All seminars are completely free — our goal is to make education as equitable as possible. All you need is a device that connects to the internet, and you’re good to go!

This varies a lot depending on the seminar! Some student instructor seminars might be heavily discussion-based, while others may be lecture-based. In addition, some seminars will feature speaker events that help students learn about ideas from the perspective of a professional. Some of our previous speaker events have been: How to Self-Publish a Book in a Month (Iris Fu), How to Negotiate Your Salary to Get Paid More (Cliff Hsia), Meet the Author: Ruta Sepetys Discusses Her Novels (Ruta Sepetys). We also host college panels and career panels.

Not at all. Anyone can take any seminar they are interested in. It may be helpful to have some background in certain subjects before taking certain seminars, but there is no formal requirement. If there is a prerequisite, it will be listed in the seminar description.

For our summer Wave sessions, you can indicate whether you want to be enrolled in 1 or 2 seminars on the registration form. You can rank up to 5 different seminars, and we will try our best to accommodate your preferences.

There are multiple reasons you could be waitlisted in a seminar: (1) the seminar has reached its maximum seminar size, (2) you have been enrolled in other seminars higher in priority on your registration form, (3) the seminar has a strict grade level restriction, and you are outside that grade range, and (4) the waitlisted seminar conflicts in seminar time with a higher priority seminar that you are already enrolled in.

Seminars will be held live over Zoom. We are also working to expand resources for students without stable Wi-Fi or live in inconvenient time zones. Wave is in the process of developing an asynchronous materials library with recordings posted to our YouTube channel or website for students with time conflicts. Check back for more updates!

Yes! Each seminar has a target grade range that reflects the seminar’s difficulty. You are welcome to register for any seminar you’d like; however, it’s important to consider the difficulty of a seminar as you select your favorite options. However, some seminars have restricted grade ranges, meaning you may not register for the seminar if you are outside of the range.

It depends on the seminar! Instructors decide whether or not they’d like to assign homework, but any assigned homework will be optional.

Unfortunately no, but you can learn about the seminars we are offering during the current session to start planning which topics you’re interested in exploring for future sessions!

On your student dashboard, you should see a list of seminars you registered for. Underneath each seminar is an option to withdraw your registration.

Send any requests or suggestions to hello@wavelf.org!

We will be offering the following additional resources to all students, free of charge:

• providing small-group tutoring for students who may need assistance in any school subject (visit Tutoring to learn more)
• continue featuring speaker events that help students learn about topics from the perspective of a professional (visit Events to learn more)
• maintaining our Discord community where students can receive live study help and other assistance from Wave’s tutors and instructors, as well as connect with other students around the globe.

Yes! We use a platform called Ed that allows you to discuss topics with your Wavemates and instructors, either publicly or privately.

There will be a total of 5 Wave sessions this summer with the following dates:

• Wave 1: Mon, Jun 6 - Fri, Jun 17
• Wave 2: Mon, Jun 20 - Fri, Jul 1
• Wave 3: Mon, Jul 4 - Fri, Jul 15
• Wave 4: Mon, Jul 18 - Fri, Jul 29
• Wave 5: Mon, Aug 1 - Fri, Aug 12

Feel free to email any other questions to hello@wavelf.org!

Wave Tutors are talented students with a desire to help others improve their academic skills. They come from high schools and colleges all around the world and are here to help you out in whatever way they can. Wave Tutors are from 11th grade and above, reside all over the world, and showcase the diversity in academic excellence. They go through a vetting process involving a written application, one-on-one interviews with Wave’s Curricular Support team, and submit documentation of their relevant past experience.

Wave Tutoring provides support for both middle school and high school students in the following subjects:

• Math: Pre-Algebra/Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra2/Precalculus, Calculus, Statistics
• Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science
• Language: Spanish, French, Chinese
• Humanities: English, US History, World History, Economics, Psychology

Students can create their own Wave accounts anytime by clicking here to sign up. After logging in to their account, students join tutoring sessions from their student dashboard. Students will be able to filter tutors through by subject and the specific times they will be hosting their tutoring sessions, and view tutors’ bios.

All tutoring is done online through Zoom and is accessed through the Wave student dashboard. A single tutoring session will accommodate up to 5 students in order to ensure a more personal and focused session. Students may join the tutoring session until the 5 student cap has been filled. At that point, those not in the session will be able to join a queue.

Tutoring sessions will be held between 3pm ET and 9pm ET on weekdays and from noon ET to 9pm ET weekends.

Tutoring sessions are scheduled for one hour—students should reserve a spot before the session begins.

No, students are free to leave anytime during the session, once their questions have been answered.

Wave Learning Festival will not give out a tutor’s contact information to be contacted outside of their scheduled tutoring session. Tutors may choose to provide their contact information to students on an individual basis, but any information given out will be the tutor’s decision.

Tutoring services will begin October 1st, 2021!

Feel free to email any other questions to hello@wavelf.org!