Award-Winning ACT Writing Tutors serving Mount Vernon, NY

...Administration and Master of Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University. I recently graduated from Loyola University Chicago with degrees in International Studies and French. I love learning, reading, and exploring the world around me through kayaking, skiing, hiking, and biking! I am also an avid opera fan and enjoy the fine arts in general. Languages and different cultures have always been a passion of mine, and I love to make connections from around...

...the material rather than just memorizing. I'm passionate about learning, but outside of academia I spend my free time traveling, cooking, and making art. In college, I was lucky enough to study in Abu Dhabi, Florence, and Buenos Aires, and enjoyed seeing more of the Middle East, Europe, and South America. Now that I'm sticking closer to New York City, I'm spending my time doing a lot of cooking and baking, and occasionally painting and...

...a Bachelor of Science in Biology, I moved to New York City, where I work as a clinical research coordinator. This fall, I will begin medical school, continuing my passion for education and mentorship. With over seven years of tutoring experience, I have worked with learners ranging from elementary school students to post-graduate applicants in English, writing, science, history, and executive functioning. I also specialize in undergraduate and graduate school application essay coaching, helping students...

...also work at Time In Children's Arts Initiative, a program that teaches opera appreciation and fine art to Pre-K through Fourth Grade public school children from Harlem and the Bronx. I enjoy working with students to confront the challenges of a subject and then watching as the challenges begin to slip away and what was previously frustrating and incomprehensible to the students becomes a subject that they now enjoy learning about and studying. I believe...

...academic skills. I have ADHD, a processing disorder, and testing anxiety, so I have plenty experience feeling hopeless in a class, yet also experience pushing through and adapting in the classroom. I hope to be able to use my knowledge to help others succeed in areas that they desire. I also want students to feel more comfortable with making mistakes and turn them into a learning experience. I think that problem-solving is a very important...

Learning can become a joyful activity. You just need the right professor and the right tutor for you, who loves learning. I trust in the potential in every one of us. I will be your mentor for tapping into your own and turn your learning experience into a successful and joyful one. Reach out!

...now in order to maximize their future. I do this through a stress on preparation and a commitment to doing their best work every time. Process is extremely important and I encourage curiosity, thoughtful questions, and an overall understanding of the WHY behind the HOW. By making it a point to truly grasp a concept or theory, instead of just memorizing it, they set themselves up to truly internalize the knowledge and be able to...

...find the tests fun! That sounds bizarre to most people, but I think one of my principal strengths as a tutor is the ability to instill this positive and optimistic attitude in my students as well. A good attitude helps to inspire confidence, which in turn yields tangibly improved test results. Secondly, my college application process was extremely stressful and difficult. I look back on the experience as unnecessarily frustrating and taxing when it should...

...I majored in education. While at college, I tutored elementary through high school students in English language arts, social studies and math. I also led after school art and cooking activities. Since graduating, I worked as a paralegal in Chicago for eight months, and I recently moved to NYC to pursue education related career opportunities. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, running and walking outside and reading. I look forward to working with you!

...the Rutgers University Pre-College Writing Program, the Collegeboard AP Language Summer Intensive, and various graduate-level classes in teaching English while obtaining my Master's in Education. In addition, I am currently enrolled in Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English, studying towards an additional Master's in English Literature and taking courses with top professors from around the country. I welcome any additional inquiries regarding my tutoring philosophies and look forward to hearing from you. It is...

Hello! I'm a student at Brown University with an eclectic set of interests. I am trilingual, analytical, and creative and look forward to tutoring you! :)

...over the last five years, I have served as a Mentor to youth and college students. I believe that encouragement and mentoring are essential components of a successful tutoring relationship. While teaching students the skills they need to succeed, I help students to gain confidence in their abilities, and to see their own potential. When I am not tutoring, I enjoy baking, eating anything with chocolate, taking and editing pictures, reading, and singing.

My belief is that true learning happens when it is enjoyable. My mission as a prospective New York City teacher is to do my part in making sure the information my students receive is done so in a way that is manageable and fun. When my students show interest and progress in the content being taught, I will know I have done my job. ... To help a student build confidence in a subject, I break...

I've been tutoring since I was a freshman in high school, and I'm looking forward to continuing with Varsity Tutors. I believe learning can be fun, and never a chore!

...for feedback on their experience, I got a very keen sense of what works and what doesn't. In tutoring, I focus on results, but not to exclusion. I want to provide the student with a meaningful experience. That is to say, I aim to cultivate an appreciation for math, science, and/or the humanities that will last into college and their career. Unwilling to compromise my love for language or my affinity for math and problem...

I am a student at Villanova University and I attended Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, NJ. I've participated in tutoring programs all throughout my educational journey and am ready to help you through yours. I've been through the most intensive schooling and ACT Prep, so that you don't have to.

...huge goal (putting on a play) and breaking it into achievable steps. Likewise, getting a high score on the SAT or becoming a better writer may seem like insurmountable tasks. I help students break those giant leaps into manageable steps, and support them in succeeding at each individual step. Finally, for students who struggle with English and literature, the identification of important themes and synthesis of big ideas can be profoundly frustrating. My strong grounding...

...background in team management. I am passionate about civic engagement, community outreach, and creative approaches to social issues. I am the current Avodah Fellow at the Adams Street Foundation (ASF) where I connect high school students at the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice to enrichment opportunities such as after school programs, internships, college prep, and more. In addition to my current position at ASF, my experience working with youth has taken on several...

I'm a Junior at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, but I'm originally from New Jersey. I'm double majoring in American Government and The College of Social Studies, which is a program unique to my University that combines several social sciences. I am also minoring in Religious Studies. I've been working as a tutor since my freshman year of high school, and I can't wait to work with you!

As a Sophomore at the University of Miami, an avid traveler and someone who has a love for language, I have developed a great set of skills that have led me to this point in my life. Among those skills include reading, writing, problem solving and many more. Through this network I hope to not only help many students, but to learn things I had not known before.