Certified Tutors From Brown University

...combination of my research experience along with my teaching experience means that I use the things I learned in Math, Chemistry and Biology on a daily basis. My approach to tutoring and teaching is to focus on the concepts that are crucial for the students to understand the material. By concentrating on the important concepts as...

...B.S. in Chemical Biology. While in college, I had the opportunity to become a teaching assistant for both introductory and upper-level biochemistry courses, which I truly enjoyed. By using the insights I have gained through my experience as a teaching assistant, I would love to help students out by facilitating their learning process. I look...

...Photography and travel writing. My favorite author (not a travel writer) is Virginia Woolf. Recently, I was awarded an AT&T New Media Fellowship, an award given to those students who show promise in the combination of writing and new media, and am currently connected with Write Bloody, a publishing company based in New York City,...

...expert knowledge of the subject area, I can help a student learn in the best way possible. My favorite subjects are and have always been foreign languages (particularly Spanish and French), math, and writing mechanics. I am also very familiar with all aspects of the college admissions process, including essays and the SATs.

...while also tutoring students around the Boston area. In what seems like a previous life, I worked as an Assistant Director of Admission at Brown University, my alma mater, reading applications, meeting students, and giving presentations across the country. I have also taught SAT Prep to students both individually and in classroom settings. My favorite...

...as an SAT Critical Reading Instructor and tutoring high school students and adults in English while I lived in Spain. I also taught writing workshops for developmentally disabled adults while I was in college. Currently, I am enrolled in the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and upon completing my Master's degree,...

...of school managing an organic farm and directing product and systems design for a farm-tech startup out of Boston. I am now working on some personal projects that I dream of one day becoming a business. I have an undying passion for knowledge and education and would like to inspire teenagers to find their own...

...us. I have a great passion for teaching. I have taught Writing and Literature courses at Brown University, and I have worked as a teaching assistant, a Writing Tutor for high school and college students, and a classroom consultant. I enjoy getting to know my students and working together on long-term projects, but I also...

...Most recently, I was a Teaching Assistant for a watershed course at Colorado State University, in which I enjoyed leading laboratory sessions and working through problem sets with undergraduate students. I have a long (6 year) history of tutoring students from Elementary to High School ages as well - in Music, English, Math, and SATs....

...continued to be an important part of my collegiate life as well. I believe strongly in the importance of the tutor-student bond, knowing that best results are only reached when there exists a mutual trust. My most rigorous tutoring experiences were at the college level at Brown University, where I worked as a Brown Writing...

...the best path for optimal results. Usually this means finding the intersection between the student's own interests and what the material has to offer. Outside of teaching, I enjoy running, yoga, reading, discovering anything at all, and watching the Bulls try valiantly in the NBA. I am also an actor and musician, most recently having...

...of grades from K-12 and working for a private tutoring company as an SAT instructor, leading test-prep classes for high school students. I continue to pursue my educational and personal goals while at Brown. Although I am most experienced in the maths and sciences, I also love teaching English subjects as well as social sciences....

...MS in Statistics at Portland State University. Between Brown and Portland State, I have traveled to most countries in Europe as well as many countries in Asia. I have been tutoring Math and Statistics at PCC since 2013, and I enjoy working with students from all different backgrounds. I have tutored Algebra (both beginning and...

...enjoy working with middle school and high school students as well as adults looking to improve their quality of life or enrich their life through continuing education. I have more than 5 years of experience tutoring students in Reading, English, and Humanities courses at the high school and college level. I also prepared Native Chinese speakers...

...and English Literature and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In my experiences assisting students with tough concepts, I always try to cater to the student's best learning style and work to make the material approachable, engaging and relevant. I believe that learning how to learn and loving to learn are critical skills and I hope to...

...as a second language. I also had the opportunity to work at an afterschool program in an urban slum in Kenya for one summer, where I provided homework and test-prep help to primary and secondary school children. While I am comfortable and happy tutoring many subjects, I have the most fun with English and History/Social...

...elementary through high school levels, standardized tests, and chemistry. I enjoy tutoring for the SAT and ACT the most; I feel like every problem is a puzzle and I love helping students learn how to work the puzzles themselves. My philosophy for tutoring is if one explanation doesn't work, try to explain in another way....

...math to enjoying and succeeding in it. I want to help others make that same transition--a bad teacher or tough class can crush a student's innate curiosity, but a good tutor can restore it. I currently tutor students in the social and biological sciences (elementary school through college level), reading and writing, and in standardized...

I got my undergraduate degree at Brown University, where I received a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and psychology. While I'm passionate about a wide range of subjects, I particularly love tutoring writing and anything that requires analytical reasoning. In my free time, I box, lift weights and write comedy.

...school curriculum. While I tutor a broad range of subjects in the mathematics and sciences, I am most passionate about Calculus and Chemistry. I especially enjoy working with students on ACT and SAT science and math. I value education highly, and I view myself as a life-long learner. I greatly enjoy learning and working through...