Award-Winning Physics Tutors serving Crestwood, IL

I enjoy teaching and tutoring people and to become great. It's my passion to always help other become successful.

I'm an actuary born and raised in Illinois. I went to school in Chicago and majored in Applied Mathematics. I have learned the value of learning the lessons of those that have traveled paths before me. I hope to carry their tradition. For fun, I play strategy games and ultimate frisbee.

...chemistry at the undergrad level and a full year teaching chemistry at the high school level, I have a vast amount of experience from which to draw upon. My Masters thesis included a significant amount of physics knowledge, and all of these topics require a great deal of math as well. I specialize in the...

I am a seasoned tutor with over 5+ years of experience working with middle-school, high-school, and undergraduate college students on a multitude of subjects, as well as coaching potential applicants through the college search process.

...I was a peer tutor for students with learning disabilities, helping to make sure that everyone had a fair chance to learn. At Butler University, I became a tutor in our math tutoring lab where I was able to help many people in subjects ranging from business calculus to linear algebra. I enjoy tutoring most...

I have a passion for learning and for helping others to learn! Started teaching undergrad courses in 1991...began tutoring in 1999 and received a tutoring award from the University of Pennsylvania. I like to make hard subjects clear and easy to handle!... Usually it's part "get to know you." But then I ask them what is bothering them the most, and we start there. If we have to back up to review things, no problem; I...

...in Chemistry. In terms of teaching experience, I tutored Organic Chemistry at the Math and Science Learning Center at UIC and taught Arabic and STEM courses to young students privately. In the past I've been a helping aid to teachers who taught in the ESL program where I worked with students to strengthen their Reading,...

...excelled in all of my math- and science-related college classes, from mechanical physics to set theory. This excitement for numbers started in high school, with my AP Physics C classes and competitive math team. I'm especially excited to work with students on high-school physics, as well as any sort of math, from middle-school pre-algebra right...

...in the tutoring of students ranging from 3rd grade to college. I love being part of a student's learning and gaining that satisfaction when students understand an abstract concept with my help. Being privileged and fortunate enough to have had a strong foundation in a variety of topics, I feel that tutoring, teaching, and helping...

...MS in biology from Western Kentucky University. While working on my masters degree, I spent 3 semesters teaching undergraduate general biology and zoology labs. While I am interested in tutoring a variety of subjects, science and biology specifically are my real passions. My scientific education has helped me grow immeasurably and I would love to...

...how I worked towards meeting this goal. My teaching philosophy is basically the Socratic method. Among its many benefits, this method makes it easy to engage with students. I also like to stress understanding. I remember the 1973 movie, "The Paper Chase", and the memorable performance by John Houseman, as Professor Kingsfield. I always thought...

...I became a teacher's assistant for the physics department at the college and helped physics students with labs and homework. With these two jobs, I am able to assist many students at my college in math and physics. After a year of tutoring other students I began to notice that my knowledge on the topics...

I have a great passion for helping others with all of their math troubles. I love teaching students of all ages and with any type of math. When I'm not tutoring/teaching I enjoy going for long walks to enjoy the outdoors, going to the movies, and of course, binge-watching Netflix.

...received my Master of Science in Physics, also from UIC in 2007. I obtained much of my first experiences with teaching and tutoring while working on my masters. My favorite subject to tutor is physics, of course. One of my teaching techniques is to reveal certain mathematical "secrets" that many teachers, professors, and textbooks elude...

...received a Master's of Science. After graduation, I worked as a research assistant at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. I have had experience in tutoring college-aged and adult students in the fields of research methods, Philosophy of Mind, and writing. I have also given informal instruction to friends with regards to math,...

...I worked as a teaching assistant for astronomy and advanced math methods courses. In 2018, I completed my Ph.D. in Physics from the Ohio State University (OSU). My thesis focused on a search for ultra-high energy neutrinos. While at OSU, I taught undergraduate courses in Newtonian physics, special relativity, and electricity and magnetism. I also...

...high school and currently work part-time as a Course Assistant for an Introductory Calculus course at Harvard. I especially love tutoring math and making it a more accessible subject for students to learn. Aside from academics, I'm passionate about community service (I'm a director for a student-run homeless shelter!), music, digital design, and baking!

...and have done so in multiple capacities over the last four years, including a fellowship during which I taught pre-algebraic math to a group of middle school students from traditionally underserved backgrounds in Saint Paul, MN. I love interacting with students and seeing them grow over the course of their studies. I'm ecstatic at the...

I find teaching and tutoring to be incredibly rewarding. Seeing somebody else understand a concept through my framing of that concept is the highest form of communication for which I strive. I look forward to working with Varsity Tutors and students everywhere.

...innnovation, even in the way tutoring is done. I have spent a lot of time connecting with a range of students; on the collegiate level, I spent time as a Residence Hall Assistant as well as a training director for a college dance team, and in the past I was an assistant director for a...