Award-Winning College Essays Tutors serving Blaine, MN

...at the University of Minnesota. I most love helping students discover their power and voice through college essays and projects for their literature courses, but I also love helping students grow in their reading skills and other classes. I believe that every learner has the ability to grow if a good teacher or tutor pushes him or her along the way. I try to do that through first getting to know the student and then empowering...

...linguistics. These Spanish-only classes were tough, but not as tough as daily life was with my host family. Chileans speak a rapid, fragmented, and slang-filled version of Spanish, and my three, lovely host mothers were no exception. At the end of my four months in Chile, I could call myself a confident, fluent Spanish speaker, writer, and reader. My favorite subjects to teach are Spanish I and II. These levels are the building blocks of...

...myself. I feel joy when I share things I learn with others. I am an effective tutor because I listen to students' needs and concerns, and I understand that learning is a process and that people have different learning styles, strengths, and interests. Tutoring is a blend of what you know, what you can articulate to the student, and what their needs are. I seek to fulfill all those aspects in my students.

...for over three years where I was a teacher and a columnist for a magazine. I have taught literature, English, Spanish, math, study skills (including designing a very successful study skills program), ACT test prep and leadership. Typically, students that I work with show immediate gains in their subject area. Students I work with will work hard--but we will also have a good time and laugh a lot as we work to meet your goals....

...my high school (international baccalaureate) diploma from an international boarding school in Hong Kong. During college, I studied Mandarin Chinese and Korean. I completed 6 months of study abroad in South Korea. I have extensive 1:1 tutoring experience. In college, I worked as a teacher and private tutor for Korean high school students applying for US colleges. As a graduate student, I served as a reading interventionist for K-4th graders for 2 years. I have...

...I’ve also worked with college-bound high school students at the Hamline Young Writers’ Workshop. In my experiences with tutoring, I’ve learned to connect with readers and writers of different age groups and academic backgrounds. I have extensive workshop experience with essay writing and editing for both academic and literary merit. I’m also an award winning writer and very active within local literary community. Since reading and writing is such a big part of my life,...

I would describe myself as happy, upbeat and zealous for life. I am excited about the present and the future and therefore typically in a good mood and motivated for life. I have over ten years of teaching experience where most of it has been in Beijing, China. I have been tutoring students privately primarily in math and science. My undergraduate degree is in Electrical Engineering. My Master's Degree is in International Education. ... My educational...

...latter half I focused more on community service in Bolivia. Once at Princeton, I concentrated on the social sciences, moving away from my high school focus on math and science. I declared Politics as my major and am pursuing a certificate in Values and Public Life (a synthesis of Philosophy and Public Service). I have tutored - albeit not in an official capacity - since I was in high school, volunteering to help out with...

...environment that helped them achieve success for the year. My experience is not limited to the classroom. For a year I tutored one-on-one with business executives in Paris. While the focus was conversational English, the practice of being compassionate and patient helped the executives build up not only their English skills but also their self-confidence. My teaching has focused primarily on language arts, but I have also taught algebra, personal finance, and history.

...I have tried! One of my favorite things to do is play guitar. I came to Varsity Tutors to help people out with some of the classes that are hard to wrap around, hard to focus on, or just plain hard. I understand that at times it is really difficult to try again and again to get to a solution and never come up right. So I'm here to help out a bit, wherever I...

...I've been teaching on the college level for nearly four years, and I also work as a tutor in the Writing Center at College of the Sequoias. Throughout 2012-2013, I led writing activities for incarcerated youth in the Fresno Juvenile Justice Center. I firmly believe that, with enough practice and hard work, every student has the potential to read and write well. I tutor multiple subjects connected to English - essay editing, grammar and mechanics,...

...with a focus on the intersection of the environment and international politics in the former Soviet Union. I am an intrepid traveler and have visited 26 countries, mostly in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. I tutor a broad range of subjects, but I am most passionate about literature, writing, and social studies. When it comes to tutoring for Standardized Tests, I love working with students to perfect their essays and doing math drills. Outside of...

...very flexible with the needs of my students and aim to educate rather than just lecture. My approach is interactive to thoroughly test whether the information is being processed or not. I have over 17 years of teaching experience of both group and one-on-one settings. As a doctoral candidate and published author, I am very interested in finding solutions to how people learn, motivation and outcomes. My approaches aim to create and encourage the thinker...

...science to volunteer tutoring immigrant students struggling with English I have been constantly reminded of my love for learning and teaching what I have learned to others. I firmly believe that the methods within the art teaching are flexible. One approach does not work for everyone, so I look for solutions from all angles. I graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and a minor in English. I went...

...tutoring we will have as much fun as we can, I like to start and finish my sessions with a quick game and believe that language learning, or any learning for that matter, should be enjoyable. I have a lso traveled to Jordan and Egypt. I know some limited Arabic in addition to my low level Chinese and Spanish skills. I have a lot of hobbies and interests. I play the guitar, solve Rubik's cubes,...

...Columbia University and a bachelor's in history from New York University. In my career, I have worked both as a writer and an editor. I also have done work as a writing coach and copy editor for people applying for schools and grants and writing manuscripts. I love working one-on-one with people especially when I can help them succeed. My tutoring philosophy is that no two students are the same; I will adapt every session...

...Science. Those have been the trend, but not the extent, of my tutoring experience. I am proficient and proven in tutoring a vast number of subjects. I enjoy tutoring because gaining, sharing and inspiring knowledge is a part of who I am. I treasure the chance to watch the unique intelligence of people around me unfold. It's an adventure to encounter and systematically overcome problems put in front of us, as a team. I passionately...

...opportunity to experience working with students from various cultures and backgrounds. The students I have worked with range in grade levels from elementary school all the way through college. I tutor in English, Art, Phonics, Reading, Social Studies, Social Sciences, Writing, essay editing, some test prep, and, of course, Psychology. I feel that my strengths lie in the areas of Psychology, Writing, Reading, and Essay Editing. I am passionate about enabling and empowering students within...

...they set their mind to....we just don't all learn it in the same way! I pride myself on making meaningful connections and relationships with my students. I have a great sense of humor, and believe I am pretty darn good at making learning fun. I love math, writing, and reading, and feel very comfortable tutoring all levels of these subjects. Personally, I love to spend time reading, binge watching shows on Netflix, cooking, and hanging...

...I applied to grad schools and was accepted to Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. I moved to New Jersey where I went to school and taught for them while they paid my tuition for grad school along with a small stipend. I lived in Jersey for a year and a half and then moved to Brooklyn, NY. I lived there for another year and a half. I missed MN and decided to move...