C2 Education is a for-profit American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 company that offers subject tutoring, and tutoring for standardized achievement tests, in particular those offered by the Educational Testing Service

Educational Testing Service

Educational Testing Service , founded in 1947, is the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization...

 (ETS), such as the PSAT and SAT

SAT

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...

, and also the ACT

ACT (examination)

The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test...

 offered by ACT, Inc. The company is based in Duluth, Georgia

Duluth, Georgia

Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia and an increasingly more affluent and developed suburb of Atlanta. Unincorporated portions of Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is outside city limits...

 and has 110 centers and 440 tutors globally.

History

C2 began in 1997 by two Harvard students, David J. Kim

David J. Kim

David Jhoon Kim is the CEO and founder of C2 Education Centers. In addition to his active role in managing C2, he serves on the board of the Washington Youth Foundation and also served as a commissioner on the Montgomery County Commission on Children and Youth from 2003-2005...

 and Kittiboon Narangajavana in late 1997 as a private tutoring program run out of a Harvard dorm room. After graduating in 2000, they opened their first physical center in Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland

Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland

Lutherville-Timonium is a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland made up of the unincorporated communities of Lutherville and Timonium. The population was 15,814 as of the 2000 census. Within its borders lies the Lutherville Historic District...

.