Award-Winning GRE Tutors in Newport Beach, CA

...managing and working in a classroom, I prefer to work with students one-on-one; it is more rewarding for both of us to discover strengths and weaknesses, find how our teaching and learning styles match, and see improvement. The time I have spent taking and tutoring students for standardized tests has only refined my understanding of what students need and have the most trouble with. Although I enjoy and have experience teaching a vast array of...

...free after-school classes to under-resourced schools in the greater Somerville area, through which I taught French and poetry. Following graduation, I spent the school-year working as an English language teaching assistant at a high school in Bordeaux, France where I created lessons focusing on grammar, vocabulary, idiomatic speech, and culture. This past year, I received my master's in English at the University of Cambridge, writing a dissertation on trans-Atlantic/trans-cultural poetry with a focus on Walt...

...and now teaches kindergarten. She's the happiest she's been and it's really improved her quality of life. That experience taught me that I'm incredibly patient and as a teacher, I always bring my best to the table (not to mention coax the best out of my students). For me, it's also a way to pay it forward. I've had some incredible teachers in the past and they changed my life for the better. I want...

...planning to become a neurological physical therapist. In school, I particularly enjoyed learning about the biological sciences and art. I love to draw and always try to find fun ways to integrate visual learning into my tutoring sessions. I also have experience with the ACT and GRE standardized tests and would love to assist any student who is trying to prepare for success on either. Standardized tests are a drag but studying for them doesn't...

...majority of my work comes in Latin and other Classical areas, and I've made it sort of a life's mission of mine to instill the same enthusiasm in my students about the ancient world as I have. I firmly believe that learning Latin is as valuable for one's development as a student and a scholar as Math or English Literature. I also understand that learning it, especially at the introductory levels, can occasionally be rather...

...progress and academic success and never have a 'my-way-or-the-high-way' mentality, but am flexible to trying to find new ways of teaching for however a particular student learns. I think this flexibility and dedication to making school work as easy as possible for my students is my strongest attribute as a tutor. I am available to work up to thirty hours per week. Friday through Sunday I would generally be free to tutor at any time;...

...classrooms (2nd and 5th grade), and have tutored students at YOLA. No matter what the subject, my focus has always been on finding the unique strengths of each individual student, and building on those strengths to approach areas of struggle. I enjoy working with students with diverse learning styles and discovering the unique ways each student takes in and understands information. I firmly believe that everyone is smart in their own way, and I love...

...hope to give students a new perspective on not just the importance, but the utility and beauty of math, no matter what field they plan to go into. Coming from a large family, I spent many a family gathering helping my younger cousinsfrom ages 5 to 22with their math homework. I've worked closely with kids, teens, and college students in several capacities: as a Big Sister, an advisor to a youth Venturing Crew, a technical...

...am interested in how they connect to the way we learn and how we gain self-knowledge. I also obtained a BA in philosophy from the University of San Francisco in 2007. During my undergraduate degree, I was particularly interested in studying political philosophy and classical philosophy. I would say I love philosophy in general, but I also love that it allows me to be interested in different areas of study and connect them to philosophy....

...travel and take "fun" classes at Saddleback Community College, I enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where I received a masters and a doctorate in physics. During this time, specialized in nanophotonics and eventually wrote my dissertation on a phenomenon called surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) which I am happy to talk at length with anyone about as long as they are willing to listen :-). After graduation, I was hired...