Award-Winning GRE Tutors in Manhattan, NY

...as classroom entities as well as people. In this way, I can vary my teaching style to suit each student and stay open to adjusting as necessary. I am fluent in French, after spending a year in Paris during college. Because of this, I am well suited to working with students who are having difficulty with French comprehension and oral skills, at all levels. Teaching the SAT is one of my passions, as it is...

...clinical practice, I taught medical students and I have always gotten excellent evaluations from my students. I majored in Physics for my Bachelor's degree from Columbia. I received my Doctorate degree from University of Pennsylvania. I believe I can make all subjects I tutor more interesting for my students. I am a patient and calm person and easy to get along with. I have two grown children of my own whom I have tutored from...

...students receiving medals in the National Olympiad. In the U.S., I designed and taught Precalculus, AP Calculus and SAT Math Prep courses in a private high school in New Jersey. Many of my students got scholarships from major U.S. universities. One of them even got a perfect score in SAT Math the following year and enrolled in Duke University. Until I recently received my Ph.D., I continued to be involved in teaching activities as lecturing...

...in expressing their thoughts in nuanced, articulate ways has become a great passion of mine. I try to find a balance between structure and creative thinking when it comes to my tutoring style, and I firmly believe that everyone is capable of achieving great things given the right environment and skill set. Often, people discover my educational history and assume that I am an academic robot: all work and no fun. I can assure you,...

...Public Schools. During graduate school, having scored in the 98th percentile with a perfect writing score, I became certified to teach the GMAT by a private test preparation company, and taught that test to several small classes in Manhattan and Brooklyn. I am in the process of launching a small business. So in my spare time, I want to continue connecting to students by tutoring various subjects from math to English to test prep. As...

...just about what you want to improve on in your studies but how you learn best and what you find most challenging about the course or test you're studying for. Once we have a strategy we both agree with, then it's full speed ahead to get you prepared for whatever your next academic challenge is. The most important thing anyone told me when I was preparing to take the GRE is that the GRE, like...

...French, Russian, English Language and Literature, and exam preparation (SAT, ACT, AP and GRE). My favorite topics to tutor in are Biology and Environmental Science, since I love sharing my interest in the science and using it to help students better understand and enjoy these exciting fields. My teaching philosophy is best summarized as "show not tell" -- I find that guiding students such that they can arrive at the answers themselves, rather than just...

...students, I fill my days with teaching science and mathematics as much as possible. Since I have spent my professional life immersed in a field that demands practical results, I frame lessons with an eye toward real life applicationsa technique not found in dry academic surroundings. I have had extensive experience in both classroom and one-on-one teaching at many levels and I am able to present several viewpoints for a given topic, so that virtually...

...of Science in Genetics. In college and graduate school, I have taken many math and science courses and have 4 years of hands-on science lab experience. I love to explain science, especially biology, because I think it is exciting and has many applications in life. My tutoring style is to explain each step so that students learn why they are doing each particular part of the problem, and can apply that knowledge to other problems....

...at Stony Brook University, where I taught at the undergraduate level. I have over ten years of experience as an SAT and SHSAT tutor, as well as years doing general Writing and English tutoring for K-12. I especially enjoy challenging my students with college-level work, and strongly believe that with the right approach, nothing is too hard to understand. Writing is my favorite subject to tutor because there is no endpoint--anyone can be a better...