule, not a generic study group where you sit and hope something sticks. Let’s talk about what you need.
Every session is 1-on-1 with Michael, a fellow Bulldog who knows the courses, the professors, and the academic culture at UGA. What campus tutoring centers deliver through rotating peer tutors, I deliver with continuity, diagnostic methodology, and instruction that adapts to your student.
What I help with
Mathematics & Statistics
UGA courses I tutor
Targeted help for the courses that trip up the most University of Georgia students, from gateway requirements to weed-out classes.
Don’t see your course listed? Reach out anyway, I take on additional subjects by inquiry and can often help or connect you with someone who can.
Academic probation & GPA recovery
A bad semester doesn’t have to define your college career. Let’s build a real plan to get you back on track.
If you’re on academic probation, or headed there, you already know the stakes. UGA doesn’t give unlimited chances, and the generic advice from your academic advisor (“study more, go to office hours”) probably isn’t cutting it. What you need is a strategic, course-by-course plan that addresses why your grades dropped and gives you concrete tools to reverse the trajectory.
That’s exactly what I help with. I start by auditing where things went wrong, whether it’s a content gap from high school, poor study habits, time management issues, or simply taking on too heavy a course load. Then I build a recovery plan: which courses to prioritize, how to allocate study time, and what specific strategies will move your GPA fastest.
This isn’t just about passing the next exam. It’s about building the academic habits and study systems that keep you off probation for good. I’ve helped students go from sub-2.0 GPAs back to good academic standing, and it starts with honest conversation and a willingness to change how you approach school.
Study skills & executive function coaching
Most students don’t fail because the material is impossible, they fail because nobody taught them how to manage college-level work.
High school let you get away with a lot. You could cram the night before, skim the reading, and still pull a B. At UGA, that approach craters fast, especially in courses like CHEM 1211, College Algebra, or BIOL 1107 where the volume and complexity ramp up from week one.
A major part of what I do as a University of Georgia tutor goes beyond the content itself. I work with students on the systems that make college manageable:
These skills compound. Get them right in your freshman year and every semester after gets easier. I wish someone had taught me this before I started, it would have saved me a lot of late nights in the MLC. Now I make sure my students learn it early.
Flexible sessions around your schedule
In-person near UGA campus or remote from your dorm, whatever works for your week.
I know your schedule is chaotic. Between classes, labs, study groups, and trying to have an actual life in Athens, the last thing you need is a tutor who demands you drive across town at an inconvenient time. That’s why I keep things flexible:
Most of my UGA students meet once or twice per week, but around midterms and finals I can adjust frequency as needed. The goal is consistent, strategic work, not frantic last-minute cramming (though I’ve definitely helped with that too).
Questions I get
Anything not covered here, ask me directly. (706) 389-0528.
Tell me about your student.
Grade, school, the subject, and what you’d like to be different. I reply within a day. (706) 389-0528 if a call is easier.