Cynthia
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I am a recent graduate from Princeton University, home for the summer in the Philadelphia area. I was a Neuroscience major, and I will be pursuing my PhD in Neuroscience in the fall at Johns Hopkins. I have been tutoring high school students outside of class in college and involved in STEM academics and research mentorship as well as a translation program from and to English outside of class. I speak Japanese and French, and I have taken the PSATs, SATs, 10 APs, and the GREs successfully. I would be willing to help with any of these subjects, with math, science, and languages being more of my strong suit, and I would be willing to drive to a location as well as do online tutoring.
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Undergraduate Degree: Princeton University - Bachelors, Neuroscience
Graduate Degree: Johns Hopkins University - PHD, Neuroscience
- SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1500
- SAT Math: 750
- SAT Verbal: 700
- SAT Writing: 710
- GRE Quantitative: 168
- GRE Verbal: 162
I am a translator and radio DJ outside of class as well as a biomedical engineering researcher. I also enjoy drawing and playing piano and guitar in my spare time.
- Algebra
- Algebra 2
- Algebra 3/4
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Comparative Government and Politics
- AP French Language and Culture
- AP Japanese Language and Culture
- AP United States History
- AP US History
- Biology
- Calculus
- Calculus 2
- Calculus 3
- College Algebra
- College Biology
- College English
- College Essays
- Conversational French
- English
- Foreign Language
- French
- French 2
- French 3
- French 4
- Geometry
- Gifted
- Graduate Test Prep
- GRE Analytical Writing
- GRE Quantitative
- High School Biology
- High School English
- Homework Support
- HSPT Quantitative
- ISEE Prep
- ISEE- Middle Level
- Japanese
- Languages
- Math
- Multivariable Calculus
- Other
- Pre-Algebra
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Reading
- SAT Prep
- SAT Math
- SAT Mathematics
- SAT Subject Test in Japanese with Listening
- SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2
- SAT Subject Tests Prep
- Science
- Social Studies
- SSAT Prep
- SSAT- Middle Level
- SSAT- Upper Level
- Summer
- Test Prep
- Trigonometry
- Writing
What is your teaching philosophy?
It is always best to learn with your students. I usually teach from a book or based on homework assignments, but I find thinks click best when you take advantage of a student's strengths and weaknesses instead of just giving problems.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
I would go through the learning material they were using and give them a practice test, as well as outline a tentative schedule of dates by which we need to prepare for exams or assignments, and dates for other learning-oriented goals.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
I often try to teach students study tricks, which save time spent during a tutoring session and reinforce good habits, such as how to make an efficient study sheet, which could also be used during tutoring sessions to go difficult material.