Jacob: Essex County tutor

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I'm a graduate student at the University of Bloomington Indiana studying History. When preparing for PhD applications I initially felt that the GRE was going to be one of the most daunting components of my application. However, I soon found out with regular practice, some hard work, not to mention some test tricks, it didn't need to be too difficult. My method seemed to work great as I scored top marks (98th percentile) on both the qualitative and writing section.
Aside from my research, what I love most about being a graduate student is the opportunity to teach. For the last two years I've worked as an assistant instructor: teaching sections, holding office hours and occasionally lecturing in classes such as Religion in America and Inside Nazi Germany. Before graduate school I worked as a history teacher, teaching AP US, and world history, and substituting occasionally to teach AP Euro. I've also worked for four years at a unique Hebrew immersion program, where I taught Hebrew through both formal and informal teaching methods to high schoolers.
I'm happy to help students from high schoolers to graduating college undergraduates with a variety of subjects. Aside from GRE prep, I'm happy to help with history courses, Hebrew and college applications (I worked for a summer in college admissions at UW Madison, so I also have a bit of an inside perspective on this).
In my free time, I love to read, hike, cook and play racquetball, along with a million other things But I'm a graduate student, so I don't have much free time!