Award-Winning Graduate Test Prep Tutors serving Washington DC

...seeing my students explain a concept that was previously confusing for them. My teaching strategy relies heavily on understanding my students' learning styles and catering tutoring sessions to best fit how my students like to learn. When working through practice problems, I enjoy using the "teach-back" method to enhance repetition and to ensure that my students really understand the concepts. When I am not tutoring, I enjoy baking desserts, reading novels, and sketching cartoons.... See one,...

After graduating with a degree in philosophy, my conscience left me with no choice but to find a job doing something meaningful. Like Aristotle, I think the ability to think for yourself is essential to living a happy life. Like Socrates, I think inquiry is essential to cultivating this ability. I love people and I love conversation. To engage personally while exchanging and inspiring ideas is, for me, one of life's greatest pleasures.... I strive to...

...year 2005 Treasurer, University of Maryland Russian Club, maintain budget and organize events for 600 members Language House Award, St. Marys Residence Hall, University of Maryland, May 2005 Relevant Course Work: Mechanicals and Practical Dynamics, Symbolic Logic, Differential Equations, Euclidian and Non-Euclidean geometry, Introduction to Statistics computation with SAS, Application of Linear Algebra, Calculus II, Introduction to Probability Theory, Introduction to analysis, Advance Calculus I , Application of probability and statistics Intermediate Microeconomic Theory ,...

...helped me develop the skills I need as a tutor. I have extensive experience as a camp counselor, working with Pediatric Occupational Patients and tutoring privately. I have tutored every subject for K-8 and have extensive experience with ESOL students. In addition, I work daily with students who experience and struggle with a variety of learning disorders such as ADHD and dyslexia. I believe that all learning can and should be fun. It is my...

...in a variety of subjects ranging from music theory, test prep and mathematical concepts. While I enjoy teaching a broad range of subjects, my absolute favorite subjects to teach are mathematical subjects and standardized test prep. I especially love to help students struggling in these subjects and to see their tremendous growth and improvement. My motto is to make learning fun and keep student motivated so they can enjoy our sessions and look forward to...

Hello, my name is Afuah Aboagye. I am a UMBC graduate and high school Chemistry teacher. I am passionate about helping students reach their academic goals because their success is my success! I enjoy seeing students grow their confidence in subject matter. I specialize in STEM subjects and I am excited to help.

...learning and teaching are organic. A student must be taught logic and reasoning as well as how to apply these skills to learning and daily life. My teaching style is to first emphasis memorization of necessary definitions, formulas, and theorems then, focusing on how these concepts are applied with success. Over time, a student builds competence which leads to confidence in that subject. Of course, the grades and high performance desired will take care of...

...provided brief lectures and supplemental problem sets for students looking for extra help outside of the lectures. In graduate school, I continued working in academics as a teaching assistant for a senior level composite mechanics course. Also in graduate school, I served as the laboratory manager for the Composites Manufacturing Laboratory on campus were I instructed hundreds of students on the basics of fabricating composite parts for a variety of applications including vehicle wing elements,...

I have a large range of tutoring experience from very young to adult. I enjoy teaching and am considered to have a youthful/ caring approach as I try to make sure that learning takes place in a relaxed but studious situation. One of my goals each session is to keep my students challenged but not overwhelmed. I look forward to hearing from you and helping you excel in your studies! ... The first thing I would...

...on a tutor for extra guidance, and can therefore relate to my students in many ways. Having a good tutor support system helped get me not only a D1 Football scholarship and but also the grades and test scores needed to be accepted into dental school. My goal is to get every student I tutor as far as I possibly can through tutoring, guidance, and/or mentoring in whatever goals, dreams, or aspirations they may have.

...love teaching and have been teaching since college and am always eager to help new students. I served as a teaching assistant for Biology and Physiology courses in college. I formally taught at Huntington Learning Center. I tutored students anywhere from kindergarten to college for classes, and for ACT/SAT prep. I am currently a volunteer teacher at a community college teaching English to adult students. I have taught a mix of one-on-one and small group...

...math, and science, among other topics. Since 2016, I have been a full time adjunct professor in writing composition, teaching at the University of Maryland and American University. I try to make content engaging and approachable, and show how challenges can be fulfilling; my favorite part of teaching is to watch students grow and enjoy the process. Poetry is my favorite thing to teach; I've been writing poems since I was a teenager, and now...

...Programming software in Finance. I'm a very friendly, outgoing person and always try to create a rapport with my students before teaching. With tutoring, I have not only been able to provide my expertise to students but also gained a lot of perspective on how to solve things differently. My strategy for tutoring is to have an open communication with you and help you understand the concepts instead of making you rote learn. This will...

...students from all over the city. After graduating, I entered an AmeriCorps program in Pennsylvania, teaching full time for a year. I feel that having tutored for so long and being so recently out of school gives me an advantage in helping students. I intimately remember the struggles of trying to learn material that just wouldn't click in my head. Given that, I like to go about tutoring from that place of understanding. I believe...

PharmD graduate and current Masters of Science in Bioinformatics student with experience in supporting peers in science-related subjects (e.g. pharmacology, biology, biochemistry). Additionally, have worked with elementary-school aged children in reading, writing, and math.

I am currently a Medical Student at VCU. I have tutored for years now, and many students have told me I have helped significantly. I believe everyone has the capability to learn; it just takes a different approach for some. Physics is my passion, but I am also eager to help out in math, chemistry, and engineering, and maybe even programming.

...my B.A. in Psychology from Wake Forest University and my M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Towson University. I have a specific interest in tutoring students in the social sciences, but also have an affinity for writing, job application, and college essay preperation tutoring. I believe that the human connection is at the core of the tutor-student relationship and I like to develop not only a teaching relationship, but also one in which the student can...

Tutor and former calculus based statistics TA, with a wide variety of teaching experience, ranging from classroom settings to one on one instruction. UMD economics graduate, Attending UVA Law(#8) this fall. LSAT prep is my specialty and I can help you break the 170 barrier.. However, I provide personalized instruction in a variety of subjects.

History Major and Jewish Studies Minor from the University of Virginia. Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center. I enjoy working with students of all ages in a range of different subjects. I am committed to developing tailored learning plans designed to help each student achieve his or her goals.

...successfully, but also my classmates, friends, and family. Learning, like all things, requires hard work and dedication, but that does not mean it has to be a boring and tedious task. We tend to retain fun, useless information that interests us the most, but most fail to realize how much power those known memories have on our potential to make new ones. One of the techniques that I teach my students is how to use...