Scott
Certified Tutor
I earned a BA in English (Phi Beta Kappa; Departmental Honors) from The College of Wooster and a Master of Letters (Outstanding Service Award; 4.0 GPA) in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin College. As a professional teacher, I tutored for two years in suburban Washington, DC. In that role, I taught test preparation, composition, and reading comprehension for accelerated students. While in this position, I helped several students achieve perfect SAT verbal and writing sections, and specialized in college essay composition.
While completing my graduate degree, I ran weekly writing labs for ESL learners and first-generation college students in rural Virginia. Having worked with many types of learners, I believe in finding students' strengths, tailoring appropriate strategies, and giving them ownership over their own work. While I specialize in teaching academic writing, test preparation, and Shakespeare, I believe that struggling students can overcome any obstacle by learning repeatable methods to confidently approach problems. Outside of teaching, I work as a Shakespearean actor, freelance writer, and folk musician. In my spare time, I enjoy fitness, distance running, watching professional sports, and reading.
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Undergraduate Degree: The College of Wooster - Bachelor in Arts, English Literature
Graduate Degree: Mary Baldwin College - Unknown, Shakespeare and Performance
- SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1500
- SAT Math: 720
- SAT Verbal: 780
- GRE: 319
- GRE Verbal: 166
Acting, Shakespeare; Folk Music (Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, Accordion); Weight Training; Distance Running; Team Sports; Creative Writing; Academic Publishing; Irish and Scottish Culture.
- ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension
- ACCUPLACER WritePlacer
- Advanced Placement Prep
- College English
- College Essays
- Comparative Literature
- English
- English Grammar and Syntax
- Essay Editing
- Gifted
- Graduate Test Prep
- GRE Analytical Writing
- High School English
- Literature
- Other
- PSAT Critical Reading
- PSAT Writing Skills
- Public Speaking
- Reading
- SAT Reading
- SAT Subject Test in Literature
- SAT Subject Tests Prep
- SAT Writing and Language
- SSAT Prep
- SSAT- Upper Level
- Study Skills
- Study Skills and Organization
- Test Prep
- Writing