Award-Winning Neuroscience Tutors serving Beaverton, OR

...who were applying to graduate school. It is meaningful to me to provide resources, support, and confidence to students so they can achieve their future goals. I am particularly passionate about working with students who have diverse learning styles or needs that are not adequately supported in the traditional education system. As someone with ADHD, I understand how frustrating and isolating it can be to try to succeed in an environment that wasn't designed with...

...With 6 years as an optical research scientist, I bring real world experience to motivate interest and understanding in my students. I have experience with hands-on lab skills, computer modeling, and data analysis in a research and engineering setting. That is to say I used geometry, calculus, diff-eq's and physics everyday. I am also passionate about teaching - sharing that knowledge in an accessible way that will help you find confidence and understanding, not just...

I'm a physicist with a broad background in the optical and biological sciences. Currently I work as a Systems Engineer - I design optical metrology devices for companies like Samsung and Intel, enabling improvements in the performance and reliability of their next-generation computer chips. I'm lucky enough to apply my educational background in physics to my day job, and I enjoy extending my knowledge to the teaching domain.

...a Registered Dietitian. I was at the top of my class all the way through my bachelors and masters degrees. This is because I was very studious. As a result, I often helped other students who were struggling. This is why I was truly excited when I learned about Varsity Tutors. I absolutely love helping students succeed. I love the challenge of getting to know my students and helping them recognize their own unique way of...

I am currently working on my masters in Clinical Psychology and will be starting my PhD this fall.

...parts of the heart, you can do this by learning the electrophysiology and deriving what shows what based on the locations and polarities of each electrode. If you expect to memorize everything without conceptualizing, do not seek David as a tutor. But if you want to be one of the students who knows --and enjoys-- the material, because it makes sense, contact David and he will guide you through the beautiful mechanisms that manifest from...

...subjects of Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Statistics, and Neuroscience. My passion for tutoring lies in my desire to reveal students' potential and build their confidence in the field of STEM. I am here to show students that they are capable and give them opportunities to utilize unique methods and techniques to approaching problems/concepts that may endure beyond one's schooling years. My tutoring approach consists of utilizing a bottom up approach to engage students by building...

Hello! I am a recent graduate from the University of Oregon and the Robert D. Clark Honors college. I studied neuroscience and entrepreneurship while graduating with magna cum laude. Currently, I am pursuing a masters in social and cultural psychology with an emphasis in political psychology.

...in the classroom as a Jumpstart Corps Member taught me to adapt my teaching style to each childs needs. While some learned better through mnemonics and letter-to-word associations, others preferred to process information and teach content back to me themselves. The greatest lesson I've learned as a tutor is to first step back and let a student tell me their goals, show me how they take in information, and point me in the direction of...

...writing. As a tutor, I will be able to work with you across a broad range of topics. In terms of hobbies and interests, I enjoy discovering new music and collecting records. In the past, I have even hosted my own radio show. I also enjoy kayaking and playing sports including basketball and tennis. In addition, I enjoy cooking and exploring new cuisines, and I try to do this as often as possible.

...visiting art museums and seeing musicals and plays. I was a peer tutor at Loyola for two years and have been a private tutor for the past year. It has been a very fulfilling experience and a skill I would like to continue developing. It is such a joy for me to see the light of understanding in my students' eyes and be able to track their progress and academic achievements. I love the challenge...

As a tutor, I would like to foster not only mastery of individual subjects, but a strengthened approach to academia in general. Outside of tutoring, I enjoy playing and writing music on the guitar, watching movies, playing basketball with my friends, and hanging out with my animals.

...April at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The abstract was then published in the FASEB Journal a month later in May. I have experience teaching elementary and middle school students as part of outreach programs affiliated with Drexel University College of Medicine. The different science related topics I helped teach was related to biology and neuroscience. I feel that volunteering one's time for tutoring on a regular basis will help students in school,...

...University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution. I have over three years of experience as a researcher in diverse fields, including breast cancer, pediatrics, and autism genetics. I have three years of experience tutoring undergraduate students at Penn and postgraduate students. I primarily tutor for the MCAT, but also have extensive experience tutoring college science courses, including general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, biology, biochemistry, and neuroscience, which are all relevant subjects to the MCAT.

...actively implemented this philosophy, finding creative ways to approach complex concepts. For example, I might steer a writing student studying organic chemistry to explain a reaction as a narrative of molecular interactions, rather than beginning with a complex problem. In the context of shifting careers, I have also taken a number of standardized tests, including the SAT, ACT, GRE, and MCAT. My approach with these tests emphasizes strategy over content; a particular vocabulary word may or...

...Neuroscience at UT Dallas and then went on to complete two and half years of medical school with clinical rotations at UT Southwestern Medical Center. I liked all the specialties in which I rotated, but I did not feel called to any one specialty in particular like my peers did. This is why I left medical school in 2018 to pursue a M.S. in Applied Cognition and Neuroscience at UT Dallas. Since then, I have...

...a teaching fellowship in Colombia, where I taught high school English. I am currently interviewing for medical school for matriculation in August 2017. I have a variety of teaching and tutoring experiences, including working as a self-employed tutor, an organic chemistry teaching assistant, and a high school English teacher. I primarily tutor math, science, the MCAT, and Spanish. I recognize that success in school depends on study habits and techniques as much as understanding material,...

...a minor in Mathematics, in 2016, and was accepted to medical school the same year. I have spent several semesters in my undergraduate career teaching in a variety of subjects. I have tutored computer programming, been a TA for the same class, and been a TA for organic chemistry. I have also taken the SAT and the MCAT and scored well, so I have an understanding of teaching those tests. I have also taken and...

...years as a supplemental instructor for chemistry students, which made me passionate about tutoring and teaching beyond Baylor. I love seeing the "Ah-Ha" moment in students and helping them reach their academic goals. Learning should be exciting and stimulating, and I am here to facilitate that experience. My tutoring interests are mostly focused on Neuroscience, Psychology, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Test Prep. Outside of academia, I am involved in pediatrics research, local volunteering, and...

...was being discussed. This is both my teaching philosophy and tutoring style. No one teaching style works best for everyone, and I pride myself on ensuring that every tutoring session will be conducted in a manner which best helps each particular student grasp the topics being discussed. Outside of academia, I enjoy playing my guitar, listening to all types of music, reading, watching movies and TV shows, playing organized sports, and watching sports, in particular...