Award-Winning Calculus Tutors

...I've spent the past 5 years tutoring local students in Math. I received a perfect score of 800 on the SAT Math portion. I took every AP math course available to me in high school: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and AP Statistics; receiving scores of 5, 5 (with a 5 on the AB subsection), and 3 respectively. I also have extensive experience in dealing with ADD/ADHD in relation to both academia and day-to-day...

...their importance to our everyday life. My experience has been that it really helps students become more proficient in what they are learning. I am quite interested in volunteering for my community, such as teaching English or computer skills to people who really need them. I am also interested in history, sociology, and philosophy. I was a district debate champion in the high school Lincoln-Douglas Debate (philosophy debate). Two of my favorite movies are "Sympathy...

...the lead programmer for my school's FIRST Robotics Team, as well as the team Captain for my Varsity Swim Team, where I was a two-time State Champion in the 100 Breaststroke. I play many instruments, and was a part of many music groups throughout grade school. I have professional experience conducting swim lessons for 5 years at my towns local college, as well as 4 years of non-professional experience tutoring at my high school. I...

...confidence. It is necessary to build a strong foundation, in both math and reading, before diving into complex subjects, but if a student does not have confidence that they are capable of succeeding, they will likely continue to struggle. Because of this belief, my teaching philosophy is to build confidence while I tutor. My teaching methods are centered around helping students gain confidence in themselves as learners, and helping students find learning processes that work...

...1-12 as well as college level students. I am a great tutor because I can understand which areas a person is having difficulties with, and focus on those. I worked as an Instructional Aide for 3 semesters at Arizona State University in Calculus courses for Engineers. In addition to tutoring, I gave weekly quizzes on the material and kept grade records for approximately 250 students per semester. Currently I work at a math tutoring center...

I am a junior studying Mechanical Engineering at Cornell University. I tutor my peers through Engineering learning initiatives, do research modeling drug delivery to circulating tumor cells, am president of Cornell Food Recovery Network, and am a member of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honors fraternity. In my free time I love running, hiking, cooking, and baking!... A strong conceptual understanding is the key to success and enjoyment in any subject.... At a first session, I would give a brief introduction of myself and then jump right in. I'd do a few practice problems to gauge the student's level of understanding and then move forward from there.

...understanding of the subject material helps students to perform better and also maintains their interest in the material. Although my main concentration has been statistics, I also want to help students excel in algebra, calculus, and math for standardized tests (SAT/GRE). In addition to my interest in mathematics, I am a huge baseball fan. My interest in baseball was the catalyst for earning a statistics degree in the first place! Besides baseball, I enjoy running,...

...that way, so I accommodate to each student's needs. My first student with ADD showed me the range of needs each student can have. Other students have different needs, and I like to push my students to their full potential. Communication is key to success in the tutor-student relationship, and I work hard to make sure that we both understand the commitment and the goals that we are working towards. Each session should have a...

...lose their bite once you learn how they are constructed and how the test-makers think. The joy of using a tutor, like myself, is that I can not only show you the tricks that DID work for me, but I can also help you find the tricks that WILL work for you. The test prep books, and the cookie-cutter classrooms, must remain generic so that they can work, at least on some level, for all...

...America, a non-profit organization whose mission is is to help close the current opportunity gap that exists in classrooms across the U.S. I taught 1st 2nd and 3rd grade for three years and while teaching, earned a Master's Degree in Education. In addition to being a classroom certified teacher, I have also tutored older students in SAT test preparation, as well as classroom content such as calculus and physics. I tutor a wide range of...