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10+ years
Nicholas
Linguistics training at Penn sharpens a very specific skill the PSAT rewards — recognizing how small grammatical shifts change meaning in context, which is the core of the Writing and Language section's trickiest questions. Nicholas applies that same structural analysis to the Evidence-Based Reading...
Middlebury College
Masters, French Linguistics and Pedagogy
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelors in Linguistics and Deaf Studies

Certified Tutor
10+ years
Nina
I am a recent graduate from a masters program in biostatistics at Columbia University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences, with a focus in neurobiology at Northwestern University. In August, I will be starting a doctoral program in biostatistics at NYU. I was a teaching assistant ...
Columbia University
Masters in biostatistics
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences (focus in neurobiology)
Columbia University in the City of New York
Current Grad Student, Biostatistics
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Mimi
I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all su...
Harvard University
Masters in Education, Education
Dartmouth College
B.A.
Certified Tutor
Dennis
I am currently attending New York University where I am pursuing a degree in Finance and Statistics. I have previous experience tutoring individuals in math, a subject I have always excelled at academically. My knowledge and interest in mathematics, makes it easy for me to frame and deconstruct seem...
New York University
Bachelor of Science, Finance and Statistics
Certified Tutor
10+ years
Sherry
I am a graduate of the University of Chicago, with a bachelor's degree in psychology and linguistics. Currently, I am pursuing a master's degree in speech-language pathology at Teachers College, Columbia University. In the past, I have worked as a teacher's aide in a public school classroom, a mento...
University of Chicago
Bachelor's degree in psychology and linguistics
Certified Tutor
Miranda
Years of writing and peer-editing rigorous philosophy and religion papers at Pomona gave Miranda an instinct for the PSAT's Writing and Language section — she spots rhetorical weaknesses and grammar-in-context errors the way she'd mark up an undergraduate thesis draft. Her 1560 SAT confirms she hand...
Pomona College
Bachelor in Arts, Religious Studies
Certified Tutor
Violet
I am a member of the Brown Class of 2018, pursuing a bachelors degree in mathematics. I graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 2014. (I am able to help anyone with the boarding school admissions process.) Outside of academia, I pursue my passions in dance, travel, volunteering, reading and art. M...
Brown University (transferring from the University of St Andrews)
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Joey
I am a graduate of Columbia University with a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts. I taught math and essay writing to my peers in high school and college, and have tutored a close friend in her mathematics courses since junior year of high school. I am most comfortable and passionate about tutoring SAT...
Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor in Arts, Theater Arts
Certified Tutor
Richard
Having spent a year as a course assistant in Harvard's math department while majoring in Government, Richard sits at an unusual crossroads — equally comfortable with the PSAT's no-calculator algebra questions and the evidence-based reading passages that demand careful argument tracking. His perfect ...
Harvard University
Bachelor in Arts, Government
Certified Tutor
15+ years
Katherine
University of California-Berkeley
Bachelor in Arts, Music
Certified Tutor
14+ years
William
I'm not tutoring, I love walking through New York for design inspiration and taking carpentry, metalworking, and illustration classes.
Boston University
Bachelor in Arts, English
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Justin
I am an aspiring applied mathematician, with particular interest in image processing and climate science. I graduated in May 2017 from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelor's in physics and mathematics, and am beginning a PhD program in September 2017 at the University of Chicago in Com...
Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor's in Physics and Mathematics
University of Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy, Computational Mathematics
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Sharan
I am a rising sophomore at Cornell University, studying Human Biology, Health and Society. I am on the premed track and am pursuing a minor in South Asian Studies. I was born in India and grew up in Singapore and Buffalo, NY, where I currently live. This past semester, I tutored middle and high scho...
Cornell University
Bachelor of Science, Human Biology
Certified Tutor
Jamie
I am a Penn State Graduate (B.S.) and am currently a student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University. My goal as a tutor is to help make the subjects I love approachable to other students, and to teach the study techniques that have served me well in school. I have tutored people in...
PENN. STATE University
Bachelor of Science, Pre Medical Medical Program
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Jefferson University
Doctor of Medicine, MD Program
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James
I am currently a senior at Harvard College where I study chemistry, and I'll be attending Columbia Medical School next year. I have years of experience tutoring college students in math (mostly calculus) and chemistry including both general and organic chemistry. In addition, I am very familiar with...
Harvard University
Bachelor in Arts, Chemistry
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