Award-Winning SAT Tutors in Mount Vernon, NY

...is not simply to plant more knowledge in the student's mind, but to give them a greater understanding of broader fields of inquiry, so that they reach a greater understanding of how the different academic domains are connected and interdependent. Outside of academics, I am a Midshipman in the Navy ROTC program at my school and hope to someday serve as a Submarine Officer in the Pacific. I am also a member of the Yale...

...with a concentration in finance from Wake Forest. My primary areas of focus are SAT, Latin, Study Skills and Organization, Critical Reading, Essay Writing, Grammar and Literature. I find out what frustrations students are having and work with them to develop strategies to address their individual needs. In particular, I believe strongly in my writing and critical thinking skills and I believe that I can leverage these strengths to help students improve their own skills....

...I have been a Science/Math teacher in NYC Public Schools for 9+ years. My hobbies include playing guitar and electric bass, drawing, martial arts and composing music. As for my teaching philosophy, one size does not fit all! Teaching has general skills and procedures but what topics are chosen to teach and how they are taught must be tailored to the individual and the experience at hand. Most topics in education are relatively easy once...

...methods to fit the needs of my students. I believe the key to tutoring is to help the student have an "Aha!" moment, when a previously misunderstood concept suddenly makes sense. Such moments give students a real sense of confidence in themselves and agency in their learning, as their hard work has paid off. Because of this, when teaching I aim to get my students to come to conclusions themselves, instead of giving them the...

...Honors Society. I was also the recipient of the Bradford Cooke Sommer Humanitarian Scholarship (2007) as well as the University of Rochester Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Scholarship (2007). In regards to more specific subjects, I was an AP Scholar with Distinction having taken U.S. History, Calculus AB, Biology, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, and English Literature. I am originally from northern New Jersey. As far as hobbies are concerned, I love Photography and travel writing....

...Case Western Reserve University in 2013 with a B.A. in Psychology and minor in Marketing. I have always excelled in math and science courses, and in college, I tutored students in statistics and was a Teaching Assistant for Intro to Cognitive Science. I've also had many years of experience helping kids from elementary school to high school with their homework. When tutoring, I am to teach and guide students through problem-solving, without hand-holding. I'm very...

...to take my spring break in New Orleans with Habitat for Humanity where we built several houses for a community still badly damaged from the devastating effects of Katrina. After graduation I spent a month touring Europe with my best friend from home and enjoyed every last minute of it! Now I am currently working in the Financial Services industry in New York as a first-year analyst, but greatly enjoy tutoring students of all ages...

...that way, and through understanding why my student is having difficulties, convey the lessons in simple and satisfying means. I am not an impersonal tutor. I want to become friends with every person I teach. Through experience I've found that this significantly enhances the success of teaching anything. Also who wouldn't mind having another friend? Though I am well versed in all areas of math, I specialize in teaching various levels of algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus,...

...huge passion to touch every little piece of the globe. The world's various cultures and people have lived a different subset of experiences than we have in our Western society. The ability to open one's perspective to these varying views and approaches to life is a key element of learning and such experiences are critical to everyone's development. In teaching I always include all of my perspectives and insights, no matter the subject. I look...

...student's individual needs. I'll take the time to know you and what you want to learn before the tutoring begins, so as not to waste your time going over things you already know. I firmly believe that writing, reading, and test-taking are skills that can be learned by anyone and that personal, one-to-one instruction is the best way for students to go beyond what they are able to learn in school. My tutoring is worth...