Award-Winning College Essays Tutors in Mountainview, CA

...abroad in Seville, Spain for a semester, and I have traveled to a number of countries. My tutoring experience has involved Spanish language and analytical writing. I have plans to pursue a Master's degree in Education so I can teach both in the U.S. and abroad. I am originally from Connecticut, but since I've made the move out to San Francisco, I've found myself ceaselessly engaged in culture and the pursuit of knowledge!

...(especially writing and editing skills), Math, and Biology. Effective tutoring is very personal and requires work by both the tutor and student. I always try to work with my students on set common goals, and to identify clear strategies to meet those goals. Often, this involves motivation and stress management strategies as much as covering material. When I’m not tutoring, I swing dance to big band music, cook dinner for my friends, backpack in the...

...main passions in life: helping others, and language. Tutoring languages is where these two passions come together and I am able to foster and inspire in others this love and enthusiasm for acquiring and improving language and literacy skills. I love bringing entertainment and humor into my teaching, as well as motivating my students and helping them to achieve their individual goals. I believe that no educational goal is too lofty when met with the...

...the student at home, but more a mentor and friend. My students have always loved me because I will take 5-10 minutes to get to know them, their likes and dislikes, and their strengths and weaknesses. I help them out not only with their school work but other social issues they have questions with. I tell them about college and future pathways. A tutor grows a much more special bond with the children than their...

...teaching English to college students. I realized that teaching was my passion and decided to go back to school to pursue my Master's degree in TESOL from San Jose State University. I have experience tutoring and mentoring people of all ages and from all walks of life, from children in an after-school program to adult immigrants learning English. I love tutoring because I can focus on a single student and really cater to their learning...

...student at Stanford University. In the past, I've worked as a math and science curriculum developer at an educational startup and taught English to rural students in China. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about math and science. In teaching, my philosophy is based on the belief that learning should be student-centered. I want students to actively participate and interact, not passively learn. In my spare time, I enjoy...

...I studied abroad in Seville, Spain and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Communication and a Minor in Spanish. I worked in both the health care and the non-profit sectors for a few years before deciding to go abroad to teach English in Central America. After 15 months tutoring and traveling in Panama, I am back in the Bay Area! I am passionate about language and am fully bilingual in Spanish and English. I have...

I earned my PhD in Humanities in the History of Consciousness program at UC Santa Cruz in 2012, and have since been teaching classes in the arts, writing, philosophy, and environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz. I love teaching and working with people to improve their confidence in thinking, analysis, and writing. I love to surf, bike, and take my dogs to the beach.

...and a writer by habit. I have over three years of teaching experience at private tutoring companies, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley's Summer Bridge Program, and as a freelance political science/calculus tutor (there's more overlap than you think). In 2014, my paper "Set Theory and Fuzzy Sets: Their Relationship to Natural Language" was published in the Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research. I'm fond of good food and...

I have over ten years of experience tutoring and I love working with my students. It is my priority to meet each student's unique learning needs, and I enjoy making seemingly complex concepts easy to understand. Many of my former students/clients refer friends or ask to work with me when new needs arise. I also love to help students with essays and college/grad school applications.