Award-Winning GRE Tutors in Illinois

...way not only helps with retention of subject-specific information, but also improves the experience and thus the results of tutoring in general, even on standardized tests. In most circumstances, students are not excited about taking standardized tests, and many are intimidated. Instead of reinforcing that fear, I aim to help students understand standardized tests as...

...teaching composition, creative writing and analytical writing to college students. I have a PhD in Comparative Literature and I've published essays, stories, and plays. I taught at the University of Notre Dame for nine years. I am happy to be tutoring now because it gives me the opportunity to have an impact on students' lives...

...since my graduate education was in Germany and I gained a high degree of proficiency. In math and physics, despite being ultimately able to reach a high level, I was never the first to pick up on any new concept but struggled through each one to understand. I still remember the conceptual hoops one needs...

...over 5 years. Furthermore, I have achieved a perfect score on the analytical writing section of the GREs. I am certain that I can help any client succeed and I am dedicated to excellence in every area. Please feel free to email me at any point so we can set up an appointment.... I call my teaching philosophy "the networked classroom". I believe that students already have more than enough resources to self-teach through their access to the internet. I use the internet to offer students materials that speak to a multiplicity of different learning styles. I will use my expertise as a researcher and scholar to help students use the Internet to find examples of great writing, speech, and literature analysis. I will assist students in using the Internet to find audio, visual, kinesthetic, emotive, and other forms of models to help in finding the answer to difficult questions. The internet has an unbelievable number of resources available for free. As tutors and students, we can use quality internet materials to guide our learning process.

...like to travel whenever possible, and my favorite cities are Istanbul and Paris. I do my best to maintain a friendly, yet disciplined, tutoring style. I know learning can be hard, but it can also be enjoyable, and there is nothing quite like the feeling of being masterful over what was once obscure.... I believe the best way to succeed on a standardized test is to understand the nature of the questions. For example, questions on reading comprehension are designed to be objective in a way which we do not typically associate with interpretation. Understanding the test goes a long way towards getting a good score.

...focus on a multi-faceted approach to explaining abstract concepts. Connecting topics to the real world is what has made engineering fun for me, and I hope to inspire that in the people I work with. In addition to math and science, I have a strong foundation in writing and reading skills, so I can fulfill...

...those who want to go into the nitty-gritty, but also to solve problems using surface strategies for excluding wrong answers for students who, for instance, are more interested in 'surviving' the quantitative section rather than 'acing' it. Different students are likely to want different outcomes from their tests, and these goals and expectations should be...

...physics. I have tutored on and off for two years, working with middle and high school students in both Chicago and Palo Alto. When it comes to learning, I strongly believe in the recent work of Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck showing the importance of having a growth mindset rather than a fixed one, in which...

...taught an honors seminar course and volunteered as a writing tutor. I've taken several classes in secondary and post-secondary education. I have experience tutoring special needs students, including gifted and autistic students. I have experience tutoring ESL and ELL students across disciplines. I am a passionate tutor that will work tirelessly with any and all...

...high school teacher. I graduated DePaul University with a degree in Finance in 2013. I worked as an accountant for a large financial services firm for 2 years (July 2013 - June 2015). During my time there, I passed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level 1 examination. I have intentions to go back to school...