Award-Winning Graduate Test Prep Tutors serving Philadelphia, PA

...including mass transfer, heat transfer, statistics, and kinetics. I really care about each student I tutor and I believe that every student has the ability to succeed if they are dedicated. I usually only tutor one or two students at a time because then I have enough time to give each student the attention they deserve and I prepare extensively for each tutoring session so they are as productive as possible. My previous students have...

I believe that anyone can be great at anything they do they just need the right amount of preparation, the methods of learning that work best for them and the right amount of drive to succeed.

...Sciences with a concentration in organismal physiology. During my college years, I was a peer tutor who would help struggling classmates in many math and science subjects. I also served as a merit badge counselor in my Boy Scout troop, teaching scouts (ages 12-17) in subjects such as First Aid and Emergency Preparedness. These experiences inspired me to continue this passion, striving to make learning a fun, insightful, and a lifelong process while helping students...

...at Drexel University, I worked as a teaching assistant for a graduate level Anatomy course for a year. This included assisting students with cadaver dissections in gross lab, and tutoring students for the didactic portion of the course. Anatomy is not only my favorite course to tutor in, but also my favorite subject in biology. I find I never get bored teaching Anatomy, because even though we all have similar basic anatomical structures, no two...

...Science in Human Science, and I graduated with Honors with Distinction. While at Georgetown, I completed the pre-medical track and minored in Math. I'm an experienced standardized test taker, and I am passionate about helping students achieve their academic potential! I have tutored elementary school through college students in reading comprehension, math, SAT prep, and chemistry, and even started an afterschool engineering program for elementary school students. I am a strong proponent of framing intelligence...

...of creative artists and scholars, I love helping students to develop skills and practices that allow them to communicate and organize their ideas in the strongest, most effective ways. So many intelligent students haven't mastered the techniques required for academic writing. It's something that all instructors in higher education struggle with. Fortunately, anyone can learn how to take ideas and sculpt them into a compelling, concise, and elegant paper. As someone who grades dozens of...

...high school chemistry and general science, running labs, lessons, and anything else that was required. While doing that, I started teaching LSAT classes after work. Now, I'm a full time tutor, devoted to helping students score higher on tests and do better in classes. Because I've been a science teacher, I know how they think, why they do certain labs, and what they're likely to ask in tests. For LSAT, I've never worked with a...

...classroom setting. I attended Swarthmore College and have received a handful of fellowships for postgraduate research, including a US-UK Fulbright Award and a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship. My areas of competency include English, Art History, Rhetoric, Spanish, and French. I am also proficient in SAT, GRE, and GRE Subject Test in English. My first Master of Arts is in English from the University of Sussex (UK) and my second is in Rhetoric from...

...sciences for the Philadelphia School District. He has also worked as an SAT tutor and Social Science tutor at American University. He has worked in the Dominican Republic and Panama for USAID and Amigos De Las Americas, where he organized community development initiatives for rural villages. He has also worked as a community organizer with the Latino population of Washington, DC. Connor is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a masters...

...I'm also happy to assist students with math for test prep like the SAT and GRE. As a tutor I would consider my style to be supportive but challenging - I want my students to realize how capable they are, and to do that, they need to work! I believe in a relaxed and friendly environment but I know my clients' time is valuable, and we'll spend it as effectively as possible.

...medical student at Drexel University College of Medicine. I enjoy tutoring students of all ages, and have tutored elementary and middle schoolers in math and reading, college students in general chemistry, and have helped multiple students improve their college application essays. I scored in the top 3% for the SAT, ACT, and MCAT, and have mastered test-taking strategies. I am most interested in helping students with college applications and standardized testing prep, because I understand...

...I became a research assistant at the Lincoln Park Zoo, studying the behavior of chimpanzees and gorillas. I frequently interacted with zoo guests as I collected my data and enjoyed teaching them about ape behavior, care, and conservation. Most recently, I took on students in my hometown of West Windsor, NJ as I prepared my Master's thesis for publication in a scientific journal. Motivating the next generation to be enthusiastic scholars and engaged citizens is...

Over the last few years I have had the pleasure of tutoring some of the most athletically talented students at Temple University. The best part of the job has always been the teammate like relationship we form when setting academic goals together and then reaching them for the student using tools tailored to the student's study style and needs. ... I believe the student's goals for the class are what drives our productivity, so it is...

...I particularly like tutoring biology because there seems to always be something more to learn or further understand. Through collaborative effort and learning, understanding the very principles and functions of our own bodies can be easy and fun! Beyond science, I love the outdoors and hiking, and am also huge sports fan. I still play ice hockey and am know to sometimes get absorbed in a good tv show or movie on a Sunday afternoon.

...how it feels to hit roadblocks, but I have also gained valuable experience about how to overcome them. What kind of learner are you? Visual? Kinesthetic? Don't know? Let's figure it out, and then study in a way that works for you. Lets talk it out, draw it out, make up fun mnemonics-- whatever it takes to meet your goal and ace that test, and more importantly, to learn it for GOOD. I am so...

...graduation, I have substitute taught, I have worked as a classroom aid through Extended School Year, I have had my own 5th and 6th grade classrooms, and I have worked in a daycare setting as a pre-school teacher. When I am teaching or tutoring, I think it is important that my students reach the answer or conclusion on their own, with only as much assistance as they need from me. I myself can take some...

...math education. (If it's not obvious, I have a thing for math.) I was a math tutor at my university for three years. I tutored education majors taking a rigorous mathematics content course. So not only did I tutor math, but I tutored for a course designed to provide students with the knowledge to be effective teachers. This has equipped me with the necessary pedagogical understanding to patiently and knowledgeably explain complicated subjects in easy-to-grasp...

4th year medical student. can help improve your MCAT score. I've been teaching it for years now as well as other basic and advanced science courses. I'm very flexible with meeting times and prefer to meet over zoom so I can draw on screen. I find the visual learning helps. good luck and hope you have a great time at varsity tutors MCAT score was 512 not 12 lol

...of Chicago, where I graduated top of my class in philosophy, I tutored math, and I spearheaded a program that taught philosophy to middle and high schoolers. Also in college I took coursesand received top marksin creative writing, argumentative writing, and speech writing. After graduating, I spent a year teaching high school English and test prep in Colorado. I have a deep passion for teaching and subsequently seeing my students light up as they succeed....

I am a recent graduate from Spelman College with a B.A. in English and French. I was a French tutor and Writing Center tutor during my time at Spelman. I graduated with honors and in the top ten of my class, so I am knowledgeable about my areas lf study. I am a good listener and will tailor our sessions to how you would best learn. In my spare time, I love to read, write,...