Award-Winning PSAT Tutors serving Joliet, IL

...major in Manufacturing and Design Engineering as well as Environmental Sciences. I have experience with and enjoy teaching grades 1-8 and students starting high school in areas such as math, test prep, and essay writing. Each student learns differently, and understanding how an individuals learns is essential for fostering a positive and productive work environmental...

...academic and enrichment program for elementary school students, and eventually rose to manage the program. Although I am comfortable tutoring a variety of subjects, I am most passionate about writing and language, and I truly believe that strong writing skills are an asset in every area of life. Through my experience as an after-school program...

...incorporating different techniques, I am able to achieve the desired result. When I teach, I try to determine the best way that you learn and what you enjoy so that my approach will be best suited to you. I have found that enganging with a student and adapting to his/her skillset allows for the quickest...

...math classes. Math really builds on itself from year to year. My philosophy is to help with any homework that is due, and then spend any remaining time covering concepts from previous years that may need some strengthening. For example...simpliyfing fractions will be difficult if you don't know your multiplication/division facts...so I would work on...

...branding and retail career. I have an undergraduate degree in Business and Marketing, 4/5 of a graduate degree in Secondary Business and Computer Science Education, and a love of teaching. I've also helped bring 2 great kids into the world who are now grown into successful adults, both college grads. In my free time, I...

...and my master's in journalism from Northwestern University. I've worked across several specialties, from writing about health and science, to playwriting, to working with adults with developmental disabilities. I love reading, writing, telling stories and engaging with audiences. If you'd like to work with me, I will do my best to give you a meaningful and...

...I was also a psychology major in undergrad (did a double major with my biology degree). I love psychology and I can help you with your college psych classes. I am strongest with clinical/abnormal psychology and neuropsychology. I also can help you with the English/Reading sections of the SAT, ACT, and MCAT. I look forward...

...Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of Michigan. In addition to being a 4.0 student and a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, I have extensive experience in scientific research and teaching at the middle school, high school, and university levels. After taking coursework in educational pedagogy in STEM, I am excited to help...

...games, video games, board games, you name it). I specialize in test prep, writing and language arts (including Spanish). I am a firm believer that achievement is a function of curiosity. Academic success doesn't come from preternatural brilliance. Time and time again, studies have shown that students with good grades and test scores don't necessarily...

...have four years of tutoring experience, and as a student myself, I connect well with other students to understand how they learn and develop the best plan of action. I believe that the best way to learn is by teaching, so I dedicate time and effort behind each student and I try to teach them...

...helping them get the answer they need on a specific problem. This is the approach that my teachers used with me, and I've found it to be successful in teaching others as well. In fact, a student I tutored is now a tutor herself at Varsity Tutors! I'm well versed in tutoring for standardized tests...