Award-Winning AP Calculus BC Tutors serving San Jose, CA

...a minor in Chinese. I have about two years of experience in tutoring students. I tutor high school and college level mathematics and SAT/ACT preparation. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, the subjects that interest me the most are calculus, college level mathematics, and test prep. I have a calm, adaptive tutoring style. I revise my tutoring strategies to fit each student's unique traits and I believe that a calm demeanor causes students...

...bored or dont feel like doing work! As a freshman in college, I also volunteered by teaching reading and math to underprivileged students through Each One Teach One. In college, I went on to be employed as an engineering tutor for over 50% of my high level mechanical engineering courses. I have been a teaching assistant for Circuits, Mechanics 3, and Heat Transfer courses. I am confident in classes such as Calc 3, Physics I,...

A Symbolic Systems and Theater double-major at Stanford University in Northern California, Milan is very excited to be a part of the Varsity Tutors team. His main academic interests are English, philosophy, math, and computer science, but Milan enjoys many other subjects (psychology, physics, and economics to name a few). He is fluent in Spanish and an active member of the Latino community. In his free time, he enjoys reading, writing, and taking the occasional...

My entire educational background was spent in science and math classes, often it wasn't easy for me, so I understand what it's like to struggle with something and feel like you will never understand. But if you work the problems enough times and never quit you'll get through it. And asking for help is never a bad thing, no one has ever gotten through all of this without help.... Understanding what it is you're doing is...

...become a researcher and professor. One of the things I love is making others more knowledgeable and passionate about math and science through scientific communication and tutoring. I am most passionate to tutor Calculus, Linear algebra, and ACT/SAT Math. I believe that the biggest obstacles to learning Math are 1. judgmental social environments and 2. inexperience with the multidimensional nature of math. As such, I foster an open environment where all mathematical questions and concerns are...

...the end of my Ph.D.: the only time it was awarded to STEM 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 time, when demanded. I learned the methods...

...because of the amount of experience I have tutoring in these areas. I also have a particular interest in standardized tests such as the SAT and would want to tutor in that as well. I particularly have an interest in tutoring the SAT Math section, as that is something many students have difficulty with and is important for advancing academically. My tutoring philosophy focuses on personal relationship and a focus on understanding of concepts rather...

I am passionate about helping students get better! I love Mathematics and Physics, and want to be involved with the subjects for as long as possible.... To be flexible in teaching methods according to students' needs, and to be available to them for as much as they need.

...high school but less so in college, I have tutored students and peers in academic areas more focused on writing and math. A core part of my teaching and learning philosophy is that I will have mastered a material if I can teach another person these concepts and come up with my own examples to illustrate my understanding. I will infuse this goal within my tutoring sessions, engaging tutees to really learn and challenge them...

...my time in the program, I was a TA for courses in Statistics and Psychology. Currently, I am attending Palo Alto University to obtain a PhD in Clinical Psychology. During my time off from classes, I will be available to tutor several subjects both in-person in the Bay Area as well as online. I will gladly tutor students of any age. While I am proficient in all subjects listed on my profile, I am best...

...groups, and I therefore have vast experience in tutoring to various learning styles and abilities. I know the ins and outs of the calculus curriculum so I understand what concepts trip up students, and I have taught students under four different professors so I am familiar with adaptations to the core concepts. My wealth of exposure has even allowed me to create my own step-by-step generalized frameworks for solving certain problems. I love tutoring: I...

...love to tutor because (1) I can get to know and help individuals on a customized, one-on-one basis, and (2) I find it extremely rewarding to teach people about the things that I love most. I believe that there is power in knowledge, and especially in our modern world it is vital that more students can learn (and love) technical subjects like math and science. I hope to be able to contribute to this! I...

...calculation. I am very patient in following steps by steps in lecturing, and I want to ensure my student would understand the basic knowledge and question first. After that, I would go further to expand their knowledge. I also need the collaboration between my client and the student along with their expectation. My parents are both high school teachers in Physics and Chemistry, so I simulated her their teaching way to tutor my friends in high...

...school and high school, I also had great math teachers who believed in me and gave me strong conceptual foundations that found me fascinated by mathematics as a discipline. So when I entered college, I put my two loves of teaching and mathematics together as a "Mathematics For Teaching" major at UCLA. In five years, I earned my bachelor's degree, CA Single Subject Teaching Credential in Mathematics, and Master's in Education. I went on to...

...connect the dots to help my students have a better grasp of difficult concepts. While I have tutored a variety of subjects, such as math, economics, chemistry, finance, and linguistics, I now focus on tutoring math, primarily, since it is my passion. I have a very flexible tutoring style, and my approach strongly depends on each of my students' needs. The goal is for students to leave in a more calm, confident state than before....

...students with special needs. I particularly enjoy tutoring mathematics, biology, and helping students prepare for standardized tests. I can also tutor in writing and reading, since I have experience as a professional copy editor. My focus when tutoring is student understanding. I believe academic goals are more readily achievable when concepts are understood, rather than formulas memorized. When helping students prepare for standardized tests I focus on taking practice exams and working with students on...

...some way and therefore lost confidence. My main goal as a tutor will be to restore their confidence in the subject by providing complete understanding of concepts as well as preparing them for the most complex examples so that they will not be caught off guard in the class. I also believe tutoring should be a cooperation with the student because they have the best understanding of what their class will demand.... The goal of teaching...

...the teaching process, and that as such my job as a tutor is to give my students the skills they need not only to solve the particular problems they bring to me, but also to fully understand the subjects they are studying, and to understand the techniques behind the solutions to their problems. In particular, this means that my tutoring style is very student-involved: I will always begin a problem by asking the student where...

At Varsity Tutors, I hope that I can contribute well to your education. Much of my experience in volves peer tutoring; in high school, I aided younger classmen on concepts that I had learned in years prior to them. These topics would be related to math (Algebra 1-4, Pre-Algebra, Trigonometry, and Calculus), as well...

...LSAT, SAT, and ACT. I also tutor various academic subjects, primarily in the fields of math and science. My favorite subject to tutor is Chemistry, followed closely by Physics. I feel that anyone can learn anything as long as it is explained in a way that is conducive to them, and I aim to achieve that in my teaching. Outside of tutoring, I enjoy ultimate frisbee, television, reading, and games of all sorts.