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The Tutor Behind National Study Academy (NSA)

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DIRECTOR JOHN KIM


John Kim is the director and founder of National Study Academy (NSA) since its beginnings in Ventura County in 2002. 

Even back in high school, Mr. Kim showed his prowess for math. He received the Upper Classman Award (given to one per year for highest math honors) for Mathematics from Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, CA and obtained a perfect math score of 800 on the SAT without studying. He also received 1st place in the Orange County High School Math Bowl competition during his senior year.

​In college, Mr. Kim attended University of Washington, where he received a Bachelor's in Economics and managed to maintain a higher GPA than his high school GPA. It was due to his Study Habits & Skills learned on the job when he attended college. He then attended and graduated from Washington State University with a full scholarship and stipend to get his Master's in Financial Economics. 



After graduation, Mr. Kim worked at Microsoft for several years as a software analyst in Seattle, WA. After being recruited by QAD in Carpenteria, CA to work as a Software Engineer, he moved down to Ventura County area in 2000 with his family and then started the National Study Academy on August 15th of 2002. 

Since then, Mr. Kim has become a successful entrepreneur and taught students from over one thousand families around the Ventura and Santa Barbara County. He has almost exclusively worked with high school students in mathematics and specializes in tutoring the SAT/ACT math portions for the past 20 years. With over 25 years of tutoring experience, Mr. Kim can help students with almost any high school math subject, from Foundational Math to Calculus BC. 

Mr. Kim started teaching as a Math Teacher at Ventura High School since 2019 and is currently working as a Math Teacher at a Private High School in Ojai (OVS) teaching AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, Precalculus/Trigonometry, and classic Algebra 2.  He can also be reached at [email protected].




Teaching Philosophy

​My calling to teaching came when I was in high school and volunteered as a tutor in my senior year.  I tutored while in college, after graduating college, in graduate school as well as while I was working in Microsoft and QAD.  After volunteering at a local church, I decided to make a full career and opened up NSA in 2002.  Here at National Study Academy, we believe in empowering our students and making learning fun and pragmatic. We strive for comprehension of math topics in order for the students to gain a deeper understanding and mastery of mathematics as well as for its beauty. Through the application and science of mnemonics, jokes, intense focus, and having fun at the same time, National Study Academy makes tutoring sessions fun, enjoyable, effective, informative, and the transfer of knowledge easier to digest.  Just read the Reviews for yourself!

Director John Kim uses the philosophy and ideas presented in Steven Covey's 7 Highly Effective Habits for Teens
as well as Angela Duckworth's  Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance to guide his teaching philosophy. Mr. Kim aims to instill good study habits that will be useful for his students beyond high school and college. He teaches and reinforces these study habits at all stages of the tutoring process, whether the student is doing homework, reviewing for an exam, or checking their answers. These habits can be applied beyond the academic scope and help the students find success in many aspects of life. 

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Director
John Kim

Email
[email protected]

Phone/Text
(805) 407-6373
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Location
Oxnard, CA  93036


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