Award-Winning SAT Reading Tutors in Suffolk County, NY

I'm a professional copy-editor and proofreader looking to make supplemental income. I'm very good with language, literature, writing, and speaking. I'm a good tutor because I focus on outcomes -- my last SAT client raised his Verbal score 200 points after I worked with him.

...native New Yorker, having attended the Brearley School for grades 9-12. Having experienced the college process firsthand, I am passionate about tutoring students in test prep and college essay writing, as I know how important success in these areas is. I have loved learning all my life, and I try my hardest to impart a similar feeling to the students I work with. My teaching style emphasizes patience and practice, which I believe is the...

My name is Mimi, and I'm currently a Junior at Columbia University studying Creative Writing. I love to help students improve their writing skills, and encouraging them to find their own voice. In my free time, I like to write sketch comedy, go vintage shopping, and visit one of New York's many famous museums.

...similarities in others from everyone I meet. I believe my strength, as a Tutor, comes from being able to understand the students that I work with, and in building their confidence. I understand the effects that self-esteem and confidence have on the success of my students and how the ability or desire to learn is impacted by the support system they have access to. I enjoy tutoring because it allows me to reciprocate what life...

...graduated from Middlebury College (where I majored in English, with a minor in Spanish) and prior to that, Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Upon graduating, I worked for Middlebury College followed by a decade-long stint in the tech industry here in New York. My interests include film, photography, travel and baseball. I've traveled extensively and owe my Spanish skills primarily to significant time spent in Spain and all over Latin America.

Patience, understanding and accessibility are the traits I use to successfully teach. I have a flexible schedule and teaching method. Willing to tutor test prep and regular academics.

...with new technologies and methods to encourage academic risk taking, set high expectations, and ensure all students achieve at their highest potentials. Years of experience with adolescents, in both urban and suburban environments, has allowed me to adapt an instructional perspective that caters to a diverse scope of learners. My educational background and diverse teaching experiences, present me as an exemplar of perseverance and passion, and confirm my ability to become a valuable member of...

...part of learning is what I call the epiphany moment, when everything connects and the material makes sense. However, I find even more joy when I see that epiphany moment in my students; their confidence soars as their effort pays off. While I have done peer tutoring since middle school, my first legitimate tutoring experience came in high school when I worked at Kumon, teaching students ranging from preschool to high school both math and...

...History and Business Administration. I have extensive tutoring and teaching experience. In high school I tutored middle school and high school students in Algebra, Geometry, French, Biology, History, and English. As a Peer Leader during my senior year of high school, I served as a student teacher in a sophomore health class, working with two of my peers to create and deliver about 60 full lessons. At Georgetown, I became a teaching assistant for a...

I would like to cultivate learning by promoting essential habits and creating a positive learning environment. I believe that learning should be tailored to each student based on their respective skills and attributes. I incorporate different teaching styles to reinforce ideas, and am very patient and understanding.

...minor in visual art. Throughout high school, I tutored both on a volunteer and private basis. I love tutoring because of the ability to help students understand difficult concepts they're struggling with, and I enjoy trying to find different ways to break down ideas. My favorite subjects to tutor are calculus, chemistry, and physics, although I tutor other types of math as well. I am a very patient tutor who tries to understand exactly where...

...of Colgate University, where I completed a Master of Arts in Teaching and graduated magna cum laude. I also recently spent over a year in West Virginia where I led high-school and college students on service trips where they did home construction work. I have taught writing workshops for young people at Newark Academy in Livingston, N.J., and the Young Writers' Workshop at Colgate University. I am an avid reader and writer and love to...

My tutoring experience ranges from teaching a mid-20s Bloomberg employee how to program in Python to helping fellow MIT computer science undergraduates understand the more thorny minutiae of digital system design. I spend most of my free time programming, reading about transportation and politics, and playing softball most summer weekends.

...York). I remember the fright and joy I felt the first time I worked with students. It was in a shabby classroom in India, at a volunteer organization called the Lha Institute. The students were teenage Tibetan refugees and one monk from Thailand who was in town to learn English. The class spoke a mixture of bad English, Tibetan, and Nepali, but they had signed up for my creative writing seminar anyway. Some of them...

...international experience in teaching, curriculum development and systems support. Skilled at providing positive direction to students' academic, social, and behavioral well-being. Outstanding writing skills developed through continuous research and independent writing on such topics as the role of literacy in education, the birth of democracy in Athens, institutional self-examination, and peer reviews. Multilingual with international work and volunteering experience in Costa Rica, Trinidad, and China. Fluent in Spanish and intermediate level Mandarin. Technology adept.

I am a highly-motivated fourth-year Computer Engineering student at Rutgers University. I enjoy what I study and specialize in most math and science classes, and I love to mentor as much as I love to learn. ... Understand what the student knows by evaluating comprehension, speed, and accuracy. Ask the student for any techniques he/she has been using for the particular material. Gracefully introduce new techniques that work off of the student's pre-existing techniques.

...grade. My goal is to help students find their own reservoir of confidence and understanding in their work, whether it be grasping the principles behind an equation or expressing their own voice through writing. I believe any student can succeed in any subject when given informed and empathetic guidance. I specialize in math up to Calculus I/AB, SAT & PSAT prep, essay writing (research-based or otherwise), and college applications. I also have further experience in...

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...includes English, history and philosophy). I wrote my senior honors thesis on the 1980 Berber Spring in Algeria and 2011 Libyan Revolution. During a semester abroad in Paris, I tutored elementary school children as an English language assistant. While at Wesleyan, I also worked as an ESL instructor, tutoring a Moroccan immigrant and helping him to gain citizenship and employment. Education has given me the opportunity to find what I am passionate about, and I...

...and the harsh realities of trickle-down economics. The most applicable concepts of zoning law, or real estate or land use law are eminent domain, which may be similarly compared to nimbyism (not in my backyard). I am used to gauging the desires of the community and serving the needs and wants of societies as a whole. As a former political canvasser, I raised funds for green non-profit organizations for recycling and water preservation initiatives in...