Award-Winning PSAT Tutors in Romeoville, IL

I'm a recent grad from Northwestern (B.A. in Theatre and Economics) who loves teaching and learning. I love helping other people achieve their goals and helping students find ways to be their best selves. Excited to meet and work with Chicagoland's students!... First sessions always start with discussion of a subject's foundations. If we nail these, the rest of the learning becomes ten times easier.

...am fairly adaptable to different personalities and learning needs. I am particularly adept at working with students who are anxious or ambivalent towards school, and I enjoy the process of drawing them out of their shells. Previous coworkers and supervisors have praised me for my strong energy, focus, and patience. I will never waste your...

...teaching English in Japan for two years, coordinating a mentor program for first year college students, working as an academic advisor, and teaching first year experience courses to new college students, focusing on topics like time management and study skills. I understand firsthand the importance of standardized tests as students make goals for their next...

...and Intercultural Communication. I will be attending Columbia Law School from 2014 to 2017, working toward a Juris Doctorate degree. I have tutored a wide range of subject areas during college, including languages (I have native fluency in Chinese and French - and have also tutored beginner to intermediate Spanish, Arabic and Russian), math (through...

...in Nashville while in college. In more than two years of tutoring experience with Varsity Tutors, I have gained even more insight into the learning process and how to become a better teacher every day. I have always been a stellar student. In high school, I took five AP courses as a junior, and got...

...a tutor, I have had students ranging from sophomores in high school to adults transitioning into a new career. My Engineering curriculum at Northwestern was heavily centered around Math, Chemistry, Biology and Physics, so I can work with a student on more than one class at a time. I also have a lot of experience...

I currently attend the University of Chicago, where I major in Political Science and Biology. When I'm not spending hours reading Nietzsche, I'm doing improv comedy and graphic design. I'm currently pursuing a career in advertising/consulting, and in my spare time I eat mini tacos and watch Louis CK stand-up comedy. ... Teaching is about taking something complex and making it easy to understand. I like to focus a lot on students' questions, as they give...

...degree in English Literature with a minor in Philosophy. In high school I tutored a younger student in Classical Latin, a very rewarding experience; in college I frequently edited friends essays, working with them to sharpen their ideas and arguments. I tutor all academic subjects as well as for standardized tests such as the SAT...

...well as professionally; as a stage manager, it is often my job to take in complicated and conflicting pieces of information (the blocking, a quick change in costumes, changes in a script) and quickly organize that information so that I can convey it to someone else. I enjoy and excel at condensing and re-communicating facts...

...up with my peers early on -- enough so to raise concerns about potential learning disabilities. Yet these amazing individuals saw potential where so many others could not, devoting extra time and energy to identify and address my needs as a student. By consistently going above and beyond what was expected of them, they instilled...