Award-Winning GMAT Tutors in San Mateo, CA

...I have a total of 8 years of experience tutoring mathematics, particularly calculus. I also have 5 years of experience tutoring in the sciences, such as biology, chemistry, and physics. My experience has come in the form 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...

...have taught Chemistry and Biology courses at UC Berkeley as a lecturer and graduate student instructor (GSI). My enthusiasm and passion for teaching was recognized with the Outstanding GSI Award given by the Dean of Graduate Arts and Sciences to the top 9%. My goal as a tutor is to help each student reach their personal academic goals by teaching effective study habits and test taking strategies that can be applied to other subjects, as...

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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.

...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 the confidence necessary to excel on exams. In my free time I enjoy playing basketball and drumming with my friends. I also love to read, watch movies, and listen to music. I especially...

...my teaching philosophy to my mom - a college psychology professor prior to immigrating to the U.S. The methods she used to help me learn and to drive my curiosity still influence how I think and learn concepts today. From her, I learned that a meaningful education requires more than just knowing facts and how to find the right answers. A good teacher must help students recognize their individual learning styles, discover any flaws in...

...enjoy the challenge of opening student's eyes to the dynamic lives of the plants that dominate our environments and without which we could not survive. I enjoy working with students in a variety of situations. Clear concise writing is especially important skill in the sciences and I stress with my students the importance of being both precise and concise. When learning difficult concepts in ecological and biological sciences I try to create assignments for discussion...

...experience at private tutoring 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...

...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 GMAT tutor because I feel I'm now in a position to help prospective business school students with their challenges. The experience of preparing for the test taught me a lot of lessons about...

...a graduate student 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.