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IB maths tutoring for Collegio San Carlo students.

Independent one-to-one tutoring in IB Mathematics and Physics for students at Collegio San Carlo, delivered online. Collegio San Carlo takes students into the Diploma Programme through an English-taught Diploma Programme inside an Italian school, and that route shapes which parts of IB maths feel hard — which is where this starts.

How the San Carlo route shapes IB maths

The route into the DP: San Carlo runs an English-taught Diploma Programme inside a historic Italian school, with a deliberately small year group. The students are largely Italian families choosing an international diploma, rather than an expatriate community.
Studying maths in a second language: These students are strong mathematically — Italian secondary maths is rigorous — but they are examined in English, often for the first time at this level. The gap is rarely the mathematics. It is command terms, the phrasing of extended-response questions, and writing an Internal Assessment in a second language under a word limit.

Course choice and what to watch

Why I can teach this directly: I am fluent in Italian and English and studied mathematics in Italy, so a lesson can move between the two as needed: reason through the concept in Italian, then build the exam answer in English. That is a specific fit for this school profile rather than a general claim.
The Bocconi overlap: Italian high-achieving families frequently have Bocconi in view. The admissions test is 24 maths questions out of 50, and its syllabus — algebra, functions, geometry, probability, statistics — overlaps heavily with Analysis & Approaches. Preparing for both together is the efficient route.

Where we usually start

Practising the exam in English, deliberately: Sessions typically split: reason the mathematics through in Italian where that is faster, then rebuild the full answer in English exactly as it would be written in the exam, command terms included. Students who are mathematically strong often gain several marks a paper from this alone.
Running Bocconi preparation in parallel: Where Bocconi is the goal, we plan it alongside the Diploma rather than after it. The overlap in syllabus is large enough that most of the work counts twice — with the test-specific additions being timing, the wrong-answer penalty and the question format.

FAQ

Common questions

Do you tutor students from Collegio San Carlo?

Yes. Lessons are online, so I work with students at Collegio San Carlo and other international schools across Europe. I am not affiliated with the school — this is independent one-to-one tutoring arranged directly with families.

Which maths courses do you cover?

IB Mathematics Analysis & Approaches and Applications & Interpretation, at Standard and Higher Level, plus IB Physics, the Internal Assessment in both subjects, SAT Math and Bocconi admissions preparation.

Can lessons be in Italian?

Yes. I am fluent in English, Italian and Croatian, and a lesson can run in any of the three or move between them. For students examined in English but more comfortable reasoning in Italian, that flexibility is usually the fastest route to understanding.

Is the IB harder in English for an Italian student?

The mathematics is not harder — Italian secondary maths is rigorous and these students are usually well prepared. What is harder is being examined in a second language: command terms, extended-response phrasing, and writing an Internal Assessment to a word limit in English. Those are learnable and specific, which is why they respond quickly to targeted work.

IB maths tutoring for Collegio San Carlo students.

How the San Carlo route shapes IB maths

Course choice and what to watch

Where we usually start

Common questions

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