Award-Winning Math Tutors for Students in Waltham, MA

...life-long passions. As a City Year AmeriCorps member, I worked full-time in a Boston Public School as a tutor, delivering high-quality, individualized Math and ELA interventions for 50 hours a week to students in grades 4-8. In high school, I tutored peers for the SAT at a community center, and over the summers I taught creative writing courses at a sleepaway camp. Now, I volunteer at the Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School in...

...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I am majoring in Biochemistry/Biophysics, pursuing a career in medical research. In addition to lab work, I love to teach and help others learn. During my high school career, I volunteered at a preschool and tutored Honors Physics for my school's National Honors Society. At Rensselaer, I recently joined a club called the Science Ambassadors that encourages interest in STEM fields by traveling to local schools and giving interactive presentations to middle...

I am a recent graduate from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor's in cognitive neuroscience. I have been accepted to medical school and will be starting next fall. In other words, I've had my share of standardized testing. I hope to make life easier for students struggling to overcome these hurdles, and maybe spark some enjoyment of learning along the way!

...adequate knowledge. I am very passionate about teaching and imparting knowledge. I understood the act of teaching as a teacher, and the way of learning as a student. Combining my experiences from teaching and learning equipped me with the required techniques and approaches needed to effectively impart knowledge in students irrespective of academic background. One of the qualities I possess is that I do not get tired of students who are having learning difficulties. I...

...and projects and give relevant feedback. The students I work with successfully complete their assignments and gain an increased familiarity with the content. I also have numerous machine learning projects with Python/Jupyter Notebook and explore my passion through tackling new data problems every day. My goal of the first session with any student is to gain a rapport with them and find common ground so we feel comfortable with each other. From there, I like...

...understanding, I aim to apply my experience to meet my students where they're at. That means breaking down problems, working through examples, and using my previous experience to avoid common pitfalls. I'm well versed in engineering topics up to the college level, with a particular appreciation for Statistics and modeling related subjects as I've found they relate the most to my own strengths. All that combined, I've had great experiences tutoring my peers during college...

...seven years. I have a great passion for learning and teaching, and wholeheartedly put all my efforts into making sure the students I work with experience the same enthusiasm. My style is to identify your weak points by watching you work through problems, to demonstrate a technique that can help you perform better, and then to help you implement the technique to successfully solve similar problems! Throughout my experience tutoring a wide variety of students...

...as well as some modern physics, like Relativity), English Literature and comprehension, SAT prep, ACT prep. My favourite subjects to tutor are physics and chemistry because of my extensive lab experience over the last few years. I love experiments and creating my own projects and I hope I can pass this passion onto others. My tutoring style involes a lot of interaction with the student on zoom. I'm able to draw on the computer screen...

...most recently, New York. Due in part to my background in the performing arts, I am most excited about teaching literature, reading comprehension, and English. I also am passionate about helping students polish essays and language skills in preparation for the SAT and ACT. I am a big believer in the values of a strong education, and am committed to helping people develop the skills they will need for the next chapter. In my spare...

...the bus, but it quickly grew into more formal tutoring. When I attended Amherst College to pursue a degree in English, I carried this passion for education with me. For years I participated in a work-study mentoring underprivileged students in order to improve literacy and encourage a love of reading. I'm excited to tutor in a wide variety of subjects, particularly in standardized test preparation and in the humanities. For me, learning is about inspiration...

...degree in Biochemistry at Northeastern University. I specialize in tutoring mathematics and science and have previously tutored for 2 years at the high school level and have just begun peer tutoring at my university. I am dedicated to helping students achieve their academic goals. I am a firm proponent of getting students excited about learning, especially within the sciences, and I tailor my lessons so that students have the best possible outcome. As for standardized...

...and adventure activities to students from a wide variety of backgrounds. Working in the outdoor ed field was a great way to develop communication skills and teaching methods that are applicable to students with unique learning styles. In 2014, I became the Director of an Outdoor Education program - developing curriculum for our science classes, teaching and training a professional staff, and implementing a special education vocational program. Although I loved my experience directing a...

...treat every case with equal conviction and effort from the most humble to the highest aspiring goals. Boredom and frustration are the source of nearly every student's struggles. Consistently my students say I clarify the most complex problems, transforming impossibly tedious and confounding coursework into an exciting and manageable challenge. I do this by relating the latest discoveries and personal anecdotes to the subject matter, making the ancient, esoteric theories tangible and fresh. When I...

...University. I received my Bachelor of Science in Health Science with a concentration in Communication Sciences & Disorders. During my time at Northeastern, I was a peer tutor for Physics 1 and 2 for the Life Sciences. I also received a CRLA Level 1 certification from the International Tutor Training Program Certification (ITTPC). While I can tutor a broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about English, Literature, Physics, and SAT prep. In my...

...School of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. During my final year of college, I began tutoring elementary, middle and high school students in all their subjects but focused strongly on math and science courses. I understand that these subjects can be challenging for most students but once students are able to work through the challenges, with the correct guidance of an educator, they are able to enjoy these subjects. My teaching...

...University and he is studying economics and German. Cooper grew up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and lived there for his entire life before he moved to the United States for college. In school, Cooper particularly enjoys maths and economics. He loves to find fun and exciting ways to explain the material to himself and to his friends so that it is easy to remember and learn. In High School he spent a lot of time...

...my senior thesis and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. I have been working as a tutor and teacher for almost 10 years, and my experience has ranged from working one-on-one with students on SAT and GRE test preparation, to teaching a summer course in Philosophy at Oxford University, to volunteering as an assistant teacher at Carrboro Middle School in North Carolina. While I tutor a broad range of subjects, I am especially enjoy working...

...I began to do so regularly in college. From 2007 to 2009, I tutored and occasionally taught math classes at the Minnesota Internship Center, a charter school in Minneapolis, MN that primarily serves Somali immigrants. During this time, I was also a tutor for the Macalester College Department of Physics and Astronomy, where I obtained my B.A. in physics and mathematics in May 2009. In 2009, I was a private tutor in calculus for two...

...major freshmen at MIT. I'm super passionate about math, physics, and computer science and love teaching other people! I think that while math, CS, and physics can certainly be abstract, the practical aspects of such topics can make learning both interesting and fulfilling. I have had a pretty extensive background in teaching/coaching. I have spent 1 year tutoring and teaching, 3 years as both a soccer and orienteering coach, and 1 semester as a Lab...

...Swarthmore. I most enjoy tutoring math and physics, since these are the subjects I love studying most on my own time. Explaining abstract ideas as a TA, as a volunteer in local schools, and as a frequent contributor to the student science magazine were some of my most rewarding experiences in college. Outside of academia, I love the outdoors, especially camping and back backing. After graduating from Swarthmore I worked as a caretaker on the...