Award-Winning College Essays Tutors serving Paterson, NJ

...Arts in Economics from Cornell University. I am also a graduate of the University at Buffalo Law School. I admitted to the practice of law in New York and New Jersey. Currently, I am pursuing a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration at Stony Brook University. I enjoy mentoring and tutoring students. I have experience working with a variety of age groups. The subjects that I like to tutor are Reading and Writing. I...

...finding new artists and I play the drums myself. My teaching philosophy is heavily influenced by my engineering education. I rely on a Socratic, discussion-based method where I encourage my students to not only work through problems but to explain them back to me, to help build confidence in their own understanding of the material while cementing concepts in their minds. I also heavily emphasize developing intuition as opposed to rote memorization. If a student...

I work with students and parents to tailor lessons to make sure they're learning in their own best pace and style.

...choice I would ever reverse. And if, for now, qualities born of that experience must recommend me more than the usual benchmarks of achievement, they may be of more value anyway. Compassion and patience, with recourse to humor, are certainly invaluable for a tutor. I have always been able to do well in academic settings and test-taking. Much of this success derives from long-hours devoted to assignments and preparation, but no small part owes to...

...improve their areas of study. I am a patient and consistent tutor that does not hesitate to review techniques and questions over and over until the topic is clear. I am a native Spanish speaker who moved here during high school. My experience has allowed me to have an understanding of anyone who is an English Language Learning or trying to learn a language for the first time. I look forward to working with you...

...in for maternity leaves with two 3rd grade classes. Helping students one-on-one was definitely my favorite part of teaching! I observed how, in the group environment of the classroom, a struggling student will float through the day. Given individual focus, he/she retained more material, creating important scaffolding in their efforts to catch up to current material. During this time, I also began to build my skills as an artist bolstered by select classes at several...

...the Santa Rosa Junior College Writing Center where I conducted intensive one-on-one sessions with a broad range of students from new English learners to advanced literature students. I gained experience teaching essay structure, style, critical thinking, and reading comprehension. I got along well with my colleagues and learned to work with difficult students and set proper boundaries. I have also done extended work with graduate students assisting with thesis papers in English literature. My warm...

...five years experience tutoring this test and over 15 years teaching experience, and I get great results from the index card method. I show my students how to make custom index cards from all of the problems that they've missed on the test. The cards allow them to re-confront the questions which they missed on the practice tests, again and again, until the ideas and understandings that form the solution become integrated into their current...

...assist them with their writing and language. My goal is not just to help students edit their work, but rather to give them the tools to improve their current piece of writing and their writing in the future, their overall language fluency, and their critical understanding of the subject more broadly. I aim to help students succeed in the classroom and on their continued path through education. Learning to speak Italian has been one of...

...a radio station, tutored privately, and started an after school theatre program culminating in an end-of-year performance in English. In addition to tutoring, I currently devote my professional time and energy to theatre directing and producing. I am fascinated by the ways in which the arts can impact and enrich society in ways both big and small, and using this understanding to develop a culture of creativity and community. As a tutor, I find that...

...actress, dramaturg, and Shakespeare aficionado. I've recently returned from London where I was studying in the MA Theatre Lab at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Theatre has taken me abroad, and I have studied and performed in London and Italy, (La Mama Umbria). I have a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, where I studied theatre and Medieval literature. Sarah Lawrence gave me many opportunities outside the academic, amongst them was the opportunity to teach...

I have taught intellectual property law for the past two years and SAT preparation for the past 10 years. I am a great tutor because not only are my fundamental verbal and quantitative skills strong, but I am able to communicate my reasoning and problem solving skills quickly and clearly.... My teaching philosophy is to help empower students to stay calm and use what information they know to arrive at the correct answers on tests through...

...in high school, myself, where I volunteered as a "Big Brother", helping incoming freshmen adapt themselves to the more rigorous environment of St. Paul's. While an undergraduate at Columbia University, I taught SAT prep courses. I will be going to law school in the fall, and until then I am continuing my passion for teaching with Varsity Tutors! My tutoring style has always been to fit the lesson to the student. Whether you're studying for...

...style, I get the student to recall the basics of a subject, and to work through a problem by deconstructing the it and working out the areas that are easy for them, then offering assistance to get them on the right track to the answer. Outside of tutoring and college I enjoy reading, mainly in the genre of science-fiction, cooking almost everything that can be thought of, and I also enjoy play video games in...

...graduate of the University of Miami with a degree in English Literature and International Studies. I work with students from elementary to college level on Reading Comprehension,English, Essay Writing, Phonics, SSAT, and SAT test prep. As a tutor, I create individualized and goal oriented strategies for my students in order to facilitate their success. My interests include reading (unsurprisingly), running, cooking, and traveling; I recently studied abroad in Argentina and hope to see more of...

...College of William and Mary 2014 with a B.A. in Linguistics and History. Currently I am a M.A./Ph.D student in Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My current research deals with how language is used and how understanding can change in differing contexts, for example how people define what counts as a lie, and how our brains process emojis. At the University of Illinois, I've taught several linguistics courses, including the popular Linguistics...

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...University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and I am currently finishing up a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Montclair State University. Since graduating from Rutgers, I have taught virtually every academic subject (with the exception of foreign languages) to students ranging in age from 10 to 19. I also have extensive experience with all aspects of SAT and ACT preparation. I have the most experience tutoring math, and I try to...

...and novels, and one day hope to write them as well. I have been writing since I was thirteen and enjoy it immensely; I hold a Prose writing workshop at Hunter's literary magazine every Thursday. I love to walk around the city, as well as the outer boroughs, and discover new places. I feel like there's too much in New York City to go to the same places all the time. Music is implemented into...

...I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in History from San Jose State University in 2010 and capped it off with a Master’s Degree in Military History from Norwich University in 2013. In my downtime, I used to constantly tinker on my Ford Mustang. Unfortunately, the ‘stang could not make the trip back east, and is currently being store with my family in California. To occupy my free time, I binge watch hot rodding shows on the...