Award-Winning SAT Tutors in Chula Vista, CA

...prep program after school, free and open to everyone regardless of background or socioeconomic status. I ran this program for two years, working with over 100 students personally in the process. The program is now in its fourth year, and is currently run by my former students. It is also in the process of being made districtwide, not just restricted to my high school. I took all my standardized tests my sophomore year of high...

...however, has been in the United States. Last May, my wife and I went to Boston, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island for the first time, which helped me reach my personal goal of going to 30 states before I turned 30! I am also a life-long sports fan, especially of the Lakers in basketball and the Chargers in football. Beyond that, I enjoy going to concerts, hiking with my wife and dog, watching...

...in English. This led to a passion for the English subject I carried throughout my undergraduate studies and continues to this day in wanting to assist students however possible, be it understanding literature or writing an essay. Education is an extremely valuable resource, enabling vast possibilities to those that pursue it, and I hope to share that appreciation with my students. In my spare time I enjoy reading and watching films, as well as boxing...

...I graduated from UCSD in 2011 and am applying to graduate school to study Molecular Biology. In the meantime, I enjoy working in science and sharing my passion for science to budding students. I love helping students understand how to approach difficult math and science problems without being intimidated, and I hope to relate the importance of a solid education to students. I am very patient, attentive to students' needs, and can tailor lessons to...

...general, I want to find the place where you are comfortable with the subject and build from there. Most subjects have a set of basic concepts from which you can derive all the more complicated information. With test prep the issues are usually test anxiety, test-specific skills, and subject knowledge. I enjoy this work both because the subjects are interesting to me and because I enjoy helping people succeed at something and overcome the obstacles...

...to apply the concepts to real life. Applying concepts to real life helps a student understand and view the material in a way they can relate to. To ensure a deep understanding of material, I have a student teach it back to me. If you are able to teach back material and have a conversation about it, you have a deeper understanding of it. Aside from tutoring and doing math, I enjoy tons of outdoor...

...private high school in Connecticut. Students read a novel and a play a week, submitted poetry and fiction to the literary magazine, and wrote a fifty-page research paper over one summer to turn in the first day of their senior year. I discovered that great writing rarely calls attention to itself. The main reason high school and college teachers read my papers out loud and newspapers publish my editorials was that I had taken the...

...students with their homework and tutoring them when they did not understand the concepts they were learning. These unique experiences have molded me into a flexible, compassionate, and relatable yet focused tutor who can work with any age and culture. I love kids and care about them deeply, and I believe that tutoring is about so much more than ensuring that someone passes a class. I firmly believe in showing students respect and keeping them...

...I am grateful for the teachers that I have and how much they have inspired me to pursue my academic and professional goals. I have had the opportunity to teach science (specifically biology) and health education to high school students and college freshmen, respectively. But I hope to teach other students and clients through Varsity Tutors. I want to help them and guide them in their understanding, to build better learning and study skills to...

...through patience, understanding, and a good sense of humor. While I enjoy teaching the mechanics of Englishwhether as a first language or secondmy true love is Literature. As an undergrad at UCSD I tutored small groups of fellow students in writing fiction and poetry, leading workshops and facilitating peer critique. I was also one of two undergraduate students invited to enroll in UCSD's first MFA poetry workshop. In my spare time I love to read,...