Award-Winning ACT English Tutors serving Quincy, MA

Hello! I am a freshman at Boston University studying Biochemistry. My passions include instrumental and vocal music, hiking, and reading. I'm excited to meet you!

I have taught English, French, and Latin at both the middle school and high school levels. I have also tutored students in individual and group settings for the reading and writing portions of the SAT. ... My goals as an educator are to build student confidence, and to help students to set and reach measurable markers of progress.... In a first session, I try to get a read on the student’s needs and personality. Together with...

...least feel confident in their abilities to do those things! Let me help you with powerful test-taking strategies so that you can approach your test ready to do your best. I love helping students find their unique voice as writers, whether it's in the form of a college essay or an assignment for class. You never know what you can discover about yourself once you sit down to put pen to paper... or fingers to...

...student learning needs. Lastly, with my additional background as a Teach for America 2016 Corps Member, I have learned many strategies for developing and maintaining a supportive and safe class environment. I am a passionate and driven young woman who thrives in leadership positions. My organizational skills and effective time management contribute to my timely completion of required tasks. As a 23-year-old who grew up in Revere, Massachusetts, I have the ability to relate to...

...Wikipedia binges, etc.) I am confident in my ability to offer instruction in related areas of the humanities, having done well in these courses as a student. However, I specialize in standardized test taking, and the skills and tricks that go along with it. I received a perfect score on the ACT in the summer after my sophomore year of high school, and more recently, I scored in the 100th percentile nationally in the new...

I believe that all students can access and succeed in any curriculum area with the proper support and guidance

...levels on several topics for over a decade. I have a B.S. in physics, and a master's in Nuclear Science and Engineering from WPI. I completed my second master's in particle astrophysics at the university of Strasbourg in France. I love getting students excited about learning and helping them through difficult topics. One of my favorite challenges is working with students to figure out their specific learning styles to optimize their academic performance.

...magna cum laude from Cornell University with a BS in engineering physics, and a math minor. I have been tutoring for more than 6 years. For 2.5 years, I taught math to Cornell Engineering undergraduates, and I looked forward to it every week! On Varsity Tutors, I tutor up to college level mathematics and physics, test prep (including AP courses, and SAT reading/writing). Explaining difficult math and science concepts in plain English is my forte....

...since high school and have experience working with all ages in a number of subjects. I have the most experience working with high school and middle school students in mathematics. My other teaching experiences include tutoring in English and computer skills in an ESOL classroom for refugees, as well as private and group violin instruction for children of all ages. I believe that Math comprehension is absolutely essential to a successful education. As a tutor...

My name is Laura. I am a graduate student who has many years of experience tutoring a variety of subjects. My life ambition is to be a college professor, so I can share my love of education and psychology with future generations. I am a patient and passionate tutor, and it is my goal to help you succeed in your academics so you can move on to be successful in all you attempt in life.

I am enthusiastic about learning and a nerd for numbers and creative writing! I know what its like to be a student managing many subjects at once in addition to test prep and I am excited to help make that process easier for current students.

...that tutored recent immigrants in English and helped them pass their citizenship exams. Working with groups of all ages I learned that establishing a comfortable environment for learning makes a big difference in helping people move beyond their discomfort in a topic and makes them more willingly to engage with the material. Providing a fun and constructive environment for learning is a strategy I believe in for anyone I tutor. After college I worked for...

Hi! I'm James, I graduated from a small college preparatory school in Connecticut as a member of the class of 2017, and am entering my freshman year at Northeastern University. I love to read and write, interests that have honed my writing skills and earned me places on the editing staffs of my high school newspaper and literary magazine. I hope that I can use my love of writing to help you in your own...

I'm a former physics and mathematics student from the University of Rhode Island. There, I discovered the teachings of renowned physicist Richard Feynman which, compressed, might read: "if you really understand something, then you can explain it to your grandmother." I spend a lot of my free time reading and writing, and am currently working my way through Dubliners, a series of stories by James Joyce. I also play guitar and know upwards of several...

...structuring, currently majoring in English hoping to become a professor once I attain my masters! I have tutored a multitude of individuals during my time within college along with younger students in high school and elementary school! I have given talks and taught summer courses within colleges such as University Of Berkeley, Stanford, Bunker hill etc. on my research of the English language. In my free time I enjoy reading and writing novels, along with...

I'm a recent PhD graduate in Bioengineering in the Boston area. My thesis involved nanoparticles and bacterial infections, but as a biomedical engineer I've had training in circuits, mechanics, some programming, chemistry and biology. Tutoring for me is a collaborative effort, following a problem-based learning with questions that will lead the student towards the answer they're looking for while providing a well-rounded understanding of why and how that answer works.

...on the sometimes difficult, yet often fulfilling and fun, challenge of learning new things. I practice a growth mindset philosophy, and I often say that it is okay to be wrong, it just means you haven't learned the material... yet. With patience and effective pedagogy, I strive to give my students confidence that they can learn anything they set their mind to. I take my students' desires, motivations, goals, and interests seriously. Fun fact: I...

...& Design, and have teaching experience in the high school art classroom. Working with students one-on-one, finding ways to help them understand the material, and building personal relationships has always been a passion for me. Writing and language are especially important (and fun) to me, and I hope to bring some of that enthusiasm to my students own outlook. Outside of writing, reading, and art, I love baking, biking, and travel. Above all, I have...

...so when I tutor subjects like writing and computer science, I get to make these questions more open-ended and help students let their creativity flow. This is harder in subjects like math, where there is only one right answer, but I still enjoy asking students questions as we puzzle through challenging questions and plan out approaches to word problems together. No matter the subject, I view myself as a partner to the student as they...

...from Latin America, taught math to a middle school student with an IEP, taught math and science to high school students, and was hired by my college to teach biology and economics to students at my school. I got a 2100 on my SAT's and a 29 composite score on my ACT's (my scores in English and Math were 34 and 31, respectively). I also got my IB diploma in high school, which required high...