Award-Winning College Essays Tutors serving Washington DC

...My teaching and tutoring style is simple; there is no one size fits all approach. I believe each student has unique needs and there are a myriad of strategies that can be employed to ensure a student’s needs are being met. Learning styles range as well as cultural differences. These factors among others reinforce the importance to approach every teaching or tutoring situation with an open mind. There is truly more than one way to...

...achieve their full learning potential. I recently moved back home after teaching fourth grade at the American International School of Bolivia for two years. My experience teaching a class of 27 students, some of whom had been diagnosed with learning disabilities, has helped me develop a variety of tools and strategies to help students learn in the most effective and engaging ways possible. Every student learns differently, and I enjoy using data and feedback to...

...students present to me every day. Whether at the college or high school level, I have always tried to make my classroom student-centereda place where students are not passive listeners but active agents in their own learning. Tutoring enables me to empower students even further as agents in their own education. While I love teaching in a classroom setting, tutoring students one-on-one provides a special opportunity to personalize lessons. As a writing tutor, I am...

...not only means to succeed in school but to become a lover of knowledge. This philosophy has guided me since I started tutoring freshman year in college. My strengths lie in reading, writing, and all things humanities. I have a genuine love for tutoring and the subjects I teach, and I aim to create an open, informative, and effective atmosphere with my students, one that can shape them into philosophers or true lovers of knowledge.

...emphasizes big picture ideas and building a student's sense of intuition. My best professors and teachers have emphasized that it takes more than memorization to be a good learner. Likewise, I try to make students comfortable with the subjects that they learn and help them feel like they're capable of navigating subjects on their own when studying, practicing, or doing homework. Some of my subjects include Economics, English, World History, and Chinese. Because my professional...

I received my Bachelor's Degrees in English Education and Theatre from Towson University. I love to tutor because I care about my students. I tune in to their level of understanding and work at whatever pace they need so that they can gain full comprehension of the material. ... In a typical first session, I really like to discuss your interests. I want to know what lights you up, so that our sessions can be the...

...learning, books, English, history, philosophy, words, and the beauty, logic, and subtleties of language. I am a creative teacher by trade and by nature, and find great satisfaction and joy in bringing out the best in my students. For me, few thrills equal the amazing symmetry, the intense dynamism, of the teacher-student relationship. I appreciate the challenges of teaching, and do not rest until my students "found what they are looking for."

...Georgetown, I studied business (accounting and finance) and mathematics in college. I've always loved learning and like reading about an array of subjects, from chemistry to history. I also love to work with students, and have participated in various tutoring programs and teaching assistant positions throughout college. Outside of school, I like to travel around and take adventures in and around the area, exploring museums and parks and cafes. I also enjoy playing the piano,...

...B.A. in Philosophy and Spanish. Since I was 15, I have helped students from 12-22 comprehend Spanish. I also tutor in personal statements, philosophy essays, and general essay writing for college students. My favorite section of the LSAT was Logic Games, so I tutor in this area as well. Spanish is my passion, as I have been studying it since I was in the 7th grade. Spanish provides endless learning, thanks to its many cultures...

...American Literature, and a MA in International Relations. I have three years of experience teaching ESL in Taipei, Taiwan, to students of all ages, including adult business classes. I also worked for two years as an editor and writer with Caves Books Publishing in Taipei, on a range of English Language grammar curriculum materials. I enjoy teaching, as well as the dynamic and interaction that comes with being in a classroom and school community.

...for a public interest law firm in Washington, DC. I have experience tutoring students at several different age levels. During my time at Dartmouth, I served as a study group leader in Governmental Statistics, where I reviewed homework assignments with students, explained central concepts and formulas used in statistics, and helped students prepare for their final projects conducting real world statistical observations. It was an incredibly awarding experience watching the student's grades improve with the...

I am a rising college sophomore. I enjoy tutoring students of all ages. Aside from tutoring, I play basketball at the college level. After college I would like to attend law school in hopes of becoming a corporate lawyer. Overall, I really do enjoy helping people, whether it's with tutoring or otherwise. Later on life, I want to open an orphanage to raise kids.

...students from myriad cultural backgrounds in the Washington, D.C. area and abroad; overall, I have consistently facilitated success for various veterans at universities such as Georgetown and Maryland in writing fluid documents after sundry deployments abroad as those budding scholars have striven ardently to re-integrate into American society. In business contexts, I teach grammatically-correct clarity in speaking and writing, including accent reduction, and maintain a particular knack for instructing argumentation; I have tutored executives at...

...to realize their full potential. Tutoring is something that I have always done to give back to my community. I have been a tutor since I was in middle school and now as an attorney, I enjoy tutoring just as much as I did when I first started, if not more. I have worked with students from all cultural and economic backgrounds and enjoy sharing my passion for learning with others. I have tutored in...

...currently finishing a two-year contract with Teach for America program in Memphis, where I teach first grade. I have worked with upper elementary students (grades 3-5) as well as high school students. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about tutoring reading, writing, and history. I believe in building relationships with students and making learning as fun and productive as possible! In my spare time, I enjoy jogging with dog...

My major strength as a tutor is my ability to demystify advanced material by breaking it down into simple pieces using everyday language. I impress upon students that the only thing that makes a topic easy or difficult is whether they know it already, and my job is to help them turn difficult topics into easy ones. I emphasize effort over ability.