Award-Winning Essay Editing Tutors in Santa Monica, CA

...and Sustainable Development at Columbia University. I have experience tutoring most subjects, but my strengths are test prep, studying and time management skills, and reading, writing, and critical thinking skills at any level. I love helping students find the way that works best for them to approach problem solving and learning. I am very interested in education and have experience working with both children and young adults in New York public schools as well as...

...that education can (and should) be fun, and that teaching and tutoring are much more effective when the student is happy and engaged. My approach to tutoring is to listen carefully to each student so I can get a sense of what it is about the particular subject that they find challenging. I enjoy teaching, and I have tutored Spanish to native English speakers as well as taught English as a Second Language (ESL) for...

...any student looking to improve their grades, their confidence, and their educational experience. I greatly enjoy watching my students improve their logical thinking processes, become clearer written communicators and, of course, see higher grades! I believe that writing is a skill similar to any other: with practice, dedication, and a little help, anyone can become a clear, effective writer. In addition to my experience with one-on-one tutoring, I have also taught reading, public speaking, and...

I have worked both as a volunteer tutor helping underprivileged students and as a private in-home tutor. I have mainly tutored students in math, helping them break down unclear textbook material into understandable steps. I enjoy using my understanding of the subject matter to help others understand it better. I have a B.S. from UCLA in marine biology.

...variety of different age groups and levels. For tutoring I like to incorporate different ideas, activities, and even other subjects into the lesson. I feel sometimes it may be difficult for the student to understand and grasp hard concepts, but I help them by giving them visuals, getting them involved, and connecting the concepts to personal interests and familiar ideas. In my free time, I like to explore the city (it's still very new to...

...studying Spanish formally now for 8 years, and have spent more than 10 months living, working, and studying in Ecuador. Having learned the language in high school and college as a second language learner, I know the challenges of learning a foreign language, and am familiar with how Spanish is taught in the classroom. I often find that second language learners make better language tutors as we have had to learn and memorize all of...

...read and evaluated over 1,000 admissions essays written by high school students, interviewed hundreds of college admissions applicants, and participated in numerous Admissions Committee meetings at which admissions decisions were made. I have also taught high school students preparing for the Georgia High School Graduation Test and coordinated the student workers in the Office of Admission at Sarah Lawrence College. My favorite subjects by far are History and Religion (obviously, or I wouldn't be getting...

...all As, scoring in the 99th percentile on the SAT, and graduating from the prestigious Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with an Ivy League degree, I had developed a self-discipline and work ethic that had me prepared for anything. I spent the last year working at an investment bank in New York, where I would regularly work fifteen hour days and received extremely favorable performance reviews. While in college, I mentored inner-city middle...

...especially enthusiastic about helping students with this subject because developing the ability to communicate clearly will benefit them far beyond their high school English classes. Regardless of the subject being tutored, I am eager to relay the critical thinking and test- taking strategies that I developed at Duke and that I wish I would have had in my learning arsenal much sooner. I am confident that by sharing what I've learned as both a student...

...in Foreign Service (International Relations). My studies focused on linguistics and politics, and I am thrilled to use that knowledge to continue tutoring students in a range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences. I have tutored for four years, working with middle and high school students in D.C. and Madrid on speech and debate, Spanish, and English as a second language. I focus on building confidence just as much as grasping content, a...