Award-Winning Graduate Test Prep Tutors serving Somerville, MA

...I'm a teacher with an educational Master's degree from Harvard University. My background is in the liberal arts: the humanities, history, philosophy and logic, language-learning (ESL and German), as well as psychology and introductory neuroscience. In the past I've also worked with learners on prepping for standardized tests, including the SATs, GREs, and TOEFL. My teaching approach is responsive and 100 percent student-centered. I look forward to working one-on-one with you to help clarify your...

I am currently a second year MA student at Boston College in philosophy! I have tutored for over 3 years at the collegiate level. I graduated with Honors from Florida State University with a BA in English. I have tutored English, writing, writing for research, literature, philosophy, and GRE prep! I hope to be a philosophy professor in the near future.

...Worcester, MA. This is also where I began tutoring as part of a volunteer tutoring program at a local elementary school. I loved working one-on-one with the children, teaching them Reading, Spelling, or Math and watching their improvement week by week. But most of all, I loved seeing what a difference it makes to form a personal connection with each student, and this is why I have continued tutoring over the past several years. My...

...it can unleash when masterfully used. Give me a piece of writing, whether highly technical or enchantingly lyrical, and I will immerse myself in it and then quickly become “fluent” in its particular style. Just last year I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Ithaca College with a degree in English Literature as well as a minor in Integrated Marketing Communications. At Ithaca, I was a proud member of the Sigma Tau Delta English National Honor...

...off of the other. The attitude and enthusiasm I bring to their training is also crucial to keep them interested, nurturing their curiosity and making learning fun. To engage students in the classroom I believe that a combination of main stream and dynamic methods are best. For a larger group, a well-prepared slide presentation will be effective. However, getting students to actively participate, and being part of the class will go further in making a...

...for the GRE; these students report not only higher scores but deeper understanding of the material, even in areas they have struggled with for years. Many of my students have not taken relevant quantitative courses for years and have forgotten much of their fundamental math skills, but after working with me for a short time, they are able to achieve great GRE quantitative scores. Students also enjoy my approach to the verbal section, where we...

As someone who has endured multiple standardized tests and successfully completed high school and college, I understand the importance of tutors.

Hi, I'm Navina. I am a hard-working, enthusiastic pre-medical undergraduate studying Behavioral Neuroscience. I am interested in working with children and adolescents, helping them to fulfill their potential.

...writing related. I have previous tutoring experience, having tutored 15 hours per week for 6 months at 826 Boston, a local non-profit focused on helping students develop creative writing and reading skills outside of the classroom. I am currently in the process of applying to PhD programs in English. When I'm not studying, I'm usually traveling or planning my next trip. I just returned from two months in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, where I hopped...

...liberal arts education, which I received at my undergrad institution, Skidmore College. At Skidmore I earned my bachelor's degree in art history, where I also studied Classics, anthropology, psychology, history, English, and government, and spent one glorious semester studying abroad in Paris. At Skidmore I gained tutoring experience working as a peer-mentor, art history tutor, note-taker, and providing SAT prep and general homework help, as well as teaching English while studying in Paris. After Skidmore...

I've been teaching biology to undergraduates since 2003, as a tenured professor at the University of Redlands and as visiting faculty at various institutions, including Boston College and Williams College. One of my greatest joys in life is seeing my students grow in their skills, their confidence, and the power to shape their futures.... I focus on helping students build a network of ideas so that they can remember and use them. I also guide them...

I have taught English as a foreign language for 17 years. I tutor people in speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar and pronunciation. I also teach German, AP World History and literature. I look forward to working with you.

I love test taking and am a recent Dartmouth College graduate. I have experience with 12 AP exams, SAT (99th percentile), GRE, SAT subject tests, ACT, english, and much more. I enjoy adapting to individual students study and learning styles and making work more efficient and productive. In my spare time I run obstacle courses like Spartan Races.... I tailor individual study plans to help dedicated students reach their full potential with efficiency and accuracy.... I...

...degree, I joined a molecular engineering laboratory at The University of Chicago and worked there for two years. That lab specializes in making biomaterials for cancer therapeutics and water purification membranes. Currently I work at MIT in the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. My current project is focused on developing immunotherapies to treat early stage tumors. Both in the classroom and in lab, I have always been more than willing to help others with...

...of all varieties deserve a quality education in these subjects, whether or not they intend to pursue careers in science. I have done some degree of teaching and tutoring for over a decade, though I began to do so regularly in college. From 2007 to 2009, I tutored and occasionally taught math classes at the Minnesota Internship Center, a charter school in Minneapolis, MN that primarily serves Somali immigrants. During this time, I was also...

...and I really enjoy teaching! I think that giving students the right academic support will help them to overcome daunting subjects with more confidence! As someone pursuing a medical career, I understand the value of lifelong learning and the skills required to do so. Thus, I hope that I can share what I have learned in my journey so far so that other students can become strong learners in their own respective academic pursuits!

...graduate of Haverford College and a current student at Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Law School, I am extremely excited to work with students on topics ranging from elementary school English to college-level World Religion! Whether it's grammar, paper-editing, or exam studying, I'm here to help. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out--I am overjoyed to be a part of the Varsity Tutors team and look forward to working with students!

...tutoring throughout all of middle and high school, graduating in 2012 and heading to college. In college, I volunteered to tutor local elementary school students in the afternoons for one term and was later selected to serve as a lab assistant in an introduction to computer science class at my undergraduate institution. I was recently selected to serve as a teacher's assistant for an introduction to communication class during my first semester of graduate school....

...continued my education at MIT and earned a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. I have worked with students from a wide range of backgrounds and subjects, ranging from tutoring kindergartners in their first exposure to language arts and middle school students in algebra and reading, to assisting with lower-division collegiate math courses. I particularly enjoy helping students gain confidence with math. I believe that all students are capable of understanding math, and I...

...School of Medicine for my M.S. in Biomedical Sciences. During my time in college and my master's program I worked part-time as a substitute teacher focusing on STEM, math, and small-group settings. I also worked as a long-term substitute covering high school algebra and pre-algebra. I also was a small group tutor for biochemistry at TUSM during my master's program. I continued on to University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School where I am currently a...