Award-Winning College Essays Tutors serving White Plains, NY

...Health. I received my B.A. in Psychology and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University. In high school, I was selected by my teachers to tutor classmates in Chemistry, Physics, and Geometry. I helped students with homework problems and with test preparation (both for in-class exams and for the SAT Subject Tests). As an undergraduate, I was a teaching assistant for introductory Russian, and worked with students both in group and in individual sessions. My academic background...

...an artist and techie, I frequently call on both my creative and analytical sides when teaching and developing curriculum, especially in the areas of science-arts. Some of my fondest moments have been when a student mastered a complicated skill or concept with ease because they were so highly focused on the "fun" project or experiment. I bring this same creativity and passion to all disciplines from literature and history to science and scholarly research.

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...am currently gearing up for Graduate School to obtain my Masters Degree. I have worked in various classroom settings and have spent time tutoring as well. I love fostering strong relationships with the students I work with and watching them succeed. My teaching philosophy and style is based on confidence. If my student is confident in themselves, then they will be able to do their best work. I believe that all my students are deserving...

...only child of a book publisher and librarian, I had to get my rebellion in somewhere. But ever since I was introduced to Kurt Vonnegut in college, reading has been an obsession. I've spent years trying to force this love into gum snapping high school students, and when I see that spark of awareness that some of us get from reading great books, it makes up for all the swings and misses on students who...

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...I thoroughly enjoy. From casual tutoring of peers during my undergraduate career to tutoring full-time after graduation, the cognitive process is something that has always intrigued me and tutoring allows me to witness it firsthand. My specialties include Macro/Microeconomics, Finance, Accounting and Business Management. I am a graduate of the University of Central Florida where I earned Bachelor's Degrees in Economics & Finance. The nature of an economy and how individual decisions come together to...

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...tutor with over five years of tutoring experience. I am currently a medical student at Columbia University. I graduated with high distinction from Duke University, receiving the honors of Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. I majored in Biology with a concentration in Cell and Molecular Biology and a minor in Chemistry. In addition to tutoring math and science, I also greatly enjoy helping students with SAT prep and college essay writing. I worked...

...Shakespeare plays and ended with the novels of Dickens, Joyce, and Nabokov). Both classes required a great deal of writing. My Humanities students had short weekly essays for the small 'writing section' and longer essays for the primary texts. My English students, meanwhile, were required to write independent theses on literary works of their choosing. I enjoyed helping my students to conceive, compose, proofread, and revise these essays. At Portsmouth Abbey, I learned that a...

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I am currently pursuing my PhD in clinical psychology, and I tutor children, teens, and young adults in the areas of psychology, biology, and writing. ... I believe it is important to bring out the best qualities in a child. Education is not just about teaching information, but leading children to develop independent thought and beneficial curiosity.... I would assess the student's knowledge of the subject by asking beginner, intermediate, and advanced questions about the subject....

...of course, we would go through the problem together and search for where the student might have gone wrong), that s/he can walk into the class or test knowing that s/he is capable of finding answers. In my experience, the most frightening subject is that which one feels they have no knowledge past the question. As a musical theater actor, I am obviously interested in singing and dancing as well. In high school, along with...

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...ability in their stated subjects as much as they do your ability to take those tests. Therefore, it is critically important to teach not just the basic skills, but the ability to succeed on the test as well. I have been very successful in significantly raising students' scores in the past, and I look forward to doing the same for you. When I'm not teaching, my hobbies are skiing, boating, and spending time with my...

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