Jamie: Medford tutor

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After acquiring my BSBA from Boston University and a few years of work experience, I enrolled in a Master of Science for Quantitative Finance (STEM) at Northeastern University from Sept. 2023 to Dec. 2024. It was here that I worked as a graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) for both undergraduate and graduate students and was chosen by my professor to serve as a peer-to-peer presenter for the MathWorks Lab for FinTech and Quantitative Business Analysis, where I developed a lesson plan for graduate students in the program and conducted a walkthrough of the coding script that applied the concepts from the presentation slides. Concepts I taught as a TA and presenter covered introduction to finance, financial models, multi-variable calculus, stochastic processes, bayesian statistics, etc. While my favorite subjects to explore are calculus and programming, any quantitative material is certainly in my comfort zone.

As a TA, I found it incredible rewarding whenever I was able to help students grasp concepts that once felt out of reach. Witnessing how I could help transform student's frustration into enlightenment were some of the best moments I've had while tutoring. I view my tutoring style as a team effort rather than a lecturing session. I worked with a diverse student body at Northeastern University, and I often recognized this as a diversity of thought when it came to learning new concepts. I believe it is essential to understand and accommodate students' individual needs and preferred learning styles in order to be more effective in helping them gain a thorough understanding of complex or challenging material.