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Brian
PhD University of California-Santa Cruz • BA California Institute of Technology
9+ Years Tutoring

Caltech's economics program is heavily quantitative — Brian's coursework there meant building economic models with real calculus and statistical tools, not just sketching supply-and-demand curves. His computer science double major adds a computational edge that's particularly useful for students tackling game theory, optimization problems, or any econ course where the math suddenly gets serious. His 1580 SAT reflects the kind of analytical precision he brings to breaking down dense material.

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Milan
BA Stanford University
1+ Years Tutoring

Supply and demand curves are deceptively simple until students have to apply them to price ceilings, tax incidence, or market failures. Milan approaches economics the way he approaches code: by tracing the logic step by step and identifying exactly where an argument breaks down or a graph shifts.

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Jacob
BA The College of Charleston • Current Grad Student, Accounting The University of Southern California
9+ Years Tutoring

Jacob's accounting coursework at both the undergraduate and graduate level means he doesn't just understand supply-and-demand diagrams — he can connect microeconomic theory to actual financial statements and business decisions. He digs into concepts like elasticity, market structures, and GDP accounting with the quantitative rigor that makes economics click.

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Ziyu
BA California State University-Long Beach
9+ Years Tutoring

I'm an affable chemistry-loving person whose joy come from delivering knowledge :D

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Eric
BA Duke University
8+ Years Tutoring

As an economics major at Duke, Eric tackles everything from supply-and-demand fundamentals to more advanced topics like game theory, market structures, and macroeconomic policy. He connects abstract models to real-world examples that make concepts like elasticity or comparative advantage intuitive rather than formulaic. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Jennifer
Current Undergrad, Econom University of Pennsylvania
10+ Years Tutoring

Studying economics at Penn means Jennifer encounters supply-and-demand models, game theory, and macroeconomic policy frameworks on a daily basis — not as abstract concepts but as tools she actively uses. She unpacks ideas like elasticity, comparative advantage, and market equilibrium by tying them to real-world examples that make the logic intuitive. Students preparing for AP Econ or introductory college courses get someone who genuinely lives the material.

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Natalie
BA University of Pennsylvania
9+ Years Tutoring

Natalie's Health Care Management minor at Penn exposed her to microeconomic principles like supply and demand, cost-benefit analysis, and market structures — all through the lens of real industries. She breaks down economic models by connecting them to concrete examples students can actually picture, whether it's pricing decisions or how incentives shape behavior.

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Noel
BA University of Chicago
7+ Years Tutoring

Public policy analysis at the University of Chicago meant Noel spent his undergraduate years dissecting how economic principles — budget trade-offs, incentive design, cost-benefit frameworks — actually drive government decisions. That training makes him especially sharp on the macro side of economics, where fiscal policy and public spending aren't abstract textbook topics but the real-world problems he studied daily. Rated 4.9 by his students.

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Benjamin
Current Undergrad Student, Economics University of Chicago
8+ Years Tutoring

Studying economics at the University of Chicago — where the discipline's most influential modern ideas were developed — means Benjamin is immersed in microeconomic reasoning and market theory at a school that takes the subject unusually seriously. His 35 ACT and strong math background let him move comfortably between the graphical intuition of supply-and-demand analysis and the algebraic problem-solving that trips up students when courses start introducing equations. Rated 4.8 by his students.

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Andrew
BA Cornell University
6+ Years Tutoring

Cornell's Labor and Industrial Relations program is essentially applied economics — Andrew has spent semesters working through supply and demand modeling, labor market analysis, and cost-benefit frameworks. He breaks down concepts like elasticity and market equilibrium by tying them to real workforce data, making abstract theory tangible.

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Matt
BA University of Pennsylvania
9+ Years Tutoring

Matt's finance degree means he learned economics not as an isolated academic subject but as the engine behind investment decisions, corporate strategy, and market behavior — so when he teaches concepts like elasticity or market structures, he can show students where the theory actually lands. His SAT score of 1530 also signals the kind of sharp analytical reading that economics coursework demands, especially when students need to interpret dense graphs or parse tricky problem setups.

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Sarah
BA Northwestern University
9+ Years Tutoring

As an economics major at Northwestern, Sarah digs into the same core principles — scarcity, opportunity cost, market equilibrium, elasticity — that introductory students encounter for the first time. She translates abstract models into concrete examples, making supply-and-demand curves and production possibilities frontiers feel intuitive rather than mechanical.

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Conor
BA University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
8+ Years Tutoring

Supply and demand curves are easy enough to draw — the hard part is understanding elasticity, equilibrium shifts, and what happens when you layer in government intervention. Conor's dual background in mathematics and finance from the University of Pittsburgh means he can walk through both the graphical intuition and the underlying algebra that drives economic models.

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Eric
Current Undergrad Student, Economics Dartmouth College
6+ Years Tutoring

Studying economics at Dartmouth with a computational emphasis, Eric digs into both the theoretical models and the real-world data that test them. He's particularly effective at unpacking concepts like elasticity, comparative advantage, and market equilibrium — translating the math into plain-language reasoning that sticks.

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Rahi
Engineer Princeton University
7+ Years Tutoring

Three engineering degrees — including one in applied mathematics — mean Rahi is fluent in the quantitative side of economics that often catches students off guard: optimization problems, marginal analysis, and the calculus lurking behind supply and demand curves. He also tutors macroeconomics and accounting, so he can connect microeconomic theory to the bigger fiscal picture and the financial statements where these forces show up in practice.

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Benjamin
BA University of Notre Dame
5+ Years Tutoring

Supply and demand curves are simple enough on the surface, but the real challenge is applying them — shifting curves correctly, interpreting elasticity, or reasoning through market failures. Benjamin's Economics degree from Notre Dame gave him deep fluency with both micro and macro frameworks, and he teaches students to think through cause-and-effect chains rather than memorize graph shapes.

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