Award-Winning College Essays Tutors serving Washington DC

I am here to help you get through any standardized testing roadblocks that are preventing you from getting where you want to be in life, as well as to help you achieve greater knowledge and skill purely for your own value. I specialize in reading, writing, Mandarin, and Spanish, and I am happy to work with any skill level.

...better communicator and teacher. Though I did eventually stop scholastic tutoring to pursue my passion of healthy food and cooking, my learning and teaching has never and will never stop. True learning happens not with specific material or method but when the conditions are right. I am a great tutor because I make my clients feel safe and comfortable while gently pushing them to make connections within their own mind, rather than just talking at...

...been in counseling positions for the last 10 years. My approach involves spending some initial time discussing what the client's needs or concerns are in order to make sure I understand the goal. From there I discuss possible approaches, suggesting more than one to see what would work best for the client and motivate him/her the most, and then beginning the work. I try to make learning fun but am results oriented. Tutoring is a...

...somewhat of a mentor to these students and helped them with their resumes for jobs and their applications for graduate school. Also, during my experience as a Psychology graduate student, I have worked with many children, adolescents, and adults with carrying degrees of learning styles and learning abilities. Over time I have learned multiple skills, tips, and techniques to help students who may have trouble remembering things, organizing, and paying attention. My passion is to...

I specialize in tutoring Writing and the Humanities, having tutored for over three years at the Writing Center at the University of Maryland. I especially enjoy helping students overcome their anxiety and frustration about writing by breaking down the writing process into simple, manageable steps. My other specialties include helping high school students write college application essays, anything involving Literature or History, and the Baltimore Orioles.

...public schools with K-5 students, teaching and tutoring ESL to adult learners in DC, tutoring and co-teaching a 3rd grade classroom in Nicaragua, and teaching a 2nd grade class in Liberia. I'm comfortable not only with tutoring, but also as a teacher, using a curriculum (including Common Core standards) to craft an individualized learning plan for a student and finding a variety of resources and lesson plan strategies that fit their learning styles to help...

...mistakes. As someone who has a strong background in both the natural sciences and the humanities, I love exposing students to different ways of thinking so that they can develop a unique learning method based on their own interests and experiences. Regardless of whether I'm helping students prepare for a standardized test or debating deep philosophical questions, I encourage them to feel passionate about learning and to consider how they can apply it to real...

...of my peers as nearly finished; however, the learning process is always ongoing and changing. Learning happens every day and it is often unseen or even unknown to many people. My personal philosophy is also my personal philosophy in playing/watching sports: the fundamentals and little things are the big things. Whether it is playing ultimate frisbee, basketball, football, by doing the small things correct and consistently, then we open ourselves to greatness. In addition, being...

...I make time. Helping others is a natural part of me, and I have focused on helping others since childhood. Throughout my schooling career, I have tutored and mentored students because I believe in the cliché: the children are our future. For me, nothing is more exciting than witnessing the moment when a child realizes that he or she is learning. I have a fun tutoring style, as I know how cumbersome it is to...

I graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Romance Languages and Literatures and I'm excited to help you with Spanish and French language and literature! I have experience teaching high school Spanish, teaching English as a foreign language in Latin America and tutoring college-level French.

...Hopkins, I am a News and Features Editor for the school paper so I have a keen interest in journalism and am competent at writing and editing. I also read quite a bit, enjoying great works ranging from Paradise Lost by John Milton to The Complete Works of Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, playing piano and playing minesweeper on the computer. I am excited to work in...

...by degree with many years of teaching experience with students from kindergarten to community college. Along with Latin, I have taught a wide range of subjects from history, art history, the Humanities, English and English Composition, Essay writing, organizational and note taking skills, to drums and guitar. I am also available to tutor in Spanish up through 1st year College level. I am committed to my student's success and do not believe in teaching to...

...experience working with students age 8 to 45, mostly in Science, Math and Spanish. In undergrad as a Nutrition major at UNC Chapel Hill, I took took elective courses in Spanish and Biology, along with the Chemistry minor that I was required to complete. My Math background comes from attending a rigorous Science and Math boarding school, the North Carolina School of Science and Math(NCSSM) where I completed 5 courses of college-level mathematics. In graduate...

...and Organizational Psychology and its contributions to the community at large. Learning is a continuous process. Now, organizations are taking it upon themselves to consistently train employees in order to maintain a strategic edge. Learning, however, is not a passive process. Engagement, learner control, learning orientation, situational and individual differences all play a strategic role in the learning process. My goal is to help individuals better understand the learning process as a whole; developing the...

...acquired practical and useful standardized test-taking knowledge and study skills that I am eager to share with my future students! I also specialize in the areas of complex literary analysis and reading comprehension; vocabulary enrichment; creative writing; argumentative writing; construction of research papers; MLA and APA citation; literary theory; resume writing, and many other related fields. As an educator, I am well-versed in the latest teaching practices and methods and pride myself in my ability...

...organize and prioritized information. I also emphasize writing skills for students. Every class I have ever taught has completed a writing assignment. As a talented writer myself, I have the skills to work with students to improve their writing abilities. I work with them on style and content. I am very familiar with MLA and Chicago styles. I teach my students how to formulate a thesis, or an argument; how to use evidence to test...

...presented my research at numerous conferences. I have taken seminars on classroom best practices at University of Houston in summer 2017. Additionally, I attended the first American Political Science Association teaching and learning symposium on classroom education in November 2018. This background in political science and law and society has equipped me for tutoring in a number of areas - specifically government, political science, philosophy, and US constitutionalism. I am also well equipped for essay...

...focus on Deaf Education. Since graduation, I have become a Florida Certified Teacher and currently work for the Palm Beach County School District with Exceptional Student Education. I have participated in after-school educational programs and interned as a camp counselor at Camp Endeavor, a non-profit educational summer camp for DHH children ages 7-17 in Dundee, FL. In my experience I have educated students with intellectual, emotional-behavioral, and specific learning disabilities; I address each of their...

...that includes both the sharing of knowledge and the sharing of vulnerability in a desire and openness to learn. I work to incite a stronger desire to learn in all of my students, whether that comes in the form of taking on challenging projects, creating self-work, collaborating with others, or continuing in academic atmospheres--none of them are mutually exclusive. I have worked internationally and with students of different languages in various topics, including groups of...

...mathematics (basic arithmetic, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Trig, AP Statistics) for 3 years and have taught/coached mathematics teachers. I have experience with curriculum development and design and currently work in education policy. Learning is so fun once you realize it doesn't have to be difficult or boring and it's lifelong for me! There is no teaching without learning. No excuses! Just do it! I'm here with you and we will conquer the content!... There is...