
Vincent
Certified Tutor
...Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature (with a nonfiction writing concentration thesis on architecture and memory). I bring five years of tutoring experience as a Yale Writing Partner, assisting college students with their academic papers, grad school applications, and anything else that needs to be written clearly and effectively. I live in Brooklyn and...
Education & Certification
Bachelor in Arts, English
ACT Composite: 32
ACT English: 35
ACT Math: 31

Devin
Certified Tutor
...Tests-5 on eleven different tests) and like helping other people do the same. Those tests are all beatable, and I think they can even be kind of fun once you start to feel yourself mastering them. Plus, it's rewarding to see my students' scores improve, which is almost guaranteed with the right kind of practice.
Education & Certification
Bachelor in Arts, Philosophy
ACT Composite: 34
ACT English: 36
ACT Math: 31

Justine
Certified Tutor
...editor-in-chief of The Bullblog, Yale???s daily campus blog. I also served as a teacher in the Hillel Children???s School, a Jewish learning program for students aged K-8. In my role as classroom teacher, I was in charge of lesson planning, classroom management, and teaching Hebrew and Judaic studies to classes of middle school students. An...
Education & Certification
Bachelor in Arts, American Studies

Zach
Certified Tutor
...as high school, and group/classroom settings, especially from my 4 years of tutoring with Yale MATHCOUNTS. As a likely future graduate student myself, it is my general goal in life to continue the tradition of passing forth knowledge. Not surprisingly, I have always considered tutoring and education among the most noble of professions where both...
Education & Certification
Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1590
SAT Math: 800
SAT Verbal: 770

Rachel
Certified Tutor
...prep this way, and he went from a 680 to a 760 in one month! My tutoring methods are completely student specific. I will listen to your problems and together we can brainstorm the best way to improve your scores or abilities. I do not believe in applying the exact same template to each student,...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Economics
Masters, MBA (Masters in Business Administration)
GMAT: 760
GRE: 330
GRE Quantitative: 168

Carl
Certified Tutor
...take a different approach from the major national test prep companies in that I recognize that each student is different and that no single method is best for all test-takers. Come test day, the most successful students will be those who have found ways to combine their own native strengths with an additional complement of...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, English
PHD, Medieval Studies
GMAT: 770
LSAT: 177

Seth
Certified Tutor
...work. It is especially hard to be authentic and clear. It has been my greatest pleasure to watch my mentees work through the difficulty and come out with a piece of writing they are proud of. It is work I have loved and am excited to continue here in Colorado. I earned my Bachelor of...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Philosophy and Religion
Masters, Theology

Grace
Certified Tutor
...delight in working with you on a college essay, if that's why you are here. So if you are a student in need of a second set of hands to bail you out of a sinking rhetorical ship - Or perhaps a parent of a college-essay-less daughter, who is dangling over prepositional cliffs of no...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, English

Aisha
Certified Tutor
...test prep, ACT and SAT Reading and Writing, but she also can assist with proofreading and editing, college essays, and organizational/study skills. Academically, Aisha is interested in multiple genres, but most specifically 19th-Century British Literature, Post-Colonial Narratives and Narratives of Oppression, Feminist and Gender Theory, Children's Young Adult Literature, and most prominently, Utopian and Dystopian...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, English
Current Grad Student, English
ACT Composite: 32
ACT English: 32
ACT Math: 31

Chris
Certified Tutor
...But the tests aren't unfair or unbeatable; they challenge you to learn a specific language. I don't mean the fancy vocabulary you'll want in a verbal section, but the forms and patterns of the questions themselves. With thoughtful effort, any student can learn to understand the language of test-taking. As someone lucky enough to be...
Education & Certification
Current Undergrad, History
SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1600
SAT Math: 800
SAT Verbal: 800

Haley
Certified Tutor
...finding the best way for every unique student to learn. I love the subjects I teach and it is my goal to help others love and understand them as well. I work as a professional classical musician (I play harp!) based in Central Florida but performing regularly around the country. I have found that there...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Mathematics and Music (Harp Performance)
Masters, Harp Performance (Music)

Sid
Certified Tutor
...in 35 years! Now, completely immersed in research in developing best the material for clean energy technology, I really miss the teaching that I immensely enjoyed for last 10 years. My secret: success in tests (and maybe in life, too) comes from not just what we know, but what we can deliver in a short...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Chemistry
PHD, Chemistry

Nick
Certified Tutor
...capacity, and taught college and high school courses. I enjoy teaching history, literature, writing, math, and philosophy. The best tool a teacher or tutor has is that he can remember the experience of being a student, taking the same subject. This means you know what students need and where the points of difficulty arise. The...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Philosophy
Current Grad Student, Philosophy of Religion

Adam
Certified Tutor
...am excited to work with students and learn from them and see the ways in which their thinking can develop, as well as help them acquire the skills to succeed in their courses. In my free time, I enjoy playing music (piano, guitar bass), as well as reading poetry and watching films.... To help students create and think for themselves, such that the knowledge sticks with them. To help them see the meaning and practicality of...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Philosophy

Serge
Certified Tutor
...and later into teaching. In my free time I enjoy all kinds of music and culture. I read the paper or two everyday and keep involved with current events. I enjoy traveling and exploring new places, near and far. And as a native Oregonian, I especially like getting out of the city from time to...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Psychology

Emily
Certified Tutor
...of Boston. I graduated from Yale last year with a B.S. in psychology. As a student I worked as an undergraduate research assistant in a cognitive neuroscience lab, studied in Paris, debated with the Yale Political Union, and took part in numerous off-campus mentoring and counseling activities. In many ways I am still a student,...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Psychology
SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1500
SAT Math: 720
SAT Verbal: 730

Sabrina
Certified Tutor
...Public Health and completed all required pre-medical course work. I have a wealth of experience when it comes to tutoring as well as utilizing tutors myself. I spent two years teaching both private and class-room based instruction for the MCAT through Examkrackers and 51Թ. Recently, I have private tutored students in USMLE Step 1...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, History of Science, Medicine and Public Health
ACT English: 35
ACT Math: 35
ACT Reading: 35

Zachary
Certified Tutor
...am passionate about teaching and tutoring and I thoroughly enjoy helping students gain an understanding and a drive for their studies. I have a long history of working with students of all grade levels and abilities (elementary school through college), and I have a good understanding of strategies to excel in both general academics and...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Biochemistry and Biophysics
ACT Composite: 33
ACT English: 35
ACT Math: 32

Susan
Certified Tutor
...want to share what I know! I know school and test preparation can be stressful. I remember taking the SSATs, PSATs, and the SAT and I remember that it wasn't all that much fun. However, with preparation, there are many rewards to learning, test taking and academic success! With hard work, preparation and a little...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, Political Science and Government
Masters, Public Administration

Kerry
Certified Tutor
...having learned it as a high school exchange student, majored in it in college, and having spent a summer working in a Berlin law office. As much as I love the law--and I really do!--I also love teaching. I recently spent a semester teaching as an Adjunct Professor of Law at a law school; that...
Education & Certification
Bachelors, German
Juris Doctor, Law - JD
PHD, Law
LSAT: 177
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