Award-Winning GRE Tutors in Hickory Hills, IL

I am a Duke University Alumni with a passion for connecting young, driven students with the resources they need to succeed.

...While my academic work and mentoring roles were fulfilling, my passion for language and education was truly able to shine through during my senior year, when I designed an independent study course titled "Teaching Methods for Undergraduate Spanish." For this course, I created and implemented lesson plans for an intermediate-level Spanish class. In collaboration with...

...avid test-taker and find test prep to be fascinating and - yes - fun! I've taken the LSAT and GRE; my scores were good enough to get into some pretty great schools, along with some scholarship money. I believe everyone is capable of achieving their academic goals! In my free time, I love to rock...

...if they spend more time sufficing than striving? I've been a college writing tutor for over a year and consider every person's writing capability an invaluable trait worth honing. I think tutoring's a practice so largely undervalued that some people have difficulty defining what role a tutor's meant to play. They're not a talking calculator...

...with students on all manner of writing and reading comprehension needs. This includes preparation for placement tests as well as less formal work to simply gain skills and (hopefully!) imbue a love and respect for the language arts in the process. I have a B.A. in English from U.C. Berkeley, but also have advanced degrees...

...but stimulate their passion for learning and solving problems and developing interest in why the material they are studying is important and necessary (beyond the grades). As a current PhD student, education has, and will continue to be, the most important aspect to my professional career, and I hope to pass that passion along!

I was introduced to VT by a friend. I love interacting with students and share my knowledge with them, watch them learn subjects and succeed. I enjoy the results that we get out of our shared effort.

...better, nor more crucial, calling than helping kids to find and communicate their voices. I have tutored and created curriculum for a broad spectrum of English learners. I come from a family of teachers, and was fortunate to grow up at the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History, where my anthropologist mom was Education Director....

Recent PhD graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University with extensive tutoring and engineering experience

...Community Services, aimed at serving underprivileged kids in the area. This program, and it's connection to us, allowed children who otherwise would have never have had a chance to step foot on a boat, the opportunity to learn how to sail and have an amazing summer. After that summer, I knew I wanted to get...

...Painting from the University of Washington in 2017 and my BA in Visual Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 2011. I have been tutoring since I was in college where I worked as a peer tutor for students who needed help in Intro to Molecular Biology. Once I graduated, I began tutoring the ACT...

...and PhD in History. I've studied both European and US history and have a passion for writing and research. I've also taught as a teaching fellow in the departments of History, Anthropology, and American Indian Studies at UCLA and in English and Social Sciences at SAIC. I believe that with the right tools and encouragement...

...math. I believe that most people are not as bad at math as they think, and that many people dislike math because of poor instruction they received growing up. I hope to change that. Outside of tutoring, I'm a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and enjoy going to as many baseball games as I can.

...in Classics, which is the study of Latin and ancient Greek. Prior to that point, I taught high school Latin for two years. I have also tutored college students in writing. I am available to tutor most subjects, though my specialties are foreign language (German, Spanish, and Latin) and test prep. I teach by asking...

...university setting as a TA. I'm particularly excited about biology and psychology, where I have the most experience. I also really enjoy reading and writing. Outside of academics I like to do pottery, play basketball, and watch Netflix (though they recently removed all my favorite shows). I have two little sisters, who I helped in...

...physics and civil an industrial engineering. While in Europe, I gained significant real-world experience in civil-engineering, however I found my heartfelt excitement in tutoring. With over 2000+ students educated in subjects ranging from Pre - Algebra to Calculus, it is my sincere desire to continue to add value to the world as a tutor and...

Hi! My name is Michelle Stephens. I received my BA in English from Northwestern University and my MA in English from Loyola University Chicago. I speak English and Spanish. My interests include writing, editing, and 20th century literature.

...an asset in every area of life. Through my experience as an after-school program manager, I learned to build relationships and work well with students, parents, and teachers to meet student goals. In response to the pandemic, I quickly learned ways to adapt my educational youth work to a virtual setting. My social work background...

I am a former high school teacher and current PhD student. I have many years of experience tutoring middle school and five years of experience teaching a variety of high school subjects. I am passionate about education and hope to get to work with you!

...I am a 2013 Cornell University graduate with a degree in Mathematics and Economics. I also received a Master's Degree from Northwestern University in Math Education in 2014. Currently, I am a high school math teacher who enjoys making math understandable and fun! I have taught Algebra I through AP Calculus BC and every class...