...recently graduated with a Master's degree in Biology from the University of Central Florida and hold a B.S. in Neuroscience with a minor in Psychology from Western Washington University. During graduate school, I taught college biology courses and mentored undergraduate students who were applying to graduate school. It is meaningful to me to provide resources, support, and confidence to students so they can achieve their future goals. I am particularly passionate about working with students...
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...am a graduate of Rice University (B.A. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, History) and Emory University (MPH). Through my undergraduate and graduate studies, I have tutored students in various subjects in one-on-one and group tutoring sessions. I am fluent in Spanish and English and enjoy teaching and tutoring students in Spanish, History, English, Algebra I and II, Calculus, Biology and Chemistry. I have personal experience and tutor for the following standardized exams: AP, IB, SAT,...
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...have been an educator for 12 years and a lover of literature my entire life. As an educator, my favorite thing is to help someone understand how to find joy (or at least comfort) in reading and writing. I believe that these skills open the entire universe to a person, whether it be in a fictional realm or in the boardroom. I received my BS in English Education at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC,...
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...graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2013 with a degree in Music Education. I spent the entire next academic year tutoring math full-time at Lawrence High School in Lawrence, MA, as part of Match Education's "Match Corps." I am currently pursuing graduate studies at Tufts University. In addition to tutoring (privately as well as with Match Corps), I have experience leading classrooms of elementary to high school aged students, in schools ranging from...
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...enjoy helping students by explaining concepts in ways that make sense to them, by eliciting their feedback and tailoring my approach to their individual needs, and by conveying my enthusiasm for the learning process. It's great to see the light come on and to see their progress. I have an undergraduate degree in Politics from Princeton, a post-baccalaureate certificate in Quantitative Studies for Finance from Columbia, and an MBA from London Business School. I served...
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING 2001-2006: B.Sc. in Clinical Psychology, SUNY College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (Mentor: Michael G. MacLean) 2006-2009: M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Mentor: Laurie Chassin) 2009-2013: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Mentor: Laurie Chassin) 2013-2015: T-32 Postdoctoral Alcohol-Research Fellowship, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia (T32-AA013526; Mentors: Kenneth J. Sher and Dennis K. Miller) 2015-2016:...
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...received my B.S. in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin, my M.A. in Medical Sciences from Boston University, and am currently a medical student in Virginia. In addition to my educational experience, I have nearly five years of work experience in the biomedical field. My expertise lies in the life sciences and standardized testing. I have tutored the MCAT, SAT, ACT, and GRE. I understand the importance of attaining high scores on standardized...
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...a college writing and ESL teacher, I have the expertise to help any high school or university student who needs help in an English-related field. I'm not just an experienced teacher, either; as a current PhD candidate at UT Dallas, I am staying sharp and up to date on the subjects that I tutor. Are you struggling with a high school English class? I've taught 9th grade ELA. Are you struggling with a college ESL...
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...be a Masters student at University of Oxford this coming fall. I graduated from Dartmouth College with a double major in Biology and Studio Art, and spent last year as a research fellow studying comparative cognition in New Zealand. My research interests and background include human and animal psychology, evolutionary biology, and ecology. My strengths in communications and art include writing, digital and traditional visual art, 2D and 3D animation, and UI/UX design. I've worked...
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...have my Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from Strayer University and my Bachelor's Degree in Biology from the University of Georgia. I spent three years teaching middle and high school students in math and science at a private school, where I also served as vice principal. Prior to that, I spent a year abroad, teaching students of all ages English. During my high school and college career, I tutored students in a variety of subjects,...
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I have a B.A. from Columbia University, and an M.A. from Stanford University. I have years of experience both at the high school and collegiate level in tutoring reading and writing. I am passionate about children's education and excited to help students learn!
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...a tutor, I aim to make learning exciting and relevant to children. One of the greatest challenges facing young students is that information is presented to them in a stale, inaccessible way. Specifically in the context of standardized testing, they are asked to memorize and regurgitate information without truly grasping its content; such a style makes it impossible for students to approach unfamiliar problems and think critically, and often contributes to their discouragement and their...
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...am a recent law graduate of Howard University School of Law. While I was in law school, I was the Managing Editor of the Barrister Newspaper. I have a BA in Political Science and a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan. Over the years, I have garnered experience in teaching and tutoring. While I was at Michigan, I volunteered with the student organization, Intellectual Minds Making a Difference, by tutoring...
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I have a BA in Chemistry from Yeshiva University and recently finished an MA in Chemistry from Columbia University. I was a TA for organic chemistry lab/lecture and have done a bunch of other tutoring as well. Obviously chemistry rocks, but I also enjoy tutoring SAT and GRE math!... I'd figure out our end goal, and then outline a plan to get there.... I'd break it down into smaller pieces or use analogies, but sometimes just...
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...am a fourth-year medical student at the University of Illinois College of Medicine with a Bachelors of Science in Neuroscience, going into the field of Psychiatry. I love teaching and helping others and have many years of experience tutoring elementary school, middle school, and high school students and often helped my fellow peers in college with their subject matter. I am passionate about Science, Math, and English and love tutoring all my subjects! I am...
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...am a graduate of University of California, San Diego. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a focus on International Relations, and a minor in Philosophy. Since graduation, I've been interning at a policy think-tank in Washington, D.C. I really enjoy tutoring a broad range of subjectsfrom math to test prep to writingbecause it keeps me intellectually active and on my toes. I really like to tutor by leading my partner through...
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...I am a graduate of Colgate University, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. At Colgate, I was involved in the Hamilton Central School Tutoring Program, through which I was responsible for team tutoring 10 elementary-aged students in French on a weekly basis. After graduation, I worked at Hanover Research in Washington, D.C., where I worked to support student achievement by conducting primary and secondary research for school districts across the country. Currently,...
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...received my MA and MPhil in American Politics with a focus on American Political History from Columbia University and am presently finishing my PhD work there. I have been tutoring and teaching in this area for six years and have more than ten years of tutoring experience all told. My students' success is my own success; helping you grasp challenging concepts is deeply rewarding to me. My specialties are in GRE Prep, History, Analytical Reading/Writing,...
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...believe that the best way to learn anything is through active engagement and hands on experience. Often, our instructors will not give us the opportunity or proper context to become motivated to get involved in our education. I seek to aid others in their understanding and development by contextualizing what they are learning and thus providing the an answer to the "why," and not just the "how," that can really aid in internalizing difficult topics.
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...passionate about learning. I was fortunate to have great teachers at the University of Chicago in my graduate education, and at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in my undergraduate education. I try to relate whatever subject I am tutoring to the real world. Learning is a lot easier and fun if students see the relevance to their lives. I am a very patient person, and I believe that making mistakes is often when the most...
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Recent GRE Verbal Tutoring Session Notes
Exam verbal practice: reading comprehension strategies (word circling/underlining, process of elimination). Next time, we'll practice scansion and vocab questions.
Worked through first 14 verbal questions on the Verbal practice test #1 from the Review book, with special attention to word roots, trigger words, and finding conclusions (review of techniques introduced since beginning tutoring.)
Today, the student and I discussed strategies for the sentence completion and passage sections. We primarily reviewed the verbal section of the exam. We also discussed how to write a good essay, quickly.
The student and I went over the general format of the verbal section of the test. This session, we focused specifically on building vocabulary skills, using resources like the prep books and other prep websites. We focused on sentence equivalence questions, and worked with a variety of strategies for answering these questions (process of elimination, predicting an answer, identifying context clues, etc.).
The student has requested that we focus on the verbal portion of the test, as she is comfortable with the quantitative section. We worked on strategies for the sentence completion type of questions. She is struggling with vocabulary a bit, so I suggested that she study from a list of "word families" which groups related words rather than trying to memorize individual definitions for a long list of words because she is taking the test in less than a month.
Today the student had her book, so we went over the prep book's section on Verbal Reasoning, the section of the GRE on which the student thought she'd need the most work. We did many sample problems of all types of question on this section. She has a good grasp of the mechanics of the questions, and of the reading comprehension sections; she does need to work on her vocabulary, which is the element of the verbal section that we will focus on going forward.
