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Jaya
Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development as a major means Jaya has spent semesters dissecting how organisms work from the molecular level up — gene expression, inheritance patterns, cellular differentiation — and her pre-med track layers on the physiology and ecology that round out a full biology cur...
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Bachelors, Genetics & French

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9+ years
Megha
Applying to medical school while finishing a statistics degree, Megha knows biology from both the conceptual side — cell signaling, genetics, ecology — and the quantitative side that most bio tutors skip. She unpacks processes like the Krebs cycle or DNA replication by connecting each step to the la...
Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor in Arts, Mathematical Statistics and Probability

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8+ years
Jane
Jane's physics degree gives her an unusual entry point into biology — she naturally thinks about living systems in terms of energy transfer, fluid dynamics, and electrical signaling, which makes topics like action potentials, osmosis, and metabolic thermodynamics click in a way that pure memorizatio...
Coe College
Bachelor in Arts, Physics

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8+ years
Marika
A biology degree, a veterinary doctorate in progress, and an active role on a cancer research team — Marika has lived this subject from introductory ecology all the way to molecular genetics. She's especially skilled at connecting big-picture themes like evolution and energy flow to the cellular and...
University of Wisconsin Madison
Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Sciences

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Brian
Cancer research in two university labs means Brian doesn't just know biology from a textbook — he's pipetted DNA, analyzed cell cultures, and traced signaling pathways in living systems. His genetics, cell biology, and development major at the University of Minnesota makes him especially sharp on mo...
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Bachelors, Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

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5+ years
Mikkel
Mikkel earned his biology degree from Carleton College with a biochemistry concentration, so he's equally comfortable explaining CRISPR mechanisms in molecular genetics as he is walking through ecological food webs or Mendelian inheritance patterns. His ongoing medical field preparation keeps these ...
Carleton College
Bachelor in Arts, Biology, General

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Kate
I'm available to tutor biology, chemistry, physics, math from Algebra up through AP Calculus, SAT test prep, and French. I've been tutoring students in science and math for 7 years. I also spent 8 months working and studying in France, and have tutored high school and adult students in French. When ...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Masters, Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelors

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9+ years
Jai
I'm a recent Stanford graduate (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), and have been working at a major Management Consulting firm for a few years now. I personally scored a 2360 (out of 2400) on the SAT and 35 on the ACT and was successful in gaining admission to several top universities. I'...
Stanford University
Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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I am a licensed physician from Florida who is currently changing careers. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and have extensive tutoring and editing experience. While a student, I became a certified writing tutor through the Critical Writing Department. Since I completed my writ...
Nova Southeastern University
PHD, Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelors, History
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Erika
I am available to tutor middle and high school math, history and test prep. I have tutored math and history in the past and I previously taught a test prep course at a school in Hanoi, Vietnam. I have a lot of experience teaching all the need-to-know tricks to doing great on the SATS/ACTS! When I am...
Harvard University
Master of Public Policy, Public Policy
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