Award-Winning Finance Tutors in Crestwood, IL

...leaders, whether that be in the classroom, on the playing field, or in their community. My time as a youth soccer coach and tutor of my little brother and his friends has further bolstered my love of teaching. Given my extensive experience and longtime passion for math and applied math subjects, I feel I can...

...I am especially passionate about teaching students optimal test-taking strategies for conquering standardized tests and honing their critical thinking skills. I believe that education is not only necessary for being successful academically and professionally, but also capable of enriching one’s life experiences. In my spare time, I enjoy playing guitar, skateboarding, and reading.

...experience tutoring students (from Jr. High to the PhD level) who do not speak English as their first language. I would love to work with you! My focus is on equipping students with the transferrable tools and skills that they need to be successful both on the material that we are working on together, as...

...level in the UK, and have also tutored a wide variety of subjects to students at various skill levels back here in Chicago. I truly enjoy helping students reach their goals and maintain their motivation toward success, and I believe that the best tutoring experience begins with the tutor properly determining the needs and goals...

...pursue. To push that philosophy, my teaching style is Socratic. Students learn best by teaching and doing, not by being spoon fed information. Certainly, sometimes they need a helping hand, and other times they need to be in an environment like tutoring where they are allowed to be wrong without penalty. Failure is a vital...

...desire to teach and bring out the best in my students in their tests. My teaching method is very simple, built on patience and is completely stress free for the student to learn. I believe in bringing out the best through the most logical and simple approach to learning. Lets get it done.... Simple, logical and patient. I believe math, science, and any other subject follow simple rules. If applied patiently and with logic it will produce great results. This can be totally stress-free learning and that is my philosophy.

...to meet nearly all scheduling needs. I would describe myself as laid-back, easy to talk to, and dedicated--I've had great success with nearly all my former students. Recently, one of my students placed into an excellent charter school after tutoring with me last year; the students was three grade levels behind, and I attribute much...

...University of Wisconsin-Madison, and more recently completed my MBA program at the University of Southern California. My business school classmates and I took pride in offering group tutoring in subjects such as stats, economics, finance, etc., and I still feel ardently that the best way to fully understand a subject is to teach it! I...

...most important teaching strategy is to get to know the student and understand how they see the challenges they are facing. With that in mind, I look for ways to create a customized strategy that creates success by building on the skills of the student and tackling roadblocks in a steady and deliberate way.... The foundation of good teaching is understanding a student in two ways: 1. their specific goals around the subject (how will they use it), and 2. what related experiences have they had that can be used as analogies to help retention and understanding of difficult new concepts? Building a plan around those two dimensions increases the likelihood of a successful teaching effort.

...class assistant for Differential Equations for 3 semesters, where I organized and led study sessions, graded assignments, etc. At different points in my college career, I also worked as a mentor for Calculus 1-3 and a project manager for a higher level engineering course. Currently, I work as a derivatives trader in Chicago, so I'm...