Award-Winning SAT Math Tutors for Students in Smithtown, NY

...but currently live in New York as a student at Fordham University. I am a Philosophy major with a passion for learning and creativity. I have experience tutoring in pre-algebra, Latin, and SAT prep. I have taken the SAT three times, the PSAT three times, and three SAT subject tests. I am extremely familiar with the layout of the SAT and how to coach students in studying and test-taking techniques. I believe in setting a...

...City of New York, studying a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a focus in Vision and Graphics, and a minor in Psychology. I have been a private tutor for 4 years, primarily helping students excel in Mathematics. I have taught students of all ages in Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Trigonometry/Geometry, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus. I also have immense experience with Standardized Tests, as I have done well in them myself and have helped students significantly improve...

...degree in Neuroscience and Philosophy. As an alum of a liberal arts institution, I have gained a passion for teaching from previous my mentors and experiences. Therefore, I would like to use this platform to support young students in their academic goals and endeavors. I have 6+ years of experience tutoring in STEM and Humanities from grades K-12. I also have experience tutoring in college level Biology and Chemistry classes. As a NYC native, and...

...help students learn new material, but also to help them understand how to learn, study, and teach themselves things that they are having trouble with. This is something I struggled with throughout my academic career, and only through years of practice was I able to figure out new tricks and methods for teaching myself new material. I want to save this time and effort for all my students so that they can get to learning....

...University of New York with a degree in Biotechnology, and Chemistry Research Honors. Since graduation, I have been working as a research fellow in an HIV lab at the National Institutes of Health. Throughout my undergraduate degree, I served as an SAT volunteer tutor for students from low-income communities. I especially liked how the help I offered to these motivated students propelled them to higher scores and great colleges. I have also served as an...

...senior studying Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a focus in Cellular Biology at Penn State University. I will hopefully be attending grad school next year and I intend to continue onto medical school! Throughout school, I have always been able to find the tricks and the best way to study for standardized tests. Some of my scores include: ACT: 35 (99% percentile) SAT: 2140 (97% percentile) MCAT: 517 (96% percentile) I hope to pass some...

...Columbia University. I have tutored my peers throughout my high school career and currently I've been tutoring underprivileged elementary-aged students near Columbia's campus. I love working with children but am also excited to help older students be successful through their middle school and high school career. am willing to travel to locations relatively close to my campus (Morningside Heights area), can tutor students in public buildings on campus, and can tutor via online video-chat.... I believe...

...in NYC. I graduated from Haverford College with a Bachelor's of Science in Molecular Biology and a minor in Spanish Literature. Since high school, I have tutored various subjects including biology, math, Spanish, and English. In college, I was accepted into the Mentoring and Student Teaching Program for underserved children in Philadelphia. I served as a science and english tutor for three years, while tutoring my peers in Spanish and Biology as well. Having taken...

Being a tutor is not allowing the students to learn but allowing the students to have fun and enjoy learning the materials at hand. I want to inspire students to become future teachers by not only as tutors but also as peers, family members and for themselves.

...understand the principles behind the material and work from there. Any subject, from Latin to history to math, can be a grueling exercise in rote memorization, but that's not fun for anybody, so that's not how I teach. I try to de-mystify the subject from the outset, starting with acknowledging and building on what students already know - usually more than they think. I've studied a lot of languages (Spanish, Latin, French, Turkish, Attic Greek,...

...she majored in Biochemistry and Art History in 2015, and a current graduate student at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts in Art Conservation; she enjoys both the quantitive side of science and the imaginative side of having history come alive through art, and art come alive through historical contexts. Though born and raised and still in NYC, Sherry loves traveling. Besides traveling, she loves reading, drawing, playing guitar, practicing yoga and a myriad of other...

...to have the opportunity to work together. I have a Bachelor's degree from the University of Montana - Missoula, a Masters in Special Education from Long Island University-Brooklyn, and a second Masters from the College of Saint Rose in Administrative Education. I have over a decade of teaching experience in a variety of settings and have experience working with some of the most challenging populations. Besides these things, I personally enjoy making challenging concepts simple,...

...sister and I always got to be the teachers whenever we played school because WE had the nun costumes. (Thanks, Mom!) As a high school sophomore, I was asked to teach the freshman German class because I had learned so much of the language on my own, with the help of an older sister who was studying it in college. (Thanks, Sis!) As a graduate student, my advisor asked me to teach a year-long course...

...the best middle school math teachers in New York State. My experience and beliefs make me an excellent tutor. I teach fifth grade math at a charter school. Last year, my students' math state test scores were the sixth highest in New York State. My belief that every student can succeed and my relentless pursuit of that goal enables our success. Every day, I analyze student work to diagnose strengths and weaknesses and form individualized...

...I am currently pursuing my Bachelors of Arts in Anthropology. I enjoy reading, writing, traveling and cooking. I have worked at multiple tutoring organizations and while I teach all age groups, I am very passionate about teaching younger children. I enjoy coming up with creative ways to make learning fun for children. This passion stems from teaching my 8 year old sister. I tutor a broad range of subjects but I am especially passionate about...

Helping students with subjects I thrive in, improves my own understanding of the content. I don't plan on pursuing a field that incorporates calculus or any higher division math concepts for that matter, which is why I value my job as a tutor. I truly appreciate the fact that I'm not allowing this information to go to waste.

"I am still learning" - Michelangelo age 87 In order to learn you have to want to learn, but that's easier said than done. My philosophy is that there is always something that can motivate you to learn, whether that be better career opportunities, higher test scores, or simply wanting to be a better you. Let's work together and unlock that potential.

...questions, learn more, and never stop pushing themselves. A favorite quote of mine comes from WB Yeats: "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." This is true for a tutor as well! Tutoring should be geared to accentuate and utilize the skills and interests of individual pupils - not just be a lecture with the same content the student sees in class. Individual tutoring and training will engage...

I look forward to helping students improve their test scores! I graduated from UC Berkeley and Columbia Law. I self-taught to achieve a perfect verbal SAT score and an LSAT score in the 99th percentile. Test taking is a skill and, like any skill, you can improve significantly through practice and learned techniques.

...I am majoring in both physics and astronomy. I have a strong passion and love for both of these subjects and I am so excited to help others explore them! Education in STEM is extremely important to me. I've always loved helping others, but I especially love helping people to appreciate the beauty of the universe we live in through math, physics and astronomy! Aside from science I also love history, reading, going on walks,...