Award-Winning GMAT Tutors in Oakland, CA

I earned my PhD in Humanities in the History of Consciousness program at UC Santa Cruz in 2012, and have since been teaching classes in the arts, writing, philosophy, and environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz. I love teaching and working with people to improve their confidence in thinking, analysis, and writing. I love to surf, bike, and take my dogs to the beach.

...students shy away from the core concepts in physics and, preferring instead to learn only the specific problems assigned. This can result in the confusion when the student is confronted with a new problem. For this reason, I first ensure that the student grasps the basic concepts, and I then illustrate the concepts with a variety of examples. Learning in this way leads to a more thorough understanding of the subject and gives the student...

...companies, UC Berkeley, UC Berkeley's Summer Bridge Program, and as a freelance political science/calculus tutor (there's more overlap than you think). In 2014, my paper "Set Theory and Fuzzy Sets: Their Relationship to Natural Language" was published in the Newsletter of the American Political Science Association Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research. I'm fond of good food and bad puns. In my free time, I wish I had more free time.... My goal is to create an environment in which I learn as much from my students as my students learn from me.

...of private, one-on-one tutoring with students ranging in ages from 7th grade through adult learners, college-level review courses, and even teaching SAT prep courses. My students find me very relatable, and I've heard from several students that having someone close to their own age work with them has been really beneficial to their learning. I look forward to working with you in the future! Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions you might...

...at Columbia University, majoring in Computer Science. I obtained my bachelor degree at University of International Business and Economics in China. During the last five years, I've been a Teaching Assistant and a private tutor for topics in Math, English Tests, and Chinese, as well as Computer Science. My tutoring style is for my students to learn new knowledge while having fun. Outside of academia, I enjoy playing the piano and traveling.... Have fun while learning.

...grade-bearing assignment. I am a creative teacher, successfully finding ways to best help the student learn, in accordance with their learning style. For example, I encouraged my current student of French to learn to conjugate verbs while throwing a ball, and it worked very well for him as he is a kinetic learner. I am an enthusiastic tutor and enjoy teaching, and it shows. I am diligent and conscientious, for example going overtime to provide...

...minors in Biology and Chemistry from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. I completed my MD from American University of Antigua and am currently preparing for my USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Examination). I have taught high school Sciences in the past and can teach most Math through Calculus. While at Marquette, I completed a congressional internship on Capitol Hill with David Obey (2003), so I also specialize in AP US History and AP Government.... My approach to teaching is to see that my students have a solid foundation in whatever they study and are able to move forward in the material. I believe science and mathematics are the foundations that we can see in the world around us.

...from a unique and interesting perspective, and that using their skill set to solve problems is much more successful than providing a general method that works for others. Motivation, stress, conceptual misunderstanding, poor study habits, lack of background knowledge, and lack of confidence are only some of the issues that hold students back from maximizing their potential, and I find great joy in developing a teaching method that assesses and corrects these issues. I love...

...way to help each individual student understand the concepts they are trying to master. In almost all cases, this has meant not only finding useful teaching devices that cater to each student's learning style, but also dealing with the extra-academic aspects of learning. The excitement I get from adapting to this diversity of student needs, along with my passion for helping students excel, have always made tutoring a great job for me. I am a...

...Dallas suburbs and then moved to Austin where I received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UT. During my time in college, I tutored high school students as well as ran a STEM-based after-school program for elementary students. Every student learns in differently, and it's important to find out what combination of teaching styles is most effective for each student. I adjust my methods accordingly to reach each student on an individual level.