Award-Winning Algebra Tutors in Oak Lawn, IL

...senior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign pursuing a degree in Accountancy and Finance. I have three years of experience in tutoring K-12 children in math and reading, and have personally succeeded in a large variety of standardized tests, including the ACT, the SAT, and various AP tests. I am especially passionate about teaching students optimal test-taking strategies for conquering standardized tests and honing their critical thinking skills. I believe that education is not...

...Evan and I am a graduate of Pomona College, one of the Claremont Colleges located in east Los Angeles. At Pomona I studied Cognitive Science and Psychology, played varsity basketball, and worked as a Teacher's Assistant in the Linguistics and Cognitive Science department. I've worked for Varsity Tutors since moving back to Seattle last September, and love my job. As a tutor, I specialize in teaching SAT/ACT/GRE/ISEE prep, writing, English, Spanish, math, music, and psychology....

...graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor???s degree in Chemical Engineering and a concentration in Biomolecular Engineering. I held a wide range of tutoring positions during my undergraduate experience including: an English Literacy tutor for grammar school students, an SAT Math instructor, and a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) tutor for college students. I believe my strongest subject to tutor is Standardized Test Prep (SAT, ACT, and GRE). Performing well on...

...a member of your team who will make any subject more manageable for your situation. I received my BS in Biochemistry from Beloit College, in Beloit, WI, May of 2013. While a student, I studied Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Microbiology, Botany, Genetics, and many other courses of this type. I have also studied Anthropology and Art History a great deal. While in college, I interned as a Beloit Biomedical Research Scholar at the University of...

...graduate student at Depaul University, studying pure mathematics. I have only recently moved to Chicago, but I have thoroughly enjoyed my short time here. I am originally from Detroit, Where I finished my bachelor's degree in secondary education at Wayne State University, majoring in math and minoring in physics. I have always been very interested in math, how logic-oriented it is and how it applies to almost everything in the real world. Aside from school...

...25 year-old, 2nd-year PhD student (Class of 2022) in Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with foci in political theory and American politics. I received a Bachelor's in Political Science and a Bachelor's in Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago (2015), and hold a Master's in Social Science from The University of Chicago (2016). I tutored part time throughout much of high school and undergrad, and began tutoring full-time in August of 2016....

...teaching philosophy is to go beyond "teaching to the test". Although test-taking skills are crucial for any assessment, I believe the most valuable thing a tutor can do is to enhance and help develop conceptual understanding in our clients. I believe that once a student understands something at the conceptual level, he or she will be much better prepared for the topic, not only in the specific test we are preparing for, but anywhere else...

...plans aimed at addressing problem areas. When I was a student in middle school and high school, study strategies that teachers recommended to the class rarely worked for me. After having little success with their methods, I eventually found one that worked for me and in a short time, the results were showing in my grades. I feel that each student must approach academics in a unique way that caters to his or her learning...

...graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular and Integrative Physiology. I also completed graduate-level coursework in Neuroscience at New York University. In addition to studying in the classroom, I have 11 years of experience working as a research scientist in biomedical research labs. During this time I worked with visiting scientists, teaching them about the research we were doing and also spent 1.5 years...

...my M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. I am staying in the Chicago area because I truly love the city and envision staying here for a long time. As a tutor, I have had students ranging from sophomores in high school to adults transitioning into a new career. My Engineering curriculum at Northwestern was heavily centered around Math, Chemistry, Biology and Physics, so I can work with a student on more than one class...